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The Operations Coordinator provides critical administrative and operational support to the campaign. This includes managing our office space and supplies, interfacing with vendors, processing payment authorizations and tracking all spending, maintaining our partner database and tracking our partner on-boarding process, and supporting meeting and event logistics. 

Competitive candidates will have strong organizational skills, will enjoy getting to know and supporting our partners, and passion for supporting early literacy in Philadelphia.

The Special Projects Manager will be responsible for a variety of initiatives that seek to engage communities and families around early literacy. Specifically, the Read by 4th campaign has developed a number of strategies - ranging from family workshops, community festivals and more - which serve to disseminate and promote Read by 4th resources, tools and messages. Read by 4th is Philadelphia’s citywide early literacy movement, including an ever-growing coalition of families and their partners working to protect every child’s right to read. Campaign partners work to advance change by supporting families, literacy-rich communities, and systems that put children on the path to reading success.

Arader Galleries, a distinguished Philadelphia art gallery and map seller specializing in natural history, travel and exploration, and cartography, is looking for a full-time gallery assistant.

Working in person at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Archives Technician scans collection materials and assists with quality assurance and other post-production tasks in order to provide digitized content to patrons and staff; archives websites; assists with metadata creation and editing; assists with reshelving and retrieving materials for patrons.

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania seeks two Project Conservation Technicians for work on two consecutive grants. The first, is to treat and preserve materials from HSP’s African American collection. The second is to work with the Lippincott Company Records.

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania seeks two Project Conservation Technicians for work on two consecutive grants. The first, is to treat and preserve materials from HSP’s African American collection. The second is to work with the Lippincott Company Records.

The Chemical Heritage Foundation has several openings for part-time conference center services assistants.  We are looking for dedicated, high-energy candidates that have hospitality or events industry experience.  Conference Center Assistants are responsible for providing a high quality experience for our customers attending events at our start-of-the-art facility.  Duties include: room and food display set-up, as well as clean-up and break-down of events.  These positions will require a flexible schedule, as we host events during the business day, as well evenings and weekends.