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

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

Salary:                       $ 16.00 per hour
Location:                   Gumberg Library
Position Status:         Part-time             
                               
Hours:                       25 hours per week/ 48 weeks per
year
Position Number:      870024/70-176     
         
FLSA Status:             Non-exempt

POSITION
SUMMARY:
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.

DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
(This list is neither absolute nor
restrictive, but indicates approximate duties and responsibilities which may be
redefined pursuant to operational needs.):

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.

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum qualifications:

ABD doctoral student or extremely highly qualified master’s
student with expertise and interest in phenomenological philosophy, psychology,
theology, or communication.

Preferred qualifications:

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. This includes, but is not
limited to, the following:

Ability
to learn and perform assigned tasks responsibly with little supervision;

Effective
interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills;

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; and 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 to
establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University
Community.

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.

APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information
for three professional references.

Duquesne
University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the
Congregation of the Holy Spirit.  Duquesne University is Catholic in
mission and ecumenical in spirit.  Motivated by its Catholic identity,
Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and
as an employer.