Archivist
Region of Peel

Location: 9 Wellington Street, Brampton
Compensation: $69,273 to $86,593 per annum

Peel Region consists of the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon.  Peel Region delivers essential services to more than 1.5 million residents and approximately 175,000 businesses.

We're working to create a community that is safe, inclusive, and accessible.  A place where everyone feels they belong and can access the services they need to thrive throughout each stage of life.

Our workforce is 6,500 strong and since 1974, we've been delivering a wide range of resident focused services. Our services include paramedic services, health programs, long-term care and services for seniors, child care support, garbage collection and recycling, waste water and water treatment, road maintenance, financial assistance, and housing support.

Recognized by Canada's Healthy Workplace Month® with the Great Employer Award presented by Excellence Canada, Peel Region is a place where everyone feels they belong. We strive to develop a workplace that values and respects diversity, practices inclusion, recognizes the unique contributions and abilities of all people and facilitates innovative thinking. At Peel Region, people come first. Each employee has an important role within our community and when we work together, it's impactful. We encourage you to join us in delivering essential services and programs to our diverse community. You won't find a better opportunity than Peel Region.

Description and Duties:

Archivist

• Corporate Services - Clerks
• Status: 3 Regular Full Time
• Work Mode: Onsite
• Hours of Work: 35 hours per week

Who we are:

To work with elected officials, the community and staff to provide service excellence that supports accessible, effective governance and a thriving community.

What you will do in this role:

• Registers researchers, performs reference interviews and assists researchers in locating information
• Develops finding aids and researcher guides to assist
• Tracks use of the collection and researcher statistics
• Monitors the electronic mail boxes and responds to queries as appropriate
• Organizes fee-for-service reference requests and transfers request to appropriate staff
• Coordinates reprographics requests; may perform scanning/copying, secures payment and responds to client
• Ensures safe conditions for the storage, retrieval, use and display of archival records
• Supports the private records program by accessioning and processing archival records to accepted Canadian archival standards
• Prepares and delivers presentations and workshops as required

What the role requires:

• Masters Degree in Archival Studies or a related field with at least 3 years experience in a reference/archival environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Training in Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation
• Demonstrated working knowledge of archival science and reference services
• Must have experience with database systems, digital imaging and electronic information management
• Must understand the provisions of the Copyright Act as it applies to archives/libraries
• Flexibility around hours, weekend and some statutory holidays may be required
• Ability to lift items of at least 20 pounds
• Ability to travel to additional archival facilities is required

Skills/Abilities:

Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of discretion, diplomacy and professionalism
Excellent time management and organizational skills
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Access, Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to work with minimum direction and on numerous initiatives
Good public speaking and communication skills
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias

Perks @ Peel and why you will love working for us:

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, Vision benefit plan including psycholgocial health, for the (effective start date)
• Automatic enrolment into OMERS pension plan
• Accrue Vacation on a monthly basis up to 3 weeks per annum
• 3 Paid personal days and floating holidays
• Flexible hours supporting your wellness and wellbeing
• Annual performance review and merit increases based on performance
• Supportive leadership and a culture of respect and inclusion
• Access to tuition reimbursement (where applicable) and learning and development resources

The Region of Peel offers job based flexible hours of work that allows employees to manage personal and professional responsibilities while at the same time ensures business operational needs and customer service expectations are achieved.    

Interview:

Our recruitment process will be completed with video conference technology.  

You may have seen or heard Peel Region's presence in the media surrounding the announcement and tabled legislation by the Ford government regarding the structure of our municipal government.  At Peel Region, we value being open and transparent with our community, and want to ensure you are informed and up to date.  Regardless of governance models that support the residents of Peel, skilled and qualified talent is, and will be, needed to deliver services to the community that we serve.  Peel Region remains committed to working with all partners, providing information to inform decisions.

For additional information and latest updates about the governance announcement, please visit our News Release webpage.

If this opportunity matches your qualifications and experience, please apply on-line.

As part of the Region's ongoing commitment to health and safety, there are enhanced COVID-19 specific safety protocols and/or personal protective equipment requirements (e.g. masks, eye protection, etc.) in place to help protect health and safety. The additional requirements are determined based on the nature of the work being carried out.
 
Please visit our career page and apply directly online: https://careers-peelregion.icims.com/jobs/12789/archivist/job

Application Deadline: June 29, 2023 11:59 PM EST