POSITION AVAILABLE ARCHIVES TECHNICIAN Administrative (Union) Position (CONTRACT 6 MONTHS with possibility of renewal) Department: United Church of Canada Archives/Victoria University Archives Position status: Six-month contract with a possibility of renewal Duties: Assists in the processing of archival holdings by entering data for finding aids, indexes and labels for archival holdings; preparing lists of file titles, names, etc.; preparing materials for archival storage. Performs public service duties, including reception and telephones, orientation of researchers, reference back up, processing orders for inter-library loans and for copies of photographs and publications. Performs some general office support duties, including filing, maintaining office forms, ordering supplies, photocopying, etc. Qualifications: High school graduation plus an Archival Technician diploma from an accredited community college programme. Equivalent cominations of education and experince may be considered. Basic knowledge of archival principles and practices; good oral and written communication skills; ability to learn procedures and apply them to task assigned; ability to work quickly and accurately with minimum daily supervision; willingness to accept direction; willingness to perform work that may occasionally be tedious; pleasant manner in dealing with researchers. Keyboarding and familiarity with WORD software; ability to use equipment in the archives; knowledge of DB-TEXTWORKS and other application software desirable; knowledge of HTML desireable. Experience: 1-2 years related work experience in an archives Salary: $27,014-31,781-36,548 (prorated) Starting date: 1999 October 4 Applications: By 1999 September 20, 5:00 Resume to: Ruth Dyck Wilson Chief Archivist (Acting) United Church/Victoria University Archives 73 Queen's Park Crescent Toronto, ON M5S 1K7 Telephone: 416-585-4562 Posted 1999 September 9 (Ms.) Alex Thomson Archivist United Church of Canada/Victoria University Archives 73 Queen's Park Crescent Toronto, Ontario M5S 1K7 Tel. (416)585-4563 Fax: (416)585-4584 Please refer reference enquiries to: [log in to unmask] http://vicu.utoronto.ca/archives/archives.htm