Job Opening Title:
Part-Time Reference Assistant
Name of Employer:
New Jersey State Archives
Job Site Location (City, State) :
Trenton, NJ
Application Deadline:
June 3, 2024
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Preference will be given to applicants with college-level credits in history.
Years of experience required:
Preference will be given to applicants with experience working in an archives or library.
Salary Range:
$16.00 – $21.00
Job Opening URL:
https://nj.gov/state/assets/pdf/employment/sta-2024-018.pdf
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
Assist researchers in the State Archives’ public research rooms with historical, legal and genealogical research. Instruct and assist researchers in use of microfilm equipment. Assist staff in answering basic mail and telephone inquiries, or directing inquiries to the appropriate professional staff person. Assist Reference staff with mail reference (including pricing/making/sending out photocopies of documents). Retrieve manuscripts requested by researchers from the Archives’ stack areas and returning them to their locations. Monitor the use of archival materials by the public. Assist with inventorying, indexing and labelling of archival materials and microfilm collections. Data-entry from original records and indexes using word-processing and database software. Other related duties as required.
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