Internship Junior Archivist

UNICEF offers the opportunity for talented students to gain professional experience while being exposed to the work of UNICEF. At the same time, UNICEF benefits from interns as a significant asset by providing updated academic knowledge and valuable skills to the organization.

The archives Intern will develop archival management skills and contribute to the building up of a viable archival repository that preserves and packages its information resources for easy and effective access. The intern will report to the UNICEF Archives Archivist. This internship will be for a period of 6 months.

Key Tasks and Deliverables:

Key Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will work directly with UNICEF’s archivists on selected archives management activities which include:

• Processing archival records according to the ISAD(G) standard;
• Housing archival records in archival folders and boxes including other repository management duties;
• Create descriptive metadata and producing finding aids for archival records;
• Preparation of physical records for digitization;
• Access and reference services;
• Any other duties as required.

Requirement: 

• To be enrolled in a degree programme in an undergraduate or graduate school in archival studies or library & information sciences or related field or be a recent graduate within the past two (2) years with specific post-secondary education in archival studies or library & information sciences or related field.
• A strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• A reference letter from a current or past academic supervisor.

Professional Experience:

• Demonstrated understanding of international archival standards, including ISAD(G).
• Demonstrated understanding of archival metadata standards and their application.

Other Skills and Qualifications:

• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

  Applicants must have a legal status in the US and are permitted to work.

  No immediate relatives working in any UNICEF office or have any other relatives in the line of authority which the intern will report to.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/576848