NAGPRA Coordinator

Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:30
Occasional weekend work and overnight travel.

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The Research Laboratories of Archaeology ( RLA) supports the critical exploration and preservation of our collective human past through research, teaching, and curation. We engage in research that creatively and critically examines the material past of societies across the world. Utilizing a hands-on approach in the classroom, laboratory, and field, we teach students how to trace relationships between people and things in order to construct understandings about life in the past and present. We also teach our students techniques of professional practice that are necessary for a successful career. The RLA stewards a vast archaeological collection whose objects and associated records contribute to the histories of countless communities that have inhabited North Carolina and the broader Southeast over the last 15,000 years, and whose descendants continue to live here today. By caring for and providing access to these collections for research, exhibits, and educational programs, we help communities connect with their past.

The NAGPRA Coordinator will assist the team in the Research Laboratories of Archaeology to ensure institutional compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( NAGPRA - 25 U.S.C. 3001-13). This role involves coordinating the identification, documentation, and repatriation of Ancestral human remains and cultural items, as well as the synthesis of information to share with Tribes and the National NAGPRA Program for consultation and reporting requirements.

Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to the field assigned and one year of related training or experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

The successful candidate will be committed to the RLA's mission as it relates to NAGPRA compliance, be self-motivated, organized, and possess exceptional attention to detail and a demonstrated ability to work independently and meet deadlines for multiple ongoing projects; will have a demonstrated understanding of NAGPRA and its accompanying regulations (43 C.F.R. 10.1-.17); experience in archaeological collections management (inventory, accessioning, cataloging); and will possess strong communication skills, excellent writing skills, and computer literacy, including demonstrated experience working with Microsoft Office software (including MS Access and Excel) and editing .pdf documents with Adobe Acrobat. Occasional weekend work and overnight travel.

Experience working with legacy collections recovered from sites in the southeastern United States
Experience working with Tribal Nations on NAGPRA consultations

Not Applicable.

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