Archivist Jobs in New York, NY

The Legal Aid Society's Criminal Defense Practice is seeking a motivated, efficient, organized, and detail-oriented Data Archivist to support the data-entry, organizational, and technical development needs of the Data Team and, in particular, to assist in data and archival tasks associated with the Special Litigation Unit's (SLU) police misconduct database and reference tools : Law Enforcement Look-Up (LELU), Lawsuit Summarization Project (LSP), internal LELU (iLELU), and Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests tracking.

The Data Archivist will largely provide support for jointly-held projects between the Data Team and Special Litigation Unit through data-entry, data cleaning, archiving, acquisition of data from online sources (such as finding and archiving current news articles about police misconduct), help in the training of volunteers for the Lawsuit Summarization Project, as well as building out technical solutions, such as, writing scripts to scrape data and integrating open source tools within workflows. This role is an opportunity for a Data Archivist to join a team of passionate, solution-oriented data analysts and attorneys to enhance how they find, collect, and process substantial amounts of information. The Data Archivist will also perform case management by opening and closing cases in LawManager for the Cop Accountability Project's clinic. Projects that will need to be developed are an internal LELU, so LAS attorneys can share information about officers that cannot be included in the public LELU, and a way to archive documents and track due dates for FOIL requests related to LELU.

The Data Archivist should also have strong research and writing skills to provide write-ups of lawsuits that coincide with the release and analysis of NYPD lawsuit payout data. The Data Archivist may also provide support for other data-quality related tasks / projects as needed, such as those related to the implementation of new Discovery and Case Management platforms.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Data Entry, Archiving, and Maintenance

• Data-entry, tagging, de-deduplicating, recategorizing, redacting, updating, correcting, and other data maintenance tasks to support LELU, iLELU, LSP, and FOILs
• Develop and support an internal LELU repository for LAS attorneys to share and search for confidential documents, notes, and other media concerning police officers
• Develop a tracking and repository for FOIL requests
• Create and maintain a documentation manual for LELU entries
• Sort and sift through archives to update missing information and documents in databases
• Deliver outputs in a timely manner and maintain consistency
• Create and maintain systems for data obtained through litigation discovery as needed

Data Acquisition, Analysis and Scripting

LELU Pro Bono Coordinator

Professional Development and Other Duties as Assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications :

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Position Based Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Organizational Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Physical, environment, travel, and other duties required :

SALARY AND BENEFITS

The salary range represents a good faith estimate of the range we expect to pay for this role. The actual salary offered may vary depending on many factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.

Salary Range : $72,000 - $77,000

The Legal Aid Society offers a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Click here to read more about benefits.

Higher Education and Loan Forgiveness

The Legal Aid Society is a qualified employer for the purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This position allows an employee to take advantage of PSLF and other State and Federal loan forgiveness programs. Additionally, employees who are New York residents may be eligible for assistance from New York state to assist with loan repayments, depending on years of practice. To learn more, click the links below.

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WORK AUTHORIZATION

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship for a work visa or permit. We are currently unable to sponsor employment visas or permits. (However, for citizens of Canada and Mexico, LAS will provide a letter documenting employment status that is needed to obtain a TN visa.)

HOW TO APPLY

All applications must be completed online via the career portal. We do not accept emailed applications. Submit the following documents as a combined PDF :

For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email [email protected].

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one's internal deeply-held sense of one's gender which may be the same or different from one's sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one's name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients (people), to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us and our ability to build strong relationships with our colleagues. Every member of our community is expected to continuously learn about the dynamic, evolving, and emerging field of knowledge of identity, bias, and systemic forms of oppression and participate in productive efforts to dismantling bias in all forms.