New York, New York
Posted: 12-May-26
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Type: Part Time
Salary: $21,000
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Job Title: Community Archivist
Organization: Civic Media Center www.civicmediacenter.org
Location: Gainesville Florida
Salary: $21,000 annually, paid weekly $400
Benefits: No
Hours: 20 hours/week, flexible schedule, some hybrid hours allowed but majority on-site
Duration: Position ends 2/28/2028
Application Window: May 12th - June 12th 2026
Job Duties: The Community Archivist is a part time grant funded position at the Civic Media Center. The archivist would be expected to complete a wide variety of tasks relating to all parts of archival management. These tasks may include; conservation efforts with the collections, such as housing items and cataloging them; helping to maintain the collection database; assessing collections for further interventions such as digitization; overseeing digitization efforts if needed; helping organize and run community events designed to highlight the collections and the history there-in; begin collecting and preserving digital ephemera such as digital flyers. The archivist would also be expected to participate in long term strategic planning for the archives. Additionally, the archivist would be expected to share knowledge with CMC volunteer archives workers and supervise and train new paid archives interns.
About the position: This position is a time-limited grant-funded position with flexible working hours. The applicant will be expected to complete specific projects set out by the collections committee, mostly with assistance from volunteer staff and interns. The archivist would be expected to attend a few meetings, some weekly and some monthly, to report on their various activities to interested parties. The hours are flexible and will be able to be completed any time from Monday-Sunday, and some responsibilities may need to be completed after normal working hours. Work that can be completed remotely is allowed to do so, but much of it will require on-site hands-on work with the collections. The position is paid weekly so we will not be tracking hours, as long as the work is getting done. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and good at working independently while making decisions collaboratively.
About the Civic Media Center: The Civic Media Center is a 501c(3) alternative library, archive, infoshop, and community space. The CMC is entirely volunteer run, with a volunteer-led board of directors supplemented by various volunteer-led committees. The CMC runs on the principle of collective action, and eschews traditional power structures. The Community Archivist position would report to the Grant PI, the Collections’ Committee, and the Board, but would be expected to take an active part in the decision-making process of the CMC. The collections at the Civic Media Center cover a lot of local activist history, including cassette tapes of oral histories, the largest independent zine library in the southeast, collections of various radical and punk periodicals, and ephemera from local music shows among other things. The collection topics include, radical activism, lgbtq+ experiences, punk music, prisoner solidarity, local mutual aid efforts, local progressive political organizing, worker solidarity, and more.
Skills required:
- Good interpersonal skills
- Proper archive preservation techniques
- Data base usage
- basic technology skills
- archival publicity
- Archives management
- Archival damage assessment
- Digitization skills
- documentation skills
Preferred Qualifications: The Civic Media Center eschews traditional views on hierarchical education and is seeking to employ anyone with the knowledge and skills required to do the job, regardless of exact qualifications or experience. We would prefer some mixture of two years of practical archival experience and archival education and long term project experience. We understand that this can look like many different things, from certifications to regular volunteer work. We encourage anyone who believes they have the necessary skills to apply regardless of official qualifications and will be weighing practical experience more heavily than formal degrees.
How to apply: To apply, send your cover letter and CV/Resume to hiring@civicmediacenter.org addressed to Kestrel Ward.
