Archive of Recorded Sound

Title: Student Assistant

Level II

Starting wage: click here to view current undergraduate/hourly wage scale

Duties & Responsibilities: Assists primarily with processing sound recordings and print materials, including sorting, organizing, weeding, cleaning, and shelving audio and video recordings and maintaining acquisitions and processing statistics.  Assists occasionally with database inputting; electronic serials check-in; audio playback, monitoring, and recording; photocopying, patron reception, and other duties as assigned.

Work & Attendance Expectations: Our student employees are important to us. Through clear communication and a shared understanding of work and attendance expectations we hope to ensure a positive work experience for all.

Be on time; if you expect to be late notify supervisor by phone or email. Be neat and clean in appearance. Be productive and work efficiently. Maintain a professional atmosphere. When addressing the public be friendly and helpful. Maintain a positive and respectful work relationship with staff and co-workers. Report to supervisor damage or hazards to recordings and archival collections.

Notify supervisor ahead of your scheduled shift if you are unable to work, and arrange to make up hours missed. Plan ahead to work extra hours to make up time missed during dead week and exam week. Notify supervisor, by email, before the end of each quarter of your desire to return to work the following quarter and specify the number of hours you expect to work. Failure to do so could result in termination. Notify supervisor two weeks in advance of plans to terminate employment.

Qualifications: Must type at least 55 wpm and be proficient with MS Word and Excel.  Ability to perform detailed work accurately required.  A music background and familiarity with database management and audio editing software programs such as FileMaker Pro, Sony Sound Forge and CD Architect, and Wave Lab are helpful but not required.  Must be able to lift boxes up to 35 pounds.

Hours: 6-10 hours/week, scheduled Monday-Friday, 8 am- 5 pm.

Supervisor contact: Aurora Perez, Operations Manager (aperez@stanford.edu)

Accepting applications: Not currently hiring.

To apply: Print out the standard application form and complete section A in blue ink. Deliver completed form in person, or mail to Aurora Perez, Operations Manager, Archive of Recorded Sound, Braun Music Center, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-3077. For more information, or to request an appointment, please call Aurora Perez at (650) 723-9312.

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