Digitization Assistant

United Church of Canada, General Council Archives

Location: Toronto, ON
Compensation: $46,897.85 per year or $3,908.15 per month

The United Church of Canada Archives in Toronto is comprised of the General Council Archives and the Ontario Regional Councils Archives, Communities of Faith, and former Conferences and presbyteries of the Central Ontario region and share staff-members and services.  

The purpose of the Archives is to acquire, preserve, and make available for research, in accordance with accepted professional principles and procedures, records, private documents and publications in all media pertaining to the history of the General Council Offices, and its antecedent denominations (Methodist Church, Canada, the Evangelical United Brethren, the Congregational Union of Canada, and 70 percent of The Presbyterian Church in Canada).  Archival records include all data sources, irrespective of their physical medium, which are created and accumulated by these councils including textual records, bound registers, photographs, maps and plans, film and video materials, sound and audio materials, publications and ephemera, and born-digital records.

Description and Duties    

The Digitization Assistant assists the General Council Archives team with the digitization of Residential Schools and Day Schools records. In this role, the Digitization Assistant: prepares records for digitization, compiles and enters metadata, conducts quality control of files, and ensures that digitized surrogates are stored and ingested into the Archives' digital preservation system. The incumbent will also assist with uploading and adding descriptive metadata to files to aid with discovery.

Qualifications    

• Master's degree in library and information science; or another advanced degree in archives, records management, information science, data science, or other relevant field combined with relevant experience;
• Experience using Rules for Archival Description (RAD) for description and Dublin Core metadata standard;
• Experience processing and editing files using Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop;
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and/or policies that guides access or restriction to records;
• Strong work ethic and time management skills;
• Ability to work accurately with attention to detail;
• Excellent organizational skills;
• Ability to use command line an asset;
• Strong computer skills. Especially with Excel;
• Exceptional written, communication, and presentation skills; and
• Comfortable learning new tools and working a remote team.

The Digitization Assistant is a full-time basis (35 hours/week) for a one-year term.

As part of our ongoing commitment to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, The United Church of Canada will aid employees who request accommodation throughout their employment with us, unless the position is deemed to be a bona fide occupational requirement and/or to the point of undue hardship considering issues of health, safety and cost.

This position works both remotely and up to 3 days/week at the United Church Archives in Toronto, Ontario. This position requires sitting and viewing a computer screen for long periods of time and keyboarding/using voice recognition software. Personal mobility, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to physically handle collections, open doors, navigate stairs, and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds. Occasional overtime may be required.

Fred Victor - CRC at 40 Oak Street has a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place. As such, any candidate not currently employed at the United Church of Canada Archives will need to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 (or a valid medical certificate exempting them from the vaccine). Proof of vaccination may also be requested by Fred Victor staff while on premises.
 
Interested applicants are invited to submit their resume, quoting the job number (22-29) to Human Resources, e-mail: careers@united-church.ca

Application Deadline: April 25, 2022, midnight ET