Part-time Assistant to the Director, Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center- Gumberg Library

Duquesne University • Pittsburgh, PA

56d • Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Director of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, the Part-time Assistant to the Director supports the Director with day-to-day operations related to services, collections, archives, facilities, and programming. The Part-time Assistant will work 25 hours per week during the academic year and summer (48 weeks). Occasional night and weekend responsibilities are required.

Requirements

• ABD doctoral student or extremely highly qualified master’s student with expertise and interest in phenomenological philosophy, psychology, theology, or communication
• Demonstrated computer skills including use of email and word processing and web maintenance and design
• Ability to work with diverse populations, including students, faculty, scholars, and staff
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community

Nice To Haves

• Alternatively, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.
• Ability to learn and perform assigned tasks responsibly with little supervision
• Effective interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
• Sensitivity to the need of each individual to be treated with dignity and respect as it relates to diversity in general and the Mission of the University specifically
• Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

Responsibilities

• Welcomes and assists visitors in finding materials, answers phone calls and takes messages
• Shelves books and journals, using Library of Congress classification system
• Sets up the Center for events by moving furniture, preparing A/V technology as needed
• Performs clerical tasks such as monitoring supplies, organizing mailings, filing, scanning, and photocopying
• Helps edit and publish proceedings from the Center’s Symposia
• Helps process archives
• Assists the Director with special projects related to the work of the Center and other duties as assigned
• Completes other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level