Job Opening Title:
Senate Historical Office Summer Internship
Name of Employer:
Senate Historical Office
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Washington, DC
Application Deadline:
March 22, 2024 at 7 PM
Minimum Degree Requirement:
BA
Years of experience required:
Salary Range:
$19.00/hour
Job Opening URL:
https://saa.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home?c=saa&lang=en-US#/
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
The United States Senate Historical Office is seeking graduate applicants for the summer internship program.
Objectives include:
Objective 1: Revise and update archival transfer sheets by composing descriptions of records of a Senate Committee. This requires an ability to research and include party designation, date span of the records, the meaning of acronyms, and the position of referenced staff members. An ability to identify records series (legislative, oversight, nominations, administrative,) and major subject themes if required.
Objective 2: Process (arrange and describe) the electronic records of a Senate committee. This requires all of the abilities listed above as well as the ability to ascertain volume of electronic records, identify formats, and degree of sensitivity of the records.
Objective 3: Identify Senators and provide data entry for log sheets on a collection of television broadcasts.
Objective 4: Attend meetings with the Senate Archivist and/or Deputy Archivists as appropriate, to observe archival practices, and processes within the Senate.
Objective 5: Assist Photo Historian in cataloging archivally scanned images and ingesting cataloged images into the Office’s Digital Asset Management System.
Please submit your internship application, resume, cover letter, and two letters of recommendation by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2023.
Click on the following link to apply: https://saa.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home?c=saa&lang=en-US#/
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