Job Title: Assistant Editor
PVN ID: GS-2304-005565
Category: Research
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) is seeking to hire a part-time Assistant Editor to work in our offices at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Creating new entries and editing existing entries in the RILM database from musical scores and online bibliographic sources
  • Checking each bibliographic detail for accuracy and consistency, and ensuring that RILM’s bibliographic and style rules are followed
  • Verifying new entries against the RILM database and other bibliographic sources, including OCLC’s WorldCat where applicable
  • Locating and checking out scores from libraries as necessary

Other Duties

Candidate will need to interpret bibliographic data, sometimes quite limited, to determine a specific publication, music score, sound recording, electronic resource, etc., and accurately enter that publication into the RILM database, or accurately edit existing data.  Willingness to help with administrative duties is a plus.

Qualifications

The candidate for this position must have:

·      solid knowledge of music

·      ability to read musical notation

·      strong written English skills

·      keen eye for bibliographic detail

·      previous experience with iBis and bibliographic databases

·      familiarity with German (especially), French, or other European languages in addition to English, are significant plusses

·      strong organizational skills

·      experience with computers (particularly databases and word processing)

·      ability to work independently 

 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

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
Répertoire International de Littérature
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$17.00-$17.00
Hour(s) a week
0.00-19.00
Closing Date
Apr 12, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
Yes

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