Archivist and Historian - Research Analyst III

Position Summary

The OCB Historian/Archivist is responsible for helping preserve, organize, document, digitize, and maintain the historical record of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, including Radio Martí, TV Martí, and related digital and multimedia content. The position supports the development and maintenance of OCB’s historical archive and archival database and ensures that historically significant materials are accurately described, cataloged, preserved, and accessible for institutional and Agency purposes.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Research, identify, organize, and document historically significant OCB content, including Radio Martí and TV Martí programs, recordings, photographs, documents, digital materials, media brands, and other legacy content.
• Maintain and update OCB’s historical archival database, ensuring that dates, program titles, names, descriptions, metadata, and content tags are accurate and consistent.
• Review digitization and cataloging work performed by contractors or vendors to ensure that deliverables accurately reflect archival records, established descriptions, metadata requirements, and applicable archival standards.
• Maintain logs documenting revisions to archival database entries to ensure accuracy, accountability, and complete version control.
• Assist in organizing, maintaining, archiving, and digitizing historical OCB content, including files, recordings, documents, and legacy media obtained from approved Agency repositories such as e-mail, Dropbox, SharePoint, and shared drives.
• Organize and maintain archival and digitization project folders; apply consistent file-naming conventions, organize digital assets, and upload materials to designated shared repositories.
• Develop and maintain descriptions, inventories, tags, and other identifying information necessary to facilitate the retrieval and management of historical OCB materials.
• Coordinate with OCB leadership, staff, subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders to verify historical information and ensure the accuracy and completeness of archival records.
• Identify historically significant Radio Martí and TV Martí broadcasts, programs, events, personalities, and institutional milestones for preservation and inclusion in OCB’s historical archive.
• Prepare general descriptions and historical summaries of significant Radio Martí, TV Martí, and OCB content for use in Agency external communications, institutional history, commemorative materials, and outreach products, consistent with applicable National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) requirements and Agency policies.
• Assist in preserving OCB institutional memory by identifying records and audiovisual materials of enduring historical significance and supporting their proper organization, digitization, and long-term preservation.
• Perform other historical research, archival, digitization, and records-management duties necessary to support OCB and Agency requirements.