Employment

Five Colleges, Incorporated (FCI) seeks a Digital Applications Specialist to create and support data driven library, archives, and museum systems. The Digital Applications Specialist works in close collaboration with the Five College Library System Coordinator and other colleagues to lead the management and ongoing utilization of the Five College library services platform; archives and museums collection management and digital repository systems; and associated projects.

This is a full-time, exempt, benefited position with Five Colleges, Incorporated. The primary work location for this in-person role is FCI’s main office in Amherst, Massachusetts, but requires frequent in-person interaction with individuals on multiple campuses in the consortium.

FCI is the higher education consortium that supports the excellence of its member campuses — Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst — through extensive academic and administrative collaborations.

The Ideal Candidate
The Digital Applications Specialist works with library, archives, and museum partners to solve technical issues through the design, development, and implementation of software tools and integration; web application development; and programming of library information systems.

You could be a great fit for this position if you:
● Find satisfaction in understanding digital tools and in building and/or enhancing them
● Have experience developing web applications
● Are excited to work with libraries, archives, and museums systems and integrations
● Are the first one to find the missing character in a script
● Argue over whether or not join tables are required
● Have ever gotten lost in a library
● Can communicate effectively—in person and digitally

Importance of Diversity to our Mission
Five Colleges, Incorporated and its five associated institutions are committed to supporting and sustaining a diversity of people, backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and points of view for the essential contribution this diversity makes to the missions of our organizations. In support of this commitment, Five Colleges requires all of its employees to work cooperatively and effectively with the diversity of people within the organization itself, at the colleges, and in our partner organizations.

Application Information
Before applying, review the full Digital Applications Specialist position description.

For priority consideration, apply by July 19, 2024, through the Smith College job portal. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. NOTE: When applying, you will not be prompted to submit a cover letter. Please be sure to upload both a current resume AND a cover letter before clicking the Submit button. Inquiries about this position should be directed to fci-hr@fivecolleges.edu.

Five Colleges, Incorporated (FCI) seeks a Museum Collections Information Manager to support the work of six museums that share a common collections management system and public portal.

The museum collective has begun an initiative to replace the CMS database and discovery platform. The manager will act as project manager for the migration and implementation. In addition, the manager will produce and maintain documentation related to the current CMS platform, including data standards, reparative cataloging, and controlled vocabulary. The manager works with consortium staff on digital projects related to the database collaboration, manages budgets for grant projects, and
manages projects and timelines.

This is a full-time, exempt, benefited position with Five Colleges, Incorporated. The primary work location for this in-person role is in Amherst, Massachusetts, but requires occasional in-person visits to the partnering museums.

FCI is the higher education consortium that supports the excellence of its member campuses — Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst — through extensive academic and administrative collaborations.

The Ideal Candidate
You could be a great fit for this position if you:
● Can successfully lead all aspects of a technology project from start to finish — by managing scope, timeline, tasks, budget, and stakeholders
● Welcome the challenge of implementing a common discovery tool that can accommodate the differences and nuances of separate museums’ collections
● Find satisfaction in sustaining a long-standing partnership and partners’ engagement in a lengthy and complex project
● Love documentation - to create it, update it, and share it with users
● Can communicate clearly and effectively

Importance of Diversity to our Mission
Five Colleges, Incorporated and its five associated institutions are committed to supporting and sustaining a diversity of people, backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and points of view for the essential contribution this diversity makes to the missions of our organizations. In support of this commitment, Five Colleges requires all of its employees to work cooperatively and effectively with the diversity of people within the organization itself, at the colleges, and in our partner organizations.

Application Information
Before applying, review the full Museum Collections Information Manager position description.

For priority consideration, apply by August 8, 2024; Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Apply via the Smith College job portal. NOTE: When applying, you will not be prompted to submit a cover letter. Please be sure to upload both a current resume AND a cover letter before clicking the Submit button. Inquiries about this position should be directed to fci-hr@fivecolleges.edu.

Five Colleges, Incorporated (FCI) has updated this job posting to seek an Associate Project Director for its three-year grant-funded Museums10 Workforce Development project. The associate project director researches, designs, implements, assesses, and refines a program of professional development opportunities for museum staff and for interns pursuing museum careers. By leveraging existing professional development opportunities; designing trainings; identifying subject matter experts for speaking and skill-building engagements; and implementing evaluation and assessment tools to optimize the program and prepare it for long-term use, the associate project director addresses identified needs and meets project goals.

This is a full-time, exempt, benefited position with Five Colleges, Incorporated. The primary work location for this in-person role is in Amherst, Massachusetts, but requires occasional in-person visits to the partnering museums.

FCI is the higher education consortium that supports the excellence of its member campuses — Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst — through extensive academic and administrative collaborations.

Among its many initiatives, FCI convenes Museums10 (M10), a collaboration among the member campuses’ seven museums and three affiliated museums (Historic Deerfield, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and the Yiddish Book Center). Building on a long record of cross-museum collaboration, the Museums10 Workforce Development project is a multi-year, grant-funded program to develop professional skills among the museums’ workforces.

The Ideal Candidate
You could be a great fit for this position if you:
• Find satisfaction in helping staff do their best work
• Are motivated to figure out what staff teams want and need to know, and can effectively draw on that information to determine appropriate professional development opportunities
• Are adept at identifying subject-matter experts to deliver trainings
• Welcome the opportunities and challenges of working across multiple organizations, and can appreciate the capabilities and needs of each
• Can communicate clearly and effectively

Importance of Diversity to our Mission
Five Colleges, Incorporated and its five associated institutions are committed to supporting and sustaining a diversity of people, backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and points of view for the essential contribution this diversity makes to the missions of our organizations. In support of this commitment, Five Colleges requires all of its employees to work cooperatively and effectively with the diversity of people within the organization itself, at the colleges, and in our partner organizations.

Application Information
Before applying, review the full (updated) Associate Project Director, Museums10 Workforce Development position description.

For priority consideration apply by October 1, 2024; Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications for jobs at FCI should be submitted through the Smith College job portal. NOTE: When applying, you will not be prompted to submit a cover letter. Please be sure to upload both a current resume AND a cover letter before clicking the Submit button. Direct inquiries about this position to fci-hr@fivecolleges.edu.