Reporting to the Senior Archivist the Assistant Archivist is primarily responsible for surveying transferring inventorying accessioning developing an arrangement proposal and creating access for newly acquired collections at The David C Driskell Center including the papers of art administrator Dr Terrie S Rouse Rosario and the Weusi Art Collective The Assistant Archivist also oversees other archival processing tasks for select collections currently being processed or incoming including the Alonzo Davis Collection Michael D Harris Collection Robin Holder Collection and a recent acquisition from the artist Dewey Crumpler with support from the Senior Archivist The Assistant Archivist helps to train and supervises a small group of undergraduate and graduate students who assist with processing tasks inventorying rehousing of materials and creating folders They also assist the Senior Archivist in creating access to collections including creating or editing finding aids cataloging collections in The Driskell Centers content management system CMS and handling onsite and remote reference requests especially those related to the Rouse Rosario Collection The Assistant Archivist also helps develop marketing materials for The Driskell Center Archives press releases social media posts This is a one year contract position with a possibility for renewal up to three years