Archives Summer Student

Summer Student Employment Opportunity

Position: Archives Summer Student (2 positions available)

Start Date: May 5, 2025

Employment Status: Summer Student (up to 16 weeks)

Reporting To: Manager of Archives Services/Archivist

Union Affiliation: Non-union

Posting Date: March 27, 2025

Closing Date: April 7, 2025 at 8:30 am

Contract Duration: May 5, 2025 – August 29, 2025

Position Summary:

Perth County is hiring two Archives Summer Students to assist the Manager of Archives Services/Archivist and Assistant Archivists with creating searchable copies of early local newspapers for public access on the website, supervising researchers in the reading room, and collections management projects such as collection condition assessment and other tasks at Stratford-Perth Archives.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Assist in cataloguing and digitizing archival records
2. Assist in providing research and reference services for general public and municipal staff
3. Ensure that archives holdings are handled properly when on duty in the reading room
4. Retrieve archives holdings from stacks for researchers and re-shelve
5. Maintain statistics of visitors
6. Maintain internal filing system and administrative records per records retention by-law and departmental procedures
7. Maintain tidy office and collection storage areas
8. Attend staff training as necessary
9. Perform quality control in all functions, and initiate corrective action for own work as required
10. Perform duties in accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and County of Perth policies and procedures
11. Other responsibilities as assigned

Additional Information:

• Office environment; works with computers and other office equipment
• Archives storage environment: works with boxes of records and books using rolling staircases and carts and environmental monitoring equipment
• Public reference services environment: routinely interacts with members of the public in reading room
• Extended periods of intense concentration and attention to detail and accuracy of all data entry
• Essential functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time and lifting up to 40 pounds

Qualifications:

• Student to be enrolled in an Archival Studies degree program or related discipline (e.g. Conservator or Information Studies degree program) at University or Community College level
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interact with County staff
• Solid organizational and time management skills
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as work collaboratively in a team environment

Shift: Tuesday to Saturday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (35 hours per week)

Hourly Rate: $18.73

Those interested may submit their application online at www.perthcounty.ca/employment by April 7, 2025 at 8:30 am. Interviews may commence as qualified applications are received.

Interviews may be done virtually.

Eligibility for Summer Student Employment:

• Be a full-time secondary or post-secondary student at an accredited institution.
• Be recognized as having a full-time status by their academic institution while applying for school vacation, practicum or work term, or planning to return to full-time studies in the next academic term.
• Be in their final year of study and not planning to return to full-time studies, but still eligible for summer student employment until they graduate.

Students participating in education and retraining programs at the post-secondary level, though not full-time students, are eligible for related summer student employment opportunities, where appropriate.

We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Personal information is collected under MFIPPA and is used to determine eligibility for potential employment. The County of Perth is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.