Postdoctoral Research Associate I (UPDATED)

Position Highlights

Please Note: The Rate of Pay section has been updated from "$60,000" to "$61,008".

This is a year-to-year appointment, contingent upon funding and performance. This position will support the greater 9-instution Faculty Organizing for Community Archives Support, FOCAS, collective as well as the University of Arizona PI and Co-PI in their work developing the program locally and successfully placing student workers in community archives contexts; develop a website for the entire FOCAS collective; support all FOCAS institutions in developing community archives courses, syllabi, and sample exercises to be shared on the website; research pedagogical tools and share with FOCAS collective in regular 'think aloud' meetings to brainstorm tools that can be used in classrooms as well as across community contexts; participate in classroom teaching about community archives; initiate and facilitate the local mapping of community archives, community collections, and heritage collections; help to supervise summer projects; facilitate fall and spring orientation for new student workers; and participate in regular FOCAS meetings.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct research on the archival studies pedagogy in and with community archives; support PIs locally and the collective in framing what is being done across our institutions; gather curricular and pedagogical resources; participate in classroom teaching about community archives.
• Project management and student supervision.
• Coordinate and develop the shared FOCAS website and resource toolkit.
• Map the current community archives, community collections in each of the FOCAS partners' regions.
• Work closely with PI and Co-PI on planning and operations.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities (KSAs)

• Highly organized
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Attention to detail and time
• Able to meet deadlines
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD in information science, history, digital humanities, media studies, and gender & women's studies/ethnic studies
• Experience in conducting qualitative research
• Experience in collections-based research and collections development
• Experience working with the development of web-based pedagogical tools
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with community archives;
• Experience building and maintaining websites;
• Experience working with web-based mapping tools;
• Experience working with teams in virtual and in-person contexts;
• Experience working in and with community-based projects
  
  

FLSAExemptFull Time/Part TimeFull TimeNumber of Hours Worked per Week40Job FTE1.0Work CalendarFiscalJob CategoryResearchBenefits EligibleYes - Full BenefitsRate of Pay$61,008Compensation Typesalary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)Type of criminal background check required:Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)Number of Vacancies1Target Hire Date7/22/2024Expected End DateContact Information for CandidatesJamie A. Lee

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