Haverford College invites applications full-time (37.5 hours per week), exempt, and eligible for benefits. This is a fixed-term position and expires on June 30, 2027.

Haverford offers great benefits: The college offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes potential work-from-home opportunities, an automatic 10% retirement contribution to your retirement account upon eligibility (no match required), 50% tuition benefit for dependent children upon eligibility, 14 paid holidays (including the week before New Year’s holiday), and a Health Savings Account contribution of $700 for individuals and $1,400 for families (no requirement Having a match), affordable medical plans, a beautiful arboretum campus with a walking trail and easy access to public transportation. Please visit the benefits page (https://www.haverford.edu/human-resources/benefits) for more information.

Work location: This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule, in accordance with college work site policy.

About the position
The community archivist for the Graterford Archives will manage all aspects of the digital archive implementation of this multi-year Mellon-funded freedom-seeking project. The Graterford Archive is a grant-funded project to develop a digital archive documenting the experiences of those affected by State Correctional Institution (SCI)-Gratterford, including incarcerated and formerly incarcerated men, their loved ones, and their communities. The project brings together many community groups already working in this field, as well as faculty and students who engage with cancer issues as part of Haverford’s decades-long engagement with artists and activists at SCI-Graterford. The project is guided and infused with the “Nothing About Us Without Us” ethos, and will involve members of the Graterford community throughout.

The community archivist will join a team working on the Graterford Archive that includes an executive director, a project manager, the college’s director of curriculum innovation, and library staff. The Community Archivist will also work closely with currently incarcerated partners and community groups. The Community Archivist will be based in Quaker & Special Collections with ongoing support to the libraries throughout the project.

Basic responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Graterford Archives team, implement ethical practices in collecting archival and oral history in the context of the cancer case, including documentation of practices and procedures
• Manage all aspects of the process of collecting and digitizing archival materials, in consultation with the Quaker and Special Collections team
• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with community partners in order to build the digital archive
• Work closely with community partners to organize digitization events and communicate with keepers and creators of relevant materials in order to digitize materials that may be included in the archive
• Research the history of SCI-Graterford within the broader context of Pennsylvania’s prison system, mass incarceration, prison architecture, the history of American prison writing, prison education, and beyond.
• Implementation of the Mukurtu digital platform for the Graterford Archive and uploading of materials
• Implement metadata schemas and descriptive practices for archival materials consistent with the Graterford Archive’s vision as a project in search of freedom
• Assist in training team members and community partners in oral history and archival collection and preservation methods
• Work with community groups who also work in cancer archives to find a permanent home for the Graterford Archive
• Attending periodic meetings of the project advisory committee
• Support the overall direction of the project and respond to challenges and opportunities as needed

Report line: The Community Archivist reports to the Head of Quaker and Special Collections and the Executive Director of the Graterford Archive Project.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• – Three years of experience working in archives or libraries

Professional competencies

• Experience working on community focused projects
• Ability to work respectfully, collaboratively, and effectively with project partners, community stakeholders, and campus stakeholders
• Ability to work respectfully, collaboratively and effectively with people who are experiencing loss, grief and trauma as a result of their experiences with the cancerous condition
• Demonstrate knowledge of traditional and community metadata schemas and critical cataloging theory and practices
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Show strong attention to detail

Preferred qualifications

• MLIS or equivalent degree
• Demonstrate knowledge of the theory, principles and practices of archival and oral history, including community-based and trauma-informed practices
• -Proven experience working with digital collections or digital archives
• Demonstrated ability to work in the community, facilitating community stakeholder meetings and community focused events
• – Knowledge of the cancer system and its history in the United States, especially Pennsylvania

We understand that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet all of the qualifications in the job description, including preferred qualifications. We are more interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career path, such as possessing skills and abilities acquired outside the classroom context, or an equivalent skill set. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t think you meet all of our preferred qualifications.

Special requirements

• Possession of a valid US driver’s license and ability to pass a motor vehicle record check
• Ability to attend evening/weekend events with relevant community groups, including visits to partners currently incarcerated, and travel to those events, including by car

salary: $70,000-75,000

To applyInterested applicants are invited to submit an application, including a cover letter and CV, through the Haverford College Careers website via Workday (no other forms of application are accepted) by visiting https://haverford.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Haverford-Campus/Co…. The deadline for applications is November 2, 2025. Review of the application will begin after the deadline has passed. Please email Recruiting@haverford.edu With questions about submitting your materials. If the search committee is interested in pursuing your candidacy, you will hear from them directly. Finalists will be asked to provide three professional references.

Haverford College is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice and providing equal opportunity and access to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Women, non-binary individuals, trans people, people of color, Indigenous people, and those with other or multiple identities that have been historically marginalized and/or underrepresented are especially encouraged to apply.

At Haverford College, we recognize that we live and work on Lenape land and pay respect and honor to the caretakers of this land, from the time of its first human inhabitants to now, and into the future. We seek to maintain and build upon our existing and ever-evolving relationships with members of Lenape tribes and communities, in recognition of our intertwined history and with the goal of moving toward the right relationship between today’s Haverford and the Lenape peoples.