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Information Management Officer / Archivist Project Manager

Policy Development ~ Archive Facility Management ~ Training ~ Project & Team Leadership
Records Management Technology ~ Records Retention & Disposal ~ Program Administration

         Seasoned background in records management including associated technology, disaster planning and recovery, staff awareness and education, imaging, records transfers, and governance for major international organizations.

         Diligently enforce stringent adherence to ethical, regulatory, fiscal, quality, and confidentiality policies.

         Adept at planning, coordinating, and managing projects and programs to optimize delivery of quality support to individuals from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.

         Extensive talents in leading cohesive teams in achieving project goals according to demanding schedules.

         Demonstrated skills in developing, implementing, and overseeing successful records and archive centers.

         Ability to provide maintenance and disposition of records, including appraisal and migration management, records preservation and description, and research practices.

         Able to establish, nurture, and maintain unified and productive relationships to achieve a common goal.

         Extremely detail-oriented with considerable expertise in organizing workflow to optimize efficiency.

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal (ICTR) - Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania, 2013 to 2015

Archivist Project Manager

         Directed 40+ personnel in full-scope records appraisal and disposition including project planning, budgeting, team-building, and cost control.

         Championed enterprise-wide paper archiving project including global strategy and methodology.

         Governed records accession and control including liaising with records-originating offices regarding transfer and disposal, and ensured retention schedules, registration and physical aspects of records transfers consistently adhered to defined standards.

         Arranged training for section leadership, delegated tasks to staff, continuously mentored junior personnel, administered performance appraisals, and provided constructive feedback and coaching.

         Planned, established, and managed three temporary archives facilities in collaboration with Mechanism Archives and Record Section to house high-volume physical records with long-term and permanent values.

         Successfully coordinated and managed ICTR records appraisal and retention project to transfer approximately 3,000 liner meters of physical records to archive facilities for preservation.

         Initiated quality assurance evaluation to ensure completeness and accuracy of TRIM (Total Records and Information Management) records and associated metadata.

         Aligned and mobilized team in establishing strategic framework for project to capture 270+ accounts and preserve both legacy and current email accounts of staff members who played a significant role in the history of the Tribunal excluding judge s accounts.

         Provided influential technical support and supervision during appraisal, arrangement and description of unstructured records stored in shared drives (~3.2 Terabytes) transferred to Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.

         Produced and implemented policy documents for capturing, documenting, and disseminating knowledge and information to clients and stakeholders from establishing strategic framework and records transfer guidelines to regulating SOPs for destruction of records.

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The World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 2011 to 2013

Records / Archives Associate

         Supported all facets of records management and archival services including staff leadership and training, scanning records into imaging system, tape rotation, records destruction, quality control, and compliance.

         Arranged secure transportation of records to requestors, records center or Bank Group Archives.

         Closely monitored and evaluated bank information systems, procedures, and staff for ongoing compliance with institutional records management standards and best practices.

         Collaboratively steered implementation of new electronic records management software bank-wide.

         Administered several records disposition programs at headquarters and country offices of archive records which were assessed and transferred to institution's repository for permanent preservation.

         Played a pivotal role in Knowledge Capture Project that helped locate, validate, and file missing records from projects dating back five years.

African Union / United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur, Sudan, 2007 to 2011

Information Management Assistant

         Spearheaded records management and archive programs including associated budgets, staffing, policy and procedure development, user compliance, in-house training, records retention, and records destruction.

         Interfaced with staff and consultants regarding available electronic records management applications and recommended optimum software solutions.

         Successfully standardized records management and archive program mission-wide including selection and implementation of electronic records management system (TRIM).

         Orchestrated seamless transfer of 1,000 linear of shelf inactive records with long-term and permanent value during liquidation of African mission in Sudan to African Union/United Nations mission in Darfur.

         Enhanced information access, storage, protection, and retention by proactively authoring user manual featuring step-by-step guidelines for all aspects of records management.

         Identified need for internal department to house semi-active and inactive records prior to transfer to central archives at Headquarters and achieved approval from senior management.

Prior experience: Information Management Assistant, The World Bank Group, Washington, DC, 1996 to 2007

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, Andrew University, Berrien Springs, MI

Master s Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), George Washington University / PMI, Washington, DC

Advanced Certificate in Records and Information Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Essentials of Records and Information Management Certificate, ARMA International / ICRM (USA)

Professional Leadership Certificate, ARMA International / ICRM (USA)

Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA International) USA

Institute of Certified Records Manager (Candidate for CRM examinations)

Association for Project Managers, UK

Society for American Archivists, USA

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