South African History Archive: Student Assistant

S/he will work with the Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) on a web portal being developed to demonstrate the connection between the right to know, and broader development debates and transparency and accountability agendas.

This is a part-time contract position.

Responsibilities:

• Digitise documents released to SAHA in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), and prepare documents for physical and digital archiving
• Review released materials to develop summaries, news stories highlighting the topicality, significance of released materials;
  Upload released materials to SAHA’s FOIP website, and create associated metadata, in line with SAHA processes and systems

Requirements:

• Postgraduate student in journalism, law or a related field
• Interest in learning about human rights advocacy

Starting date: Late November 2011 to February 2012 (excluding Christmas closure dates)

To apply, submit a CV (no longer than 2 pages) to melissa [at] saha [dot] org [dot] za.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more about the South African History Archive, refer to www.saha.org.za.