Project Assistant, Baker Library Special Collections, Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School

Posted September 9, 2014

(part-time; no benefits)

Duties: Baker Library seeks a Project Assistant to provide administrative support for projects and to process contemporary business records.  As a member of the project team, the assistant will be responsible for preparing materials for digitization, digitizing content, conducting quality control, supporting processing activities, and assisting with the general management of the collections as needed.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience working with confidential and sensitive information.
• Strong attention to detail essential.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to meet deadlines consistently.
• Experience working with collections in multiple formats.
• Familiarity with processing archival collections preferred.
• Familiarity with accepted conservation and preservation methods applied to archival and manuscript collections, and sensitivity to proper care and handling of special collections.
• Demonstrated proficiency with computer applications.
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move 40 lbs.

Schedule: 15 hours per week, Monday through Friday.

Salary Range: $18 per hour.

To apply: Please submit resume and cover letter to Keith Pendergrass at [email protected]; Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163.

No phone calls please.