Date Posted: April 16, 2025
Application Deadline: April 25, 2025
Job Type: Seasonal / Contract
Job Category:
Objectives to be achieved: To confirm historical family information by Island Loyalist descendants and continue to expand the Abegweit (PEI) Branch Loyalist Archival Database. Assist Branch members at the Annual Public Event in July. Project or activity description: The project is an on-going activity to gather in one place the Abegweit (PEI) Branch documentation of the Loyalist Families of Prince Edward Island. For the purposes of this position, the place of work will be the Prince Edward Island Provincial Archives and Records Office, Charlottetown, PEI.
Job Activities/Duties include:
Education and Skills Required: The successful candidate should be a 2nd, 3rd or 4th year/graduate post-secondary student who is enrolled in a relevant field of study (Social sciences, history, literature, education, librarian, or archival studies, etc.). S/He should be returning to school in the fall term. The candidate must be a self-starter who can work independently to achieve weekly goals and should have good oral and written communication skills, be proficient in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Office. A laptop is required, and we will provide an external hard drive for data storage. Audiovisual experience is an asset.
Interested individuals may send their cover letter and resume to Kevin Wisener, Branch President, at pres.pei.uelac@gmail.com and copied to Jayne Leake, Treasurer, at jayne.leake@gmail.com
Submit your application by email to the company contact listed below.
Documents to be included:
Company Name: Abegweit (PEI) Branch, UELAC Inc.
Address: 10 Canterbury Ct
City/Town: Charlottetown
Postal/Zip Code: C1E 2L5
Province/State: PEI
Country: Canada
Contact Person: Jayne Leake
Contact Person Job Title: Treasurer
Telephone: 647-244-2712
Email: jayne.leake@gmail.com
