What are the responsibilities and job description for the Museum Archivist Intern position at City of Rochester Hills, MI?
Salary : $16.00 Hourly
Location : Rochester Hills, MI
Job Type : Intern
Job Number : 00451
Department : Parks & Natural Resources
Division : Museum
Opening Date : 02 / 06 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 21 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Eastern
General Description
This position supports Museum operations by supporting the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm Archivist by cataloguing, organizing, scanning, preserving, and documenting various historical items and documents, making the information accessible to the public while providing exemplary customer service. This is an internship position (approximately 14 hours per week until graduation).
Note : Second year hourly wage is $17.00.
Essential Functions
- Completes school internship requirements and progress reports as needed.
- Assists in the care, conservation, registration, cataloguing, digitization, and organization of the Rochester Hills Museum archives and collectons.
- Monitors and documents the condition of artifacts and storage spaces. Reports issues to Museum Archivist.
- Processes artifact donations, completing paperwork, cataloguing, and properly storing artifacts.
- Assists with digitizing collections including operating scanning equipment and maintaining digital files and metadata.
- Assists with creating online resources to share the Museum's collections with the public.
- Assists with developing presentations, exhibits, programs and activities for the Museum.
- Provides customer service to internal and external customers as needed.
- Assists visitors, conducts tours, and presents programs as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Minimum Qualifications / Desirable Qualifications
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Supplemental Information
PHYSICAL AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical and work environment characteristics described in this description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions or as otherwise required by law. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be submitted to the Human Resources Department.
Oral Evaluation of Qualifications : To evaluate technical knowledge, decision-making / problem solving skills, employment history, communication skills, and other factors related to successful performance in this position.
Note : The above examination information may be modified for this or future postings.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please complete an on-line application, located on the City's website at , by posting deadline 5 : 00 p.m., February 21, 2025.
We value diversity, equity and inclusion as a foundation for innovation and seek candidates who represent a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
No Benefits
Are you a current college student working towards a degree in history, library science, museum science, or a closely related field or a current college student with two (2) years of related college course work?
Do you have intermediate proficiency with office computers and related Microsoft applications?
Required Question
Salary : $17
