Hiring: Historians

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Kerna Shedrian

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Hi all,
I'm looking to hire two new Historians for the Library to replace Sailea and Jeffan. And firstly, I want to thank them both for their service!

The roles are..

Awards Historian
A staff role in the Department of Research and Records. It is responsible for maintaining all award-related areas of the TarValon.Net library. The Awards Historian reports directly to the Director of Research and Records, liaising frequently with the Archivist.

Merit Eligibility: Staff Merit

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for maintaining all award-related portions of the TarValon.net library, primarily those involving the Merit Badge system, Members Choice, Amyrlin and Keeper Awards.
Proactively maintains information on merit badges in the TarValon.Net Library. Update after events, raisings, new roles, etc.
Responsible for checking the merits email, researching the validity of merits claimed, researching merits owed and updating Library pages.
Responsible for communicating with various departments to verify time served/merits earned.
Responsible for checking-in with the Director and Archivist periodically.

Expectations
Must be a member in good standing.
Must know wiki formatting or be willing to learn.
Familiarity with the bylaws, chain of command and administrative structure is very helpful.
Must posses discretion, as they may have access to information that is not public knowledge.

Time Commitment
Must be willing to spend 3-4 hours a week at this position, although some weeks may require more or less time.



Tower Historian
A staff role in the Department of Research and Records. It is responsible for documenting the history of the Tower's real world and web activites and maintaining all site-related portions of the TarValon.Net library. The Tower Historian works as part of a pair and reports directly to the Director of Research and Records.

Merit Eligibility: Staff Merit

Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for maintaining all site-related portions of the TarValon.net library, primarily those involving history of staff positions held on the site.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Histories - making sure the history of the Tower is well documented
Changes - Any time structure is changed the new structure will need to be added
Personnel - making sure each department is updated every time they have a change, making sure that subgroups, such as online events have a page, recording winner of "best...." on that page
Bondings/raisings - keeping up to date
Community pages - making sure the links are valid and that content isn't inappropriate
Communicates with Department heads or people assigned by them to make sure all pages relevant to the TarValon.Net pages are adequately maintained.
Responsible for checking-in with the Department Head once weekly.

Expectations
Must be a member in good standing.
Must know wiki formatting or be willing to learn.
Familiarity with the bylaws, chain of command and administrative structure is very helpful.

Time Commitment
Must be willing to spend a minimum of 2 hours a week at this position though some periods are more time demanding.

If you would like to apply for either position, please send an email explaining why you think you would be a good fit for the position along with any special skills you have to library@tarvalon.net and archivist@tarvalon.net.

Applications are due by 15th May.
Thank you all, and thanks once again to Sailea and Jeffan :)
 
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Hello Kerna Sedai,

What are the minimum rank expectations for these roles?
 
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Kerna Sedai, application for either of the positions has been submitted I look forward to your feedback.
 

Kitan Tataru

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So you're required to have a Staff Merit to apply to be Historian?
 

Jaryd Kosari

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So you're required to have a Staff Merit to apply to be Historian?

No, it means you can get that merit by holding the position. I actually kind of love that that's included and may add it to my own hiring threads. :look:
 
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