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From: Conathan, Lisa [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:10 AM
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Subject: [archives] Job: Recovering Voices program assistant

Recovering Voices Program Assistant

Half-time ($21,100/year)

Deadline: August 20, 2012


The Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

is seeking a half-time program assistant to the Breath of Life Institute (BoL) of the Recovering

Voices Program. Recovering Voices is an interdisciplinary Smithsonian program that is working

with communities to document and sustain endangered languages and knowledge, and the Breath

of Life Institute helps Native Americans involved in language revitalization find and make use of

materials on their languages that are in the National Anthropological Archives and Library of

Congress.


The Recovering Voices program assistant, based at the National Museum of Natural History in

Washington, DC, will be responsible for coordinating program logistics and performing a variety

of administrative and collections-related tasks. The planning and implementation of BoL events

and assignments, such as arranging lodging, local transportation, catering, lectures, discussions

and tours are of primary importance. The program assistant will work closely with the

Recovering Voices Program Manager and BoL co-directors.


The ideal candidate will have strong organizational and computer skills, and a background in

anthropology, linguistics, human geography or related fields. Ability to work independently and

follow through on all tasks is essential.


This position is a half-time, non-federal, one-year term, trust-funded position with benefits. In

addition to the standard cv/resume data, please include supervisor’s name/phone number,

starting/ending dates of jobs (mo./yr.), average number of hours worked per week, salary,

country of citizenship, transcripts and whether we may contact your current supervisor.


Send your cv/resume to: Ruth Rouvier, Recovering Voices Program Manager, Department of

Anthropology, NMNH, MRC 112, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012,

[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Electronic submissions acceptable.



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