Library Assistant (Summer Student)

Company: Woodland Cultural Centre

Job Title: Library Assistant (Summer Student)
Reports to: Library & Archives Coordinator
Duration: May 5/25 – Aug 22/25 (16 weeks) 
Wages: $19.00 per hour; 35 hours per week (7 hours per day, 5 days per week) some evenings/weekends

Job Purpose: Under the direction of the Library & Archives Coordinator, assumes responsibility for the organizing of the library’s vertical files, cataloguing and processing materials related to the history, language, artistic practices and teachings of the Haudenosaunee culture and other First Nations of North America.

Job Duties: The Library Assistant is responsible for working within the strategic operations of the Woodland Cultural Centre Research Library. This includes:

• Assist with organizing the library’s vertical files
• Catalogue library materials on the WCC online catalogue
• Process library materials for public access
• Assist with set up of library for Mohawk Institute museum opening
• Networking, partnerships, collaboration - Work with other WCC departments and researchers

Qualifications:

• Possess knowledge and understanding of Indigenous people, their culture, history andtraditions, especially in Ontario
• Detail oriented
• Effective verbal and listening communication skills
• Able to work as a team as well as independently
• Time management skills and completion of assigned tasks
• Library experience not necessary but is an asset

Physical Requirements: The Library Assistant position is primarily office work, however there are times when heavy lifting is required. This would be in the range of boxes of books that would be 25lbs or less

As this position is generously funded by GREAT only applicants eligible for GREAT funding can apply.

Applicants shall submit a cover letter, resume, and two references to:
Woodland Cultural Centre
184 Mohawk Street,
Brantford ON
N3S 2X2
519-759-2650
administration@woodlandculturalcentre.ca