| Location | Michigan |
Title: Project Coordinator
VP Area: Academic Affairs
Department: College of Great Lakes Ecology & Education
Published Salary Range: $16.00/hour
Job Summary/Basic Function:
About the Project
Rooted in Place is a two-year, IMLS-funded project that builds archival literacy into LSSU's teacher preparation curriculum, in partnership with public libraries, historical societies, and tribal cultural centers across the eastern Upper Peninsula.
What You'll Do
The Coordinator keeps the project organized and its partnerships running. Responsibilities include:
*Serving as day-to-day contact for archive, library, historical society, and tribal cultural center partners, and scheduling site visits and project sessions
*Coordinating logistics for Community Advisory Team meetings, including notes, materials, and action items
*Processing partner honorarium payments: collecting W-9 forms and submitting payment requests to accounts payable
*Recording repository information into the project's archival inventory during the fall landscape assessment
*Compiling evaluation data in de-identified form, under the Project Director's direction and the approved IRB protocol
*Maintaining project files and tracking milestones against the project schedule
Curriculum design and authorship of project deliverables rest with the Project Director.
Additional Details
Hybrid, with in-person attendance at Advisory Team meetings and partner site visits. Workload is heaviest in fall 2026 and during the spring pilot semesters. Funded weeks run October through April; additional hours outside that window are not guaranteed.
The Coordinator completes human subjects research training (CITI, provided) within 30 days and signs the project's confidentiality and data de-identification protocol.
Minimum Qualifications:
*Current LSSU student in good academic standing, eligible for student employment. Preference for students who have completed the Social Studies Methods course
*Students enrolled in that course during the spring 2027 or spring 2028 pilot semesters are not eligible, because the project collects evaluation data from those sections
*Organized and reliable, able to keep a consistent weekly schedule with limited supervision
*Professional written and interpersonal communication, suitable for contact with externalpartners
*Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for regional site visits (mileage reimbursed)
Preferred Qualifications:
*Helpful but not required: experience in a library, archive, museum, or historical society; experience working with tribal governments or cultural centers; familiarity with the Upper Peninsula.
Work Hours:
10 hours per week, 30 weeks per year