Temp SHRA Position
Job Description
July 2025
Department: Special Collections and University Archives
Job Title: Greensboro Jewish Memories and Oral History Coordinator
Competency Level: SHRA Research
Work Schedule: Department Open, M-F, 8am-5pm
Length of Appointment: 11 months
Number of Hours: 28 hours per week
Wage/Salary: $55,000
University Information:
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a world-class, research intensive, regional
University with a diverse portfolio of expertise with a focus on fostering healthy lives, vibrant
communities and global connections. UNCG is a leading institution within the 17-campus
University of North Carolina System. Recognized for its programs in the Visual and Performing
Arts; Nursing; Business; Education; Life and Physical Sciences; and Health and Human
Sciences, UNCG continues to grow its enrollment and enjoys the most diverse student
populations of all the UNC system universities. With more than 20,000 students, UNCG has a
significant and positive impact in North Carolina, the Piedmont region, and the city of
Greensboro. UNCG is nationally recognized for its distance learning initiative and serves many
rural areas of North Carolina with its highly rated online educational programs. Established in
1892, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro was founded as the first public university
in North Carolina for women. In 1963 the school became co-educational, but the legacy of
providing both opportunity and excellence continues today.
Primary Purpose of the Organizational Unit:
A wide range of student and faculty-centered services are the cornerstone of the UNC
Greensboro University Libraries’ integral role in the community. As an essential component of
education and research at UNC Greensboro, University Libraries offer access to more than four
million print and digital items along with innovative programs, support services and expert
personnel to assist patrons in achieving their academic and scholarly goals. For additional
information, please visit library.uncg.edu.
Temporary position coordinating and contributing to the Greensboro Jewish Memories
Project:
• Helps the Oral History Coordinator prepare for oral histories.
• Assist in conducting preliminary research on potential interviewees, including reading
any materials about them and reviewing any previous oral histories that they might have
done.
• Record or supervise students who record oral histories with individual oral histories and
secure signed interview agreements.
• Process and/or supervise students who process oral history interviews, prepare interviews
for publication online, and allow those recordings to review and edit the transcripts prior
to publication online.
• Research community-based organizations in the United States similar in nature to
potential Greensboro community organizations to determine types of partnerships already
in existence.
• Work with a student to develop a draft inventory of the Greensboro Jewish Federation
collection and then draft recommendations for the Federation to implement
• Help to negotiate and secure permissions for acquisition
• Secure permissions to put the existing and new oral histories online – working with
Temple Emanuel leadership
• Work with Digital Collections Coordinator David Gwynn to place Temple Emanuel’s
digitized oral histories online on Digital Greensboro and on best practices for digitization
of other materials.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in humanities or social sciences. All degrees must be received from
appropriately accredited institutions. Backgrounds in library science, preservation, or
architecture preferred.
• One year of archival experience and/or special collections librarianship; or an equivalent
combination of training and experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current issues and trends in archival practices in the areas of
descriptive standards and collection management.
• Experience arranging and describing archival collections and writing finding aids.
• Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work individually and collaboratively in a team setting. Strong
attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, sound judgment and discretion.
Preferences:
• Experience with project management.
• Solid knowledge of the descriptive standards for archival; and manuscript materials, such
as DACS.
• Experience working with an archival collections management system, such as Archon,
Archivists’ Toolkit, ArchivesSpace.
• MLIS degree from an ALA accredited institution
