What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACM Community Arts/Humanities Project Assistant position at St. Olaf College?
Job Title: ACM Community Arts/Humanities Project Assistant
Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)
Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057
Department Name: Music (ACM Grant Funded)
Fund: 42158
Cost Center: 11880
Job Type : On Campus Academic Year (Spring 2025 and Fall 2025)
Length of Position: See Employment Authorization
Contact Person/Supervisor: Associate Professor of Music
Pay Rate: Standard Hourly Rate
Description of the Position:
To join a team of faculty members from Carleton, Macalester, and St. Olaf as we work on a year-long project titled “Building a Community Engagement Credential Program for Students in the Arts and Humanities,” funded by a grant from Associated Colleges of the Midwest. The Project Assistant will support the project by performing logistical and administrative work, including creating and maintaining the project WordPress site. The Project Assistant will commit to working with us during April-May 2025 and September-December 2025 in a hybrid fashion (sometimes in person, sometimes remote) for around 10 hours per month.
Transferable Skills:
- Communication
- Organization/Planning Technical
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Project Assistant will be responsible for the following activities:
- Create and maintain the project website.
- Take notes at 6 virtual meetings (in April, May, Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec 2025).
- Assist with preparing project reports.
Required Skills:
- Must have strong organization and communication skills
- Must reply promptly to email
- Must have the ability to work independently
- Must pay keen attention to detail and recordkeeping
- Experience using WordPress, including embedding media into WordPress sites, is preferred
- Eye for visual presentation of information and media for a broad audience, including on social media, is preferred Must have a strong command of English-language grammar and style
How to Apply: Please email Professor Rehanna Kheshgi ( kheshgi@stolaf.edu ) with the following information, and copy communityartshumanitiesmn@gmail.com on the email:
- Discussion of your interest in the project ;
- Evidence that you have the required skills , as described above;
- An explanation of why the position interests you; A description of how the proposed work will fit into your schedule .
Hiring Timeline: Applications will be accepted until March 21, 2025 . Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until a suitable candidate is chosen. The successful applicant will be notified by March 28, 2025. The Project Assistant will begin work in early April 2025 , starting with a virtual meeting with Professor Kheshgi.
If you have questions, please contact Rehanna Kheshgi , kheshgi@stolaf.edu .
This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.
Additional information
Project Overview:
Our project will seek to create opportunities for faculty, staff, and students at three Minnesota liberal arts colleges to connect with community consultants and collaborators in order to gather ideas about the feasibility of designing a skills-based career preparation pathway program for arts and humanities students that will be mutually beneficial for all participants. This program would provide participating student fellows with a framework for exploring career and vocation through experiential learning and guided reflection, and could potentially result in a credential or certificate recognizing the skills developed. During the grant period and as part of the future skills-based career pathway program, students from the three member-campuses will interact with one another, creating cross-campus networks of belonging. Project leads will gather tools from guest artists, storytellers, and speakers who use arts and humanities approaches to facilitate interactions around the project theme of “Belonging.” Project leads will aim to consult with their respective campus Community Engagement offices, career and vocation centers, and already established credential and fellows programs to learn more about the programs that are offered or developed on our campuses; reflect on practices that would contribute to creating an effective and sustainable skills-based career preparation pathway program focused on community engagement for students in the arts and humanities; and explore the feasibility of such a project on each campus.
