Title: Curatorial Assistant
Classification: Full-time, Non-Exempt
Department: Anthropology
Reports To: Associate Curator of Anthropology
Salary: $21.63 – $23.00 per hour
Position Summary:
Identify, organize, catalog and label a variety of archival, archaeological, and/or ethnographic materials; inventory, improve, and document existing collections. ; provide other assistance for projects undertaken under the auspices of the anthropology department.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Using a collection management software (CMS) program, enter data into computerized database
- Perform quality control on database entries made by volunteers and interns
- May identify, sort, and verify accuracy of data to be entered
- Package, organize, and label materials for curation
- Reorganize and improve storage of existing collections, and update CMS, accordingly
- Assist staff in NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA documentation, including organizing files and documents for use in Tribal consultation
- Assist in the training and supervision of undergraduate interns
- Digitize documentary records associated with anthropological collections
- Organize and file documentation associated with anthropological collections and research and exhibits projects undertaken by the department’s curators
Requirements
Essential Requirements:
- Proficient computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel and Word, and Adobe Acrobat
- Excellent attention to detail
- Be able to work independently and with minimal supervision
- Experience in archaeology and artifact identification highly desirable
Work Environment:
- Frequent standing, walking and bending
- Frequent work in an office environment
- Frequent work on a computer
- Occasional lifting of light loads (25 lbs)
Salary Description$21.63 – $23.00 per hour
