UNITED STATES | UT-Salt Lake City
ID 212357, Type: Regular Full-Time
By July 7, 2018
Job ID: 211892.
Posting Dates: 06/29/2018 – 07/13/2018
Job Description:
The Church History Department is seeking an individual with background and interest in historical research. This role will work closely with various decades of LDS Church history.
This is a full-time temporary position, anticipated to last up to 12 months. Candidates must be currently enrolled in school and/or graduated within the last 12 months.
Responsibilities:
Duties will include research related to document analysis and to contextual annotation of documents (identifications and explanations, genealogical inquiries, and biographical information), as well as detailed source checking. May require transcriptions of documents and transcription verification. Research will involve work in primary and secondary sources for nineteenth- and twentieth-century America and Mormonism. Work will include general assistance to Historians/Writers.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in history, religious studies, or related discipline, with preference given to those with master’s degrees and/or in doctoral programs.
• Possess excellent research and writing skills.
• Ability to work in a scholarly and professional environment.
• Requires both personal initiative and collaborative competence.
Worthiness Qualification:
Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
Please attach a vitae and writing sample to your application.
Please see the position posting below and at: https://careers.lds.org/search/public/jobdetail.aspx?jobid=212521&bid=538&tid=x_b1f064d8-b4c7-46c6-af28-0446a9a86d8c The posting closes next Friday.
Historical Research Assistant (Church History Department)
UNITED STATES | UT-Salt Lake City
ID 212521, Type: Temporary Full-Time
POSTING INFO
Posting Dates: 07/05/2018 – 07/20/2018
PURPOSES
The Church History Department announces an opening for the Andrew Jenson Research Fellowship. The successful candidate will assist the Assistant Church Historian and Recorder of the Church History Department with historical and archival research for ongoing publication projects. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for someone interested in pursuing a career in history. We are looking for a motivated, energetic, and skilled individual to join our team.
This is a full-time contract worker position, which is anticipated to last 12 months.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Research will involve work in primary and secondary sources for nineteenth- and twentieth century Latter-day Saint history. The Research Fellow will work under the direction of another historian/writer.
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
WORTHINESS QUALIFICATION
Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
POSTING NOTICE/MORE INFO.
Please attach a vita, a short writing sample demonstrating ability in using primary sources to form a cogent argument, and a list of three references to your application.
Please Note: All positions are subject to close without notice.
Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at http://careers.lds.org.
POSTING INFO
Posting Dates: 07/05/2018 – 07/27/2018
Job Family: Library, Research&Preservation
Department: Church History Department
Grade Level: 92
Hiring Manager: Lund, Jennifer Larson
Recruiter: Sederholm, Dallas Broeker
PURPOSES
The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking for a historic sites curator. This individual will assist in identifying, researching, preserving, restoring, and interpreting historic sites significant in Church history.
This is a full-time position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
WORTHINESS QUALIFICATION
Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
POSTING NOTICE/MORE INFO.
Please Note: All positions are subject to close without notice.
Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at http://careers.lds.org.
UNITED STATES | UT-Salt Lake City
ID 212357, Type: Regular Full-Time
POSTING INFO
Posting Dates: 07/05/2018 – 07/27/2018
Job Family: Library, Research&Preservation
Department: Church History Department
Grade Level: 92
Hiring Manager: Lund, Jennifer Larson
Recruiter: Sederholm, Dallas Broeker
PURPOSES
The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking for candidates for the position of education curator and training specialist in the Historic Sites Division. This individual will work closely with others to develop tours and other interpretive programs that will enhance the experience of visitors at historic sites. The individual will also conduct training to implement those tours and programs.
This is a full-time position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
WORTHINESS QUALIFICATION
Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
POSTING NOTICE/MORE INFO.
Please Note: All positions are subject to close without notice.
Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at http://careers.lds.org.
UNITED STATES | UT-Salt Lake City
ID 211908, Type: Temporary Part-Time
POSTING INFO
Posting Dates: 07/02/2018 – 07/16/2018
Job Family: Human Resources
Department: Church History Department
Grade Level: 88
Hiring Manager: Feller,Jared David
Recruiter: Sederholm,Dallas Broeker
PURPOSES
Assist the Global Support and Acquisitions Division (GSA) of the Church History Department in collecting, preserving, and sharing Church history throughout the Asia, Pacific, and Philippines areas. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for someone interested in pursuing a career in history or library/archival science. We are looking for a high performing, productive, engaged, and self-motivated individual to join our team!
This is a paid internship, which is anticipated to last one year (12 months). This is a part-time (28 hours per week) hourly, nonexempt position. The candidate must be currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from (within the last 12 months), an undergraduate- or graduate-degree program.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Intern will learn and be exposed to:
The Intern will be responsible to fulfill the following tasks:
Intern will work under the direction of experienced GSA staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
Available to work 28 hours per week. The work hours must be scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
WORTHINESS QUALIFICATION
Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
POSTING NOTICE/MORE INFO.
Please Note: All positions are subject to close without notice.
Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at http://careers.lds.org.
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