Responsibilities
Receives orientation and training in the application of archival and records management techniques to programs of the Illinois State Archives; performs increasingly responsible professional archival and/or records management work under close guidance of experienced professional staff.
PLEASE NOTE: To be considered for this vacancy you MUST establish eligibility by passing a Training and Experience (TRAEX) evaluation performed by ILSOS Department of Personnel. Please submit a completed Secretary of State employment application, with this title listed on the line at the top of the application, to the Department of Personnel to be evaluated; a grade notice will then be issued via the U.S. Postal Service. Any questions regarding posted positions or applying and testing for these positions can be answered by contacting either Department of Personnel office or by e-mail at sosjoblisting.com.
Applications are available at either Personnel office, can be mailed upon request or are available online, with additional information regarding the ILSOS hiring and selection process, at https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/personnel/employment.html.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Requires possession of a bachelor’s degree with major coursework in public administration, history, business administration, political science, library science, archival management or records management. Possession of credentials as a certified archivist or records manager is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
· Requires working knowledge of personal computer program applications such as database, spreadsheet and word processing.
· Requires working knowledge of standard office practices, procedures and methods.
· Requires elementary knowledge of research and reference techniques.
· Requires elementary knowledge of acquisition, arrangement, description and indexing principles, methods and techniques.
· Requires elementary knowledge of computerized archival or library techniques, systems and procedures.
· Requires elementary knowledge of the organization and structure of state and local government and local and regional history.
· Requires ability to adapt academic training to professional archival and records management work.
· Requires ability to benefit from formal and on-the-job training and orientation.
· Requires ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
· Requires willingness to travel and possession of a valid Illinois driver’s license as required by the individual positions within the class.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: From $2,161.00 per month
Schedule:
- Day shift
Work Location: In person