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Job Title: Project Archivist

PVN ID: VA-2511-007103

Category: Research

Job Description

General Description

LaGuardia Community College seeks a motivated and detail-oriented individual to conduct oral history interviews and support archival operations for the Institutional Archives in the Library. This position is part of the Cultivating Archives and Institutional Memory Project, funded by the Mellon Foundation. This is a part-time position, working up to 18 hours per week, for 354 hours to use between September 2025-December 2026.

The Project Archivist will assist the campus archivist in conducting an oral history project focused on students and how their cultural and geographic backgrounds relate to self-identity.

Under the supervision of the Library Archivist, the Project Archivist will:

+ Schedule oral history interviews

+ Conduct oral history interviews

+ Edit transcripts of interviews

+ Catalog collection for digital access

+ General archival processing to develop the collection. This includes arranging, describing, rehousing, and scanning of archival materials

Other Duties

Other duties may involve:

+ Attend staff meeting and trainings

+ Campus outreach to solicit student narrators

+ Perform special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

+ Ability to conduct and transcribe an oral history interview in both English and Spanish (translation of interviews is not expected)

+ Ability to use Microsoft suite tools

Preferred Qualifications

+ Previous oral history interview experience

+ Previous hands-on experience working with archival collections (including part-time positions, internships, research, etc.)

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

+ This position is based in a professional office environment and will include in-person requirements

+ While performing these duties, the employee may be required to:

+ Sit for extended periods

+ Use a computer and other office equipment

+ Occasionally lift or move items up to 20 pounds

+ Reasonable accommodations will be provided to individuals with disabilities or other needs in accordance with RFCUNY policies and applicable laws.

+ Ability to travel to other CUNY sites as needed.

RFCUNY Benefits RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals (https://www.rfcuny.org/rfwebsite/media/0zrcgdyw/rfcuny-benefits-at-a-glance-ft-2025-project-employee.pdf)

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department LaGuardia Community College Library's De

Status Part Time

Pay Range $51.94-$51.94

Hour(s) a week 10.00-19.00

Closing Date Jan 10, 2026 (Or Until Filled)

Bargaining Unit No

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