Anne T. and J. Morris Evans Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

Haverford Offers Great Benefits:

The College offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes possible work-from-home opportunities, automatic 10% retirement contribution to your retirement account upon eligibility (no match required), a 50% tuition benefit for dependent children upon eligibility, 14 paid holidays (including the week before New Year's Day off), Health Savings Account contribution of $700 for individuals and$1400 for families (no match required), affordable medical plans, and a beautiful arboretum campus with walking trail and easy public transportation access. Please visit the Benefits page () for more information.

Work Location: On-Site.

About the Position

The Haverford College Libraries seeks a two-year Post-Baccalaureate Fellow whose work will focus on digital archives projects that make Quaker materials accessible to a wide population of users and invite new kinds of engagement with the materials. Based in Quaker & Special Collections, the Fellow will both digitize material and work with born-digital materials to be put onto online repositories, as well as participate in many aspects of the work of the department, including providing reference service, describing and working with rare books and manuscripts, and creating social media posts. The Fellow will have the opportunity to work with Quaker & Special Collections curators, the rest of the Library staff, and undergraduate student collaborators. Mentoring and training will be provided.

The Fellow will work on major projects relating to our internationally-regarded Quaker collections during their time at Haverford. As part of multi-year projects, the Fellow will continue to digitize materials in the Collections relating to the American Revolution, as well as supporting the College's upcoming 200th anniversary by digitizing materials foundational to the College's history. The Fellow will scan materials, provide descriptions of individual items or groups of items, and upload materials into our digital repository. The Fellow also will do processing of born-digital Quaker collections.

The Post-bac Fellow will focus on projects that build skills to ensure they are prepared for their next career steps, including the potential of entering graduate school. The Fellow will engage with the diversity, equity, and inclusion goals of the department. The Fellow will join a dynamic and collaborative department of 4.5 FTE staff in Quaker & Special Collections.

Primary Responsibilities

• Engage with Quaker collections in both physical and digital formats
• Scan materials from the collections, create metadata, and upload materials to our digital asset management system
• Process digital collections, create metadata, and upload materials to our digital asset management system
• Provide research assistance to patrons in the reading room and via email
• Engage and supervise student worker colleagues
• Collaborate with library social media team to promote projects and materials from Quaker & Special Collections
• Ensure the College's commitment to diversity and inclusion, particularly in the design and delivery of services provided to the campus

Line of Report: The Anne T. and J. Morris Evans Post-Baccalaureate Fellow reports to Curator of Quaker Collections and would supervise student colleagues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

Professional Competencies

• Interest in history, libraries, religion, visual studies, or historical narratives
• Prior work that shows attention to detail and a strong balance between quality and quantity of work
• Problem-solving skills and enthusiasm for developing new skillsets
• Ability to work both independently, as a member of a team, and with colleagues and students alike
• Developed interpersonal skills, judgment, and initiative
• Great oral and written English-language communication skills
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community

Preferred Qualifications

Experience engaging with primary sources and interest in deepening and furthering those skills

We are aware that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet qualifications as described in the job advertisement. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career trajectory, and have skills and abilities gained outside a classroom context, or an equivalent skill set. We encourage you to apply and share how you meet the position's qualifications.

To Apply: Interested applicants are invited to submit an application, to include a cover letter and resume, through Haverford College's career website via Workday (no other form of application is accepted) by visiting ://haverford.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Haverford-Campus/Anne-T-and-J-Morris-Evans-Post-Baccalaureate-Fellow_R1100 . The application deadline is February 10, 2026 . Application review will begin after the deadline has passed. Please email [email protected] with questions about submitting your materials. Should the search committee be interested in pursuing your candidacy, you will hear from them directly. Finalists will be asked to provide three professional references.

Haverford College is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and providing equal opportunities and access to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Women, non-binary and transgender individuals, people of color, Indigenous people, and those with other or multiple historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities are especially encouraged to apply.

We at Haverford College recognize that we live and work on Lenape land and pay respect and honor to the caretakers of this land, from the time of its first human inhabitants until now, and into the future. We seek to maintain and build upon our current and ever-evolving connections with members of Lenape tribes and communities, in recognition of our intertwined histories and with a goal of moving toward right relationship between the Haverford of today and Lenape peoples.