Job Title: Music Bibliography Specialist
PVN ID: GS-1907-003163
Category: Research
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

In RILM International Center – Graduate Center of CUNY to contribute to the publication of a comprehensive, international abstracted bibliography of scholarly and professional writings on music and related disciplines serving the global music research community; Conduct research on all types of music and related studies in relation to all document types (books, articles, reviews, collections, electronic resources, etc.); Edit/index/write abstracts of scholarly literature on music received from diverse sources and of varied quality and intelligibility, bringing them to a high standard of literacy and scholarship by improving the prose,  punctuation, and factual content of the material through research; Improve and add to RILM's indexing conventions outlined in its style manual, based on special areas of academic expertise.

Other Duties

Qualifications

Req: Master's degree in Musicology or a related discipline. Expert knowledge of repertoire, a grasp of different analytical approaches, an understanding of performance and the cultural and intellectual history of music; An understanding of bibliographic procedures; Must be skillful in editing and organizing data into logical concepts with proven research and superior written English skills.  35 hours/week.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
RILM International Center
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Aug 23, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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