Current Openings
The following full-time positions are now open:
- State Records Center Archivist & State and Local Government Records Analyst
The Alabama Department of Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama, seeks a motivated, self-directed archivist for the department’s Records Management program. After an initial onboarding period, the archivist will spend several days a week handling the day-to-day operations at the State Records Center at 2745 Gunter Park Drive, a warehouse with 38,000 boxes of temporary state agency records.
The archivist will spend the remaining time working as a State and Local Government Records Analysis at 624 Washington Avenue, devoting significant time to writing Records Disposition Authorities for state agencies, processing local government destruction notices and state annual RDA implementation reports, and assisting state and local agencies through phone calls, emails, and site visits answering questions about managing records.
Applications will be accepted until March 31, 2026 (or until filled). For more information, please see the position announcement.
- Reference Archivist
The Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) seeks a motivated, service-oriented Reference Archivist to work in the department’s Archival Reference Section. Responsible for directing researchers to appropriate archival collections at the ADAH, the Archival Reference Section assists a diverse audience consisting of historians, academic researchers, state and local officials, attorneys, genealogists, members of the media, students from the secondary to the college level, and the public.
The Reference Archivist is a frontline, public-facing position that assists researchers via phone, email and
in-person visits to the Research Room; inventories and/or indexes existing collections to enhance ease
of access; and promotes the ADAH and its programs through presentations, tours, and other outreach
activities.
Application review will begin April 6, 2026 (position will be open until filled). For more information, please see the position announcement.
General Job Information
The ADAH is an equal opportunity employer and employs individuals who have met the minimum qualifications for employment as established by Alabama's State Personnel Department. To find out more about Alabama's Personnel Policies, go to www.personnel.alabama.gov. To view a state job application, go to http://www.personnel.alabama.gov/Downloads/StateApp.pdf. Individuals interested in working with the state must apply through the state personnel system.
Employment Registers
The ADAH hires from the following state employment registers when positions are available. (For the latest information about pay ranges for the positions below, see http://www.personnel.alabama.gov/PayPlan.)
The following registers are continuous (applications are accepted at any time):
The following registers are opened only when positions are available: