Graduate Student Assistant / Student Assistant– Office of Historic Preservation / Headquarters

The reporting location for this position is the Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) in Sacramento. This position will work under the close supervision of the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, with immediate direction from the Information Management Unit data manager.

 

Serve as an Information Management Unit staff person responsible for digitizing cultural resource management reports and adding cultural resources and their evaluations to OHP’s database inventory. Assist OHP staff in locating digital and paper records. Assist California Historical Resources Information System regional Information Centers to maintain their cultural resource document repositories. Incumbent may also periodically assist in project assignments related to database support for OHP programs. Duties may include filing, taking notes at meetings, packing boxes of documents, shipping or mailing of items, data entry, and working with creating and editing Geographic Information System (GIS) shape files.

 

The candidate must be able to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing. The candidate must be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student in an appropriate college or university program (accredited).

This is a non-testing classification, therefore anyone meeting the minimum qualifications listed on the classification specification may apply for this position. Individuals who are, or have been, a dependent child in foster care, a homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth as defined by Government Code section 18220 are encouraged to apply and will be given priority. If you are applying under this eligibility status, please note on your application your eligibility by stating “preference under Government Code section 18220”. Please note that prior to appointment, individuals claiming preference under one of these categories will be required to furnish documentation establishing their eligibility.

 

Applications will be screened and only the most qualified applicants will be selected to move forward in the selection process.

 

Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications stated in the Classification Specification(s).

 

State housing is not available. For further information regarding this position, please contact Joseph McDole at (916) 445-7039 or at joseph.mcdole@parks.ca.gov.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Contact: recruiting@parks.ca.gov