Graduate Research Assistant - CALMA - Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Description

Start Date: 09/16/2025

End Date:  06/15/2026

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 9 PM Pacific Standard Time, Monday, June 30, 2025.

The University of Washington Information School is seeking a UW iSchool MLIS or MA-Museology student to provide programmatic and research support for CALMA –The Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums, and Archives, which launched at the Information School in Fall 2024.      

The GRA will work with CALMA staff and faculty leaders to support Center programs, outreach, communication, and research activities. The GRA will interact with the growing CALMA community of faculty, research scientists, students, staff, and practitioners in the field, including those at UW Libraries and UW-affiliated museums. This position will help to forge connections across library and information science, archival studies, and museology disciplines; and between research, education, and practice. 

The GRA will perform some or all of the responsibilities listed below for an average of 10 hours per week over the course of the academic year. 

• Support design of CALMA programs and events, such as speaker panels, workshops, round table discussions, and guest presentations
• Provide on-site logistical support for in-person CALMA events
• Coordinate with faculty members and student leaders to raise awareness of CALMA events and programs to graduate student body, including classroom visits, posts to student communication channels, attendance at student events 
• Bring Masters students’ ideas, interests, and feedback to CALMA
• Develop and write articles on LIS, archival studies, and museology research and scholarship for the CALMA website
• Assist with website maintenance and updating content as needed. 
• Work with staff to strategize and develop CALMA’s social media presence
• Support CALMA’s participation in iSchool research projects as needed, such as summarizing meeting recordings and notes 
• Provide administrative support for CALMA operations and executive functions
• Other duties as needed
• Support development of a position paper and compilation of contributions from

 

Compensation:
This role will pay at least $2,445.50 per month, per the Graduate School's salary schedule. Questions regarding pay should be directed to iSchool Human Resources at ihrhelp@uw.edu.

 

 

Note:  This job classification is governed by a negotiated labor contract and is subject to union shop provisions. For more information about union shop provisions, visit: www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/union-info.html

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Residential UW iSchool MLIS or Museology student for the 2025-2026 academic year
• Enrolled full-time (10 credits) during each quarter of appointment
• Skilled in writing articles, informational blog posts, new stories, meeting summaries, social media posts
• Excellent in-person and online communication and interpersonal skills, for a diversity of people, groups, and situations
• Able to commit to and follow through to complete tasks and projects in a timely manner

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working experience in a library, archive or museum
• Understanding of people-centered program design 
• Familiarity with WordPress authoring environment
• Graphic design and/or other creative skills
• Familiarity with content management in WordPress

Conditions of Employment:

• Sexual Misconduct Disclosure (Non-UW employees)
  
  

Application Instructions

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS 9 PM Pacific Standard Time, Monday, June 30, 2025.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.