Art History Assistant 2627

Expected hours of work per week: 10

Work Location & Hours: On-Campus Lucas Art Workshop ; hours can be set between 8:30am-4:30pm with one evening of tutoring

Qualifications for Position:

• Current Covenant College student at least junior standing
• Minimum: has taken ART 270 Preferred: has taken at least 2 art history classes
• Can work 10-12 hours per week
• Reliable willing to learn punctual
• Motivated problem-solving ability to work unsupervised
• Has a personal laptop or tablet to use for work
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office suite including Word Excel and PowerPoint Google Office and Canvas
• Can use Canvas Google Suite and Instagram; Canva/Adobe Suite preferred
• Able to handle sensitive information concerning fellow students

Responsibilities:

• Performs administrative and research tasks to support the teaching and development of the art history concentration.
• Serve as Assistant to the professor for art history courses
• Objective grading
• Updating assignments
• Preparing course handouts
• Tutoring for writing assignments and test preparation
• Compiling bibliographies for future courses
• Hold regular tutoring hours to assist students in introductory to art history courses
• Serve as a research assistant
• Find and procure resources
• Format Chicago Manual of Style footnotes and bibliographic entries
• Some copyediting
• Performs basic social marketing and communication tasks on behalf of the Art Department

Resume skills development (NACE Competencies required by employers) to be developed

• Career & Self-Development including experience in teaching academic research social media marketing and copy editing.
• Communication in the form of helping fellow students navigate writing assignments and research.
• Critical Thinking in the form of evaluating and ordering routine and pressing tasks.
• Global Literacy displayed by locating and assessing additional resources on global art history for the library collection.
• Leadership through anticipating departmental needs and showing initiative in meeting them.
• Professionalism by creating appropriate content for department social media.
• Teamwork including occasionally working with other department work study for exhibition installation marketing designs and running department events.
• Technology skills by creating and posting appropriate relevant content for department social media.

Work Habits (with the alignment of Core Values)

The College asks its staff members the following fundamental work habits:

• Do good work. (Service Diligence Faithfulness)
• Take ownership of your job. (Selflessness Diligence Resourcefulness Enterprising Creative)
• Be punctual. (Service Diligence Integrity Faithfulness)
• Dress professionally and appropriately for your job. (Humility)
• Makes suggestions when appropriate. (Resourcefulness Enterprising and Creative)
• Communicate openly and honestly. Seek to resolve differences in accordance with the scriptural patterns summarized in the Staff Manual policy on Fair Treatment as well as the Grievance and Appeals Procedure. (Integrity Faithfulness)

Attend chapel services at least once per week on average. (Integrity Faithfulness)

Required Experience:

Junior IC