American Folklife Center Seeks Director of Archives

The American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress is hiring a Director, AFC Archives to lead the day-to-day administration of the Archive of Folk Culture. The Archives Director is responsible for managing teams of archivists, technicians, and digital specialists who steward a dynamic ethnographic archives documenting traditional culture from around the world, including the earliest field recordings made in the 1890s on wax cylinder through recordings made using digital technology. The Director is responsible for acquisitions, processing, preservation and digital access activities related to the Center’s collections, which includes the Veterans History Project collection. The role is a significant leadership opportunity, calling for the successful applicant to work with the AFC Director and a team of supervisors and team leads, to lead a committed archives staff as they serve the needs of Congress and the public.

Salary: $167,603 to – $195,200 per year

Qualifications:

• Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
• Ability to manage the full range of archival stewardship activities for collections documenting folklife, ethnomusicology, oral history and documentary studies.**
• Ability to manage and lead a diverse workforce.**
• Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and develop solutions to plan and carry out library programs.**
• Ability to communicate in writing.
• Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.