Processing Assistant

Posting Number

2026-15246

Perform cataloging, acquisitions, metadata, and record maintenance functions as well as monitor standard processing operations. Assist in systems maintenance. Assist with special projects. Assist with training and reviewing work of casual and/or student employees. Troubleshoot and resolve processing problems.

Required Education:
High School Diploma or equivalent

Required Experience:
1+ years office experience

Preferred Experience:
1+ years of library-related work experience.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Excellent organization skills. Ability to perform detailed work with high degree of accuracy. Proficiency with basic word processing and database applications; knowledge of and ability to update, edit and search a variety of online library databases, including OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).

Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Knowledge of foreign languages.

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the hourly rate for this position is USD $36.329. This rate is based on bargaining unit contracts. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.

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