Part-Time Web Archiving Assistant, MIT Department of Distinctive Collections, Remote

Posted January 12, 2021

Description:

The MIT Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC) seeks a temporary, part-time Web Archiving Assistant to perform quality assurance procedures on web archives crawls undertaken this year and other minor tasks related to web archiving. Interest or experience with web archiving or web development encourage.

This is a part-time position (10 to 15  hours per week) at $18 an hour. The project will begin in early February 2021 and conclude no later than July 31, 2021. The work will be fully remote for the duration of the project. MIT is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community and particularly welcomes applications from qualified women and minority candidates.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit a resume and brief statement of interest to Joe Carrano ([email protected]) with the subject line “Web Archiving Assistant.” Please include your preferred work schedule in your statement of interest, hours outside of 9AM-5PM US Eastern Time Monday-Friday will be considered but you should have some availability for virtual meetings during those standard hours. Priority given to applications received by January 22 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.