Job Opening Title:
Project Cataloguer, Part Time
Name of Employer:
Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Hartford
Application Deadline:
November 30, 2023
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Bachelors
Years of experience required:
Unstated
Salary Range:
$21.00 to $23.00 per hour
Job Opening URL:
https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/job-internships/
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
About the American Revolution Papers Digitization Project:
The American Revolution Papers Digitization Project was planned in anticipation of the country’s 250th anniversary, and will elevate, contextualize, and make more accessible a collection of nationally significant 18th‐century manuscript holdings in the Connecticut Museum’s collection that relate to the political, military, professional, personal, and cultural lives of Connecticut’s diverse population.
General Description:
The Project Cataloger will play an important role in the implementation of the American Revolution Papers Digitization Project to digitize and catalog archival material related to the American Revolution. The incumbent will be responsible for processing collections, performing research, creating online catalog records, contributing contextual and administrative metadata to records, developing finding aids, and digitizing materials.
This is a part time, three-year federally funded contract position.
$21 to $23 per hour, 21 hours per week. Three-year federal grant-funded position.
Benefits
Eligible for generous part time employee benefits including paid vacation and sick time, and participation in employer-contributing 403b plan.
Schedule
Part time, three to five days per week, exact schedule to be mutually agreed upon. Mainly on-site in Hartford, CT.
Other
Review of applications will commence immediately and continue until position is filled. Final candidate subject to background and reference check.
How to apply
Please email cover letter and resume to Susan Presutti, Director of Human Resources, spresutti@connecticutmuseum.org, by November 30, 2023.
The Connecticut Museum is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer.
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