Content Archivist - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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Position Title: Content Archivist
Job Category: Archives
Employer Name: Saudi Aramco
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City, State, Country: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Contact Name: Russell Ross
Contact E-Mail Address: russell.ross@aramcoservices.com
Contact Phone Number: 713-432-4797
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Contact Website: Saudi Aramco Employment Opportunities
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Position Description/Responsiblities:
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, housed in an iconic building, is a fully integrated institution of lifelong learning, inspiration and cross-cultural engagement. The Center is a Saudi Armco initiative, and it will contain temporary exhibits, feature walls, catering facilities, a library, a museum, and the Children‘s Discovery Zone, with its own oasis garden and play area.
In a public building of this nature, the visitor experience is everything. Saudi Aramco has taken great pride in demanding the very best

The Content Archivist will oversee the development of the Archives and Special Collections. Reporting to the Chief Archivist, the archivist responsibilities includes the acquisition, arrangement, preservation, maintenance, exhibition and interpretation of collections. The candidate will be in charge of developing educationally outreach programs and provide assistance with the implementation of policies and procedures. The candidate will be responsible for the encoding of archival finding aids, creating MARC records by using the library integrated system and developing the content for the website, blog and online subject guides.

Desired Qualifications:
A Master’s degree in Library Science, archival studies or Master of Art with at least 5 years of experience in archives management is required.
Demonstrated knowledge of archival cataloguing and record management theory and practice. Familiarity with data structure standards relevant to the control of archival collections (e.g. EAD, Dublin Core, ISAD G, MARC 21).
Awareness of library and archives automated information management systems.
Excellent communication skills

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