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Metadata and Archive Technical Manager
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GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives. At GBH, we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community, mentor and learn from colleagues, and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result, the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach GBH enriches people's lives through programs and services that educate, inspire, and entertain, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning, and the power of diverse perspectives. At GBH, we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community, mentor and learn from colleagues, and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result, the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach requires staff to work onsite a minimum of one day each week: every Tuesday. Hybrid staff are also welcome to come in additional days each week or may be asked to come in on other days by their manager. All employees who will be working on-site at any GBH facility and/or attending GBH events are required to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines as defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) unless a request for an accommodation on medical or religious grounds has been requested and approved by GBH. DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW The... Media Library and Archives (MLA) establishes the policies and procedures for the access, acquisition, intellectual control, and preservation of GBH’s physical media and digital production and administrative assets. The MLA also offers production organization of materials from projects start up to shut down, research services, rights clearances, and licenses GBH stock footage. GBH MLA and the Library of Congress steward the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), an initiative seeking to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media. To date, the AAPB has more than 150,000 hours of public television and radio content. The entire collection is available for research on location at WGBH and the Library of Congress, and more than 100,000 programs are available anywhere in the US on the AAPB website at americanarchive.org. The GBH MLA manages the following websites: Open Vault, GBH Stock Sales, Boston Local TV News Digital Library, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Other projects and initiatives led by the MLA are: 1) the PBCore Development and Outreach Project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to develop tools, methodologies, workflows and training to enhance and extend the adoption of PBCore, a metadata schema for the management of public media collections. 2) the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a generous grants to WGBH on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) to develop the AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR). JOB OVERVIEW Reporting to the Executive Director, the Metadata and Archive Technical Manager will supervise and manage the MLA developers, website development, and metadata repository development, assigned AAPB projects, and metadata processes, creation, and structure for the MLA. This includes, but not limited to relations with the Library of Congress, Digital Commonwealth, World Cat, the Samvera community, outside technical developers/vendors, GBH IT, product end users, and other relationships that may develop. RESPONSIBILITIES DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT Supervise MLA developers and lead iterative, continuous integration development workflows for MLA and AAPB projects. Oversee and supervise developer work on MLA and AAPB web and software development projects, including maintaining the backlog, prioritizing work, analyzing development approaches with the team, and communicating with the Executive Director and other staff on priorities, deadlines, challenges, and future needs. Communicate with MLA and AAPB staff to gather new use cases for technical systems and design solutions to address those needs. METADATA MANAGEMENT (MLA & AAPB) In coordination with the Executive Director and other team members, lead and be involved in decision-making regarding metadata systems creation and management in the MLA and AAPB. Manage descriptive metadata for AAPB acquisitions, including normalization, ingest, and working with collection donors. They will also manage evolving data models, metadata application profiles, and workflow processes for MLA and AAPB repositories and websites. This includes developing best practices for metadata ingestion, establishing and carrying out workflows for generating and acquiring new forms of metadata (like transcripts and other time-based descriptive data), designing and implementing enhanced approaches to displaying metadata to end users, and working with staff on other projects to ensure that metadata is created and managed according to specifications. Collaborate with the project team on technical projects, including websites, repositories, and innovative metadata generation, to support preservation of and access to the GBH archival collection. Coordinate with internal and external partners working on these projects and will be responsible for liaising with the partners and MLA regarding recommending and carrying out workflows and tasks on the technical phases and components of such projects. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES Supervise MLA Developers and the Systems Analyst and will be responsible for the performance management of their direct reports. This includes monitoring and evaluating job performance, as well as providing coaching, motivation and feedback on their performance. SKILL SET Required Demonstrated experience coordinating projects and superior cross-functional project coordination skills Superior critical-thinking and problem solving skills Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive actions Ability to work well collaboratively and independently on complex projects involving diverse participants, using informed judgment and clear communication to successfully complete tasks in a timely manner Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and independent problem-solving skills, with the ability to process a large quantity of work while maintaining a consistently high degree of accuracy. Facility with rapidly synthesizing new information and new workflows Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, particularly the ability to offer guidance and criticism in a positive and constructive manner Demonstrated experience engaging with and influencing external collaborators and other internal departments Familiarity with information and technology concepts including metadata (e.g. PBCore), data formats (e.g. csv, XML, JSON), linked data (e.g. RDF) distributed version control (e.g. Git/GitHub), indexing (e.g. Solr), digital library software (e.g. Blacklight), databases (e.g. Mysql, FileMaker), and data access via APIs An appreciation for and an understanding of the public media landscape Familiarity with programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby) indexing (e.g. Solr, Elasticsearch) databases (Mysql, FileMaker, PostgreSQL). EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Master's degree in Library and Information Science or equivalent work experience required. 2 to 3 years of related work experience required. Certification (or desire to be certified) in Agile Project Management preferred. Preferred Experience 2-3 years’ experience coordinating successful projects Experience managing development teams in a scrum environment Experience with development and mapping of data models for repositories Experience managing repositories, including a strong understanding of Samvera solution bundles Experience working with large scale, complex datasets Experience or familiarity with Media processing, and machine learning tools JOB SPECIFICS Staff Position LOCATION Guest Street, Hybrid or Remote work considered #LI-AMZ GBH is an equal opportunity employer. The community and audience we serve are diverse, and we wish to foster that diversity in our workplace. Toward that end, GBH does not discriminate against individuals in hiring, employment, or promotion based on race, religion, color, sex/gender, gender identity and gender expression, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, disability, veteran or military status, political belief, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application Process Assistance GBH will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate an accommodation request, contact the Human Resource department by sending an email to human_resources@wgbh.org or by calling 617-300-2000. GBH is the leading multiplatform creator for public media in America. As the largest producer of content for PBS and partner to NPR and PRX, GBH delivers compelling experiences, stories and information to audiences wherever they are. GBH produces digital and broadcast programming that engages, illuminates and inspires, through drama and science, history, arts, culture and journalism. It is the creator of such signature programs as MASTERPIECE, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, FRONTLINE, NOVA, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, Arthur and Molly of Denali and a catalog of streaming series, podcasts and on-demand video. GBH’s television channels include GBH 2, GBH 44, GBH Kids and national services WORLD and Create. With studios and a newsroom headquartered in Boston, GBH reaches across New England with GBH 89.7, Boston’s Local NPR; CRB Classical 99.5; and CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station. Dedicated to making media accessible to and inclusive of our diverse culture, GBH is a pioneer in delivering media to those who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired. GBH creates curriculum-based digital content for educators nationwide with PBS LearningMedia and has been recognized with hundreds of the nation’s premier broadcast, digital and journalism awards. Find more information at gbh.org. Affordable Care Act Disclosure Show more details...