ROLE – Archivist

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for records management and archive conservation; assembling, cataloguing, preserving and
managing valuable collections of records/ files.
• Manage the archive.
• Record the collection and return of employee staff file
• Ensure information in staff files are not misplaced
• Evaluate records for preservation and retention (some may be fragile and need careful handling, repair or conservation).
• Arrange the acquisition and retrieval of records.
• Prepare record-keeping systems and procedures for archive, research and for the retention or destruction of records.
• Catalogue collections and manage information and records.
• Respond to personal, telephone, email and written enquiries from members of the public and other users.
• Advise users on how best to access, use and interpret archives, often through internal training courses.
• Facilitate remote access by maintaining user-friendly, computer-aided search systems.
• Facilitate training sessions on archival procedures.
• Identify ways of protecting and preserving records/documents.
• Advise on the ongoing organisation and storage of material in order to encourage WFMC to plan for the
future.
• Evaluate, select, retrieve and arrange materials/ documents.
• Answer enquiries relating to archive and documents.
• Provide reference services for users needing archived documents.
• Reserve records as necessary.
• Sort file according to ranges.
• Put documents into files and update checklist as the need arises
• Monitor and track in-coming and outgoing files.
• Ensure files contain the necessary documents.
• Physically confirm number of files in archive periodically.

SKILLS / COMPETENCE REQUIREMENTS
• Required knowledge, skills and abilities
• Investigative Skills
• Quality Assurance
• Records Management

GENERIC SKILLS
• Tenacity: Basic
• Reliability: Intermediate
• Communication: Basic - Advanced
• Initiative: Basic: Advanced
• Time/Self-Management
• Flexibility and Adaptability.


QUALIFICATION
• Must be an OND holder in library science, information science or a related course.
• Must be a Male
• Must have done his industrial training (IT) in a standard library or archive.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
Qualified individuals can send their CVs to jobs@wfmcentre.com. The Subject of the mail should be “Archivist”. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.


N.B - Please note that this role is for OND holders who have completed their industrial training (IT).

Pls I'm an old holder but in banking and finance I have experience in CCTV operations and I can manage a library by keeping books and observating the rules governing the library.