Location: Los Angeles, CA

Duration: Two years
Hiring pay scale: $62,540 - $79,732 Annually

Job Description:

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is seeking an Assistant Archivist to fill a two-year limited-term position. Reporting to the Project Archivist, you will implement protocols for organizing the GCI’s past, current, and future project materials in all formats, according to archival best practices and Getty Institutional Archives standards. As an example, materials may document GCI field projects at cultural heritage sites around the world and may include project planning briefs, scientific research results, condition assessments, conservation treatments, environmental monitoring data, photographs, site protection planning, training records, publications, evaluation reports, and other items that illustrate the development, evolution, and history of the projects.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Getty Conservation Institute’s (GCI) internal archiving efforts to ensure that materials will serve as lasting records of project activities and will be accessible to cultural heritage professionals going forward.
• Apply basic professional judgment to archival accessioning, processing, and cataloging of collections in all media formats.
• Service requests for access to records according to policies and manage the storage and circulation of records using a range of collection management systems.
• Ensure proper handling, care, storage, preservation, and tracking of collection items.
• Recognize, flag, and show discretion with confidential materials and topics; makes restriction decisions on straightforward privacy or rights issues. Maintain confidentiality of records and protect Private Personal Information, as appropriate. Respects Getty and third-party rights.
• Create finding aids for GCI project materials in accordance with national and Getty Institutional Archives standards.
• Perform appraisal, arrangement, description, and basic preservation activities on records in all media formats. Apply professional standards and best practices to all aspects of work.
• Facilitate organization and transfer of materials to Getty’s Institutional Archives department.

Qualifications:

• MLIS from an ALA-accredited library school with emphasis on Records Management or Archives; OR related Master’s degree with substantive coursework in Records and Archives.
• 0-2 years related professional experience, preferably in a cultural heritage or educational setting.
• Some supervisory and training experience preferred.

Application Submission Deadline is October 21, 2025