christina robarts

Researched and wrote a handbook/toolkit for heritage organizations in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador to use as a guideline in acquiring and maintaining senior volunteers. Other duties include conducting research for a workshop on heritage programming and delivery.

Develop and maintain superior client relations by providing complete, quality solutions while promoting new products and demonstrating product knowledge to build customer/brand loyalty. Other duties included inventory replenishment, event promotion and managing workplace safety compliance.

Processed new memberships, update and maintain existing membership database. Respond to research inquiries, and provide access to the NHS archive. Preparation of monthly newsletter, quarterly journal mail-outs and board meeting minutes. Other administrative tasks included customer service, accounts payable/receivable, bank deposits, word processing, creation of spreadsheets and general office email correspondence.

Worked as sole employee, and organized, coordinate and execute “Doors Open St. John's” annual event. Duties included vendor and sponsor recruitment, contract management and event media, both web-based & print material.

Organized, managed, and executed “Newfiki: A Celebration of East-European Cultures in Newfoundland” festival, which included: World Storytelling night at The Rooms, Cultural Concert Night, and a Pierogi Workshop. Duties included identifying, contacting and conducting oral history interviews for Dr. Mariya Lesiv’s research project involving the life experiences of new Canadians from Eastern-Europe. Completed metadata and any other form of data entry for the collection and transmission of the information collected. Wrote short entries and reports for ICH blog and newsletter. Worked with staff in planning events unrelated to the “Newfiki” project.

Assisted and provided reference services to researchers and patrons. Accessioning and cataloging, data entry on the archive’s online database, digitizing materials, preparing multimedia collections for storage/retrieval. Assisting in daily requests, physical arrangements of holdings and promotional events, and other related duties Also from January 2012- April 2012