Project Assistant, German-Canadian Studies *Term*

*This is a 1-year term position*

German-Canadian Studies is a program of the Chair in German-Canadian Studies. It offers courses and public programming, and it pursues a program of research and publishing. The teaching, community outreach and research focuses on the history of Canadians of German origin and, more broadly, migration and refugee history.

The Project Assistant is a part-time (28 hours per week) term role supporting the Chair in German-Canadian Studies in research. The successful candidate will contribute to the processing of archival collections and oral history interviews.

Responsibilities:

• Communicates with the public about donations of private archival collections.
• Helps the Chair assess collections, processes and digitizes collections and readies them for archiving.
• Does archival, library, and online research in support of these processing tasks.
• Communicates with UW Archivist to ensure alignment with UW Archival Standards.
• Writes interview summaries, interviewee biographies, and project descriptions and does archival, library, and online research in support of these processing tasks.
• Creates archival hard copies and digital copies of interviews.
• Enters metadata in extant databases.
• Communicates with interviewees about oral history interview editing and receiving copies.

Qualifications:

• B.A. required, archival studies degree or archiving expertise and experience preferred.
• One year experience in historical research in libraries and archives.
• Experience in archiving.
• Fluent English skills (writing, reading, and speaking) required.
• Fluent German (listening, comprehension and writing) required.
• MS Office and capacity and willingness to learn Oral History Metadata Synchronizer software (as well as other administrative programs as necessary) required.

An equivalent combination of education, experience, skills, knowledge and abilities may be considered. 

Condition(s) of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

The salary range for this position will be from $18.93 to $26.27 hourly.

Note: The work described in this posting will be conducted in-person, with an opportunity to apply for Remote Work for up to two (2) days per week.

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