Job Description
About Us:
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are comprised of two iconic sites located within San Francisco's beautiful parks—the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park. As the largest public arts institution in the western United States, the Museums house a world-class collection of 151,000 artworks that span more than 5,000 years; present an ambitious schedule of more than 10 exhibitions per year; welcome 1.5 million visitors in a typical year; and are supported by 100,000 member households across the Bay Area and beyond—one of the largest art museum memberships in the United States.
Our Vision:
To redefine the Fine Arts Museums as a forum that stimulates community and visitor conversations and explorations by applying inclusive and equitable perspectives to our collections and the histories they embody, and to support our staff to realize their potential in an inclusive and equitable workplace.
Values we Aspire to:
Diverse, Inclusive, Equitable, Accessible, Welcoming, Engaging, Insightful, Inspiring, Reliable, Creative, Generous, Fun
About the role:
Primary practitioner ensuring the highest integrity of data is attained and maintained. Responsible for tracking projects, cleaning data, structural data entry, vetting and quality control, assisting with end-user support, and assisting with other projects as they arise.
What you’ll do:
- Tracking and completing data cleanup and normalization projects that are priority for the Collections Information team:
- Constituent Records
- Event (4D Worksheet) Records
- Authority Lists
- Record Relationships & Linking
- Inactive Records
- Tracking and completing cataloging and normalization projects that are a priority for the institution and stakeholders:
- Mannequins
- Textile Props
- Exhibition Furniture
- Mounts
- Time-Based Media
- Vets object records for website.
- Ensures staff adherence to data entry standards and cataloging guidelines.
- Performs regular audits.
- Attends Cataloging Working Group meetings.
- Contributes to documentation.
- Assists with end-user support as needed.
- Assists with the implementation of interoperability and international schema standards for objects and art.
What you’ll bring:
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science, Museum Studies (with a focus on collections management, collections information, or digital collections management), or related degree.
Minimum 3 years of experience with museum cataloging, database management, digital collections management, and/or arts management.
Experience with project management, completing long-term data cleaning projects, implementing museum cataloging standards and controlled vocabularies, structural cataloging, and/or digital preservation standards. Previous experience with TMS (The Museum System) is preferred.
- Proficiency with relational databases required.
- Proficiency with SQL, SSRS reporting, and Crystal Reports, or a desire to learn, is preferred.
- Knowledge of controlled vocabularies, art cataloging standards, interoperability standards, open access, and cataloging schema such as LIDO (CIDOC), CDWA, Spectrum, and provenance-related standards.
- Highly attuned attention to detail.
- Highly organized, intentional, and thorough in all tasks.
- Highly motivated and proactive.
- Excited and enthusiastic about clean data!
- Enjoys working collaboratively as part of a team to complete shared goals, while being able to contribute and manage workload independently.
- Ability to sit for long periods of time working on a computer.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
This position has a fixed-term of 12 months
Step 1 of the pay range is $26.51 per hour.
This Union position is full-time, 40 hours a week, and has a full benefits package including medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
Application Deadline: Thursday, October 28, 2021
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.