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Requisition Number: 269695
Regular or Temporary: Regular
Location: Durham, NC, US, 27710
Personnel Area: UNIVERSITY
Date: May 1, 2026
Duke University:
Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.
Be You.
At Duke, we celebrate individuality and value diverse perspectives. The Oral History Intern for Community Engagement and DCL at Duke plays a vital role in helping document, preserve, and share the stories of Durham’s communities. This work contributes to a more inclusive and representative historical record, with a focus on African American history and cultural heritage.
Be Bold.
As part of the Rubenstein Library’s Community Engagement program and in collaboration with DCL at Duke, you’ll engage in community-centered archival work that connects oral history, public history, and preservation. You’ll help ensure that community voices are not only collected, but thoughtfully processed and made accessible for future generations.
What You’ll Do
- Report to and assist the Community Engagement Coordinator with multi-institutional collaborative oral history projects.
- Support oral history and community-based archival projects in collaboration with campus and external partner organizations.
- Review and edit oral history transcripts for accuracy, clarity, and consistency.
- Assist in creating and refining descriptive metadata to support discovery and long-term access.
- Help organize and manage digital files and project documentation using shared tools (e.g., spreadsheets, databases).
- Enhance public access and discoverability of oral history projects by contributing to digital storytelling efforts—such as project webpages, blog posts, and other creative initiatives—to promote and activate community stories.
- Regularly work in the Rubenstein Reading Room on the circulation desk.
- May work occasional evenings.
- Routinely move library materials weighing up to 40 pounds.
- Must be able to work in an environment in which exposure to materials containing dust and mold is possible.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of community-engaged archival work.
What You’ll Bring
- Current enrollment or recent graduation from a master’s program in archival studies, public history, library/information science, or a related field.
- Interest in oral history, Black history, cultural heritage preservation, and community archives.
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Advanced organizational, project and time-management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Commitment to inclusive practices and respectful representation of community voices.
- Preferred: Experience with transcription, metadata, or digital tools, or coursework in archival description or oral history methods.
Choose Duke
Duke is built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. This role offers hands-on experience in oral history, archival processing, and community-engaged work. You’ll gain practical skills in working with primary sources, managing digital collections, and contributing to projects that preserve and share Black history and community memory.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Applications are accepted at https://careers.duke.edu/ — search for Requisition ID
This internship is onsite and part-time (up to 19 hours a week) from August 2026–May 2027 at a hiring rate of $18/hour.
Anticipated Pay Range: Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position as USD $51,401.00 to USD $82,291.00. Duke University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills; internal peer equity; as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your paycheck. Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learn more at: https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/
Equal Opportunity Employer: Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions:
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and reasonable accommodation(s) can be requested with Duke Access and Accommodations Services (email: DAAS@duke.edu; phone: 919-668-1267).
Nearest Major Market: Durham
Nearest Secondary Market: Raleigh
Work Arrangement: Remote
Requisition Number: 269695
Regular or Temporary: Regular
Location: Durham, NC, US, 27710
Personnel Area: UNIVERSITY
Date: May 1, 2026
Duke University:
Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.
Be You.
At Duke, we celebrate individuality and value diverse perspectives. The Oral History Intern for Community Engagement and DCL at Duke plays a vital role in helping document, preserve, and share the stories of Durham’s communities. This work contributes to a more inclusive and representative historical record, with a focus on African American history and cultural heritage.
Be Bold.
As part of the Rubenstein Library’s Community Engagement program and in collaboration with DCL at Duke, you’ll engage in community-centered archival work that connects oral history, public history, and preservation. You’ll help ensure that community voices are not only collected, but thoughtfully processed and made accessible for future generations.
What You’ll Do
- Report to and assist the Community Engagement Coordinator with multi-institutional collaborative oral history projects.
- Support oral history and community-based archival projects in collaboration with campus and external partner organizations.
- Review and edit oral history transcripts for accuracy, clarity, and consistency.
- Assist in creating and refining descriptive metadata to support discovery and long-term access.
- Help organize and manage digital files and project documentation using shared tools (e.g., spreadsheets, databases).
- Enhance public access and discoverability of oral history projects by contributing to digital storytelling efforts—such as project webpages, blog posts, and other creative initiatives—to promote and activate community stories.
- Regularly work in the Rubenstein Reading Room on the circulation desk.
- May work occasional evenings.
- Routinely move library materials weighing up to 40 pounds.
- Must be able to work in an environment in which exposure to materials containing dust and mold is possible.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of community-engaged archival work.
What You’ll Bring
- Current enrollment or recent graduation from a master’s program in archival studies, public history, library/information science, or a related field.
- Interest in oral history, Black history, cultural heritage preservation, and community archives.
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
- Advanced organizational, project and time-management skills.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Commitment to inclusive practices and respectful representation of community voices.
- Preferred: Experience with transcription, metadata, or digital tools, or coursework in archival description or oral history methods.
Choose Duke
Duke is built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. This role offers hands-on experience in oral history, archival processing, and community-engaged work. You’ll gain practical skills in working with primary sources, managing digital collections, and contributing to projects that preserve and share Black history and community memory.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Applications are accepted at https://careers.duke.edu/ — search for Requisition ID
This internship is onsite and part-time (up to 19 hours a week) from August 2026–May 2027 at a hiring rate of $18/hour.
Anticipated Pay Range: Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position as USD $51,401.00 to USD $82,291.00. Duke University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills; internal peer equity; as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your paycheck. Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learn more at: https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/
Equal Opportunity Employer: Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions:
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and reasonable accommodation(s) can be requested with Duke Access and Accommodations Services (email: DAAS@duke.edu; phone: 919-668-1267).
Nearest Major Market: Durham
Nearest Secondary Market: Raleigh
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship as a Community Engagement Coordinator
Frame your portfolio around measurable community outcomes
Designated sponsors evaluating Trainee or Specialist applications expect evidence of structured learning objectives. Document programs you coordinated, volunteer networks you managed, and participation rates you grew to build a compelling training plan.
Confirm your category before approaching host employers
Trainee status suits professionals within five years of graduation or prior work experience; Specialist applies to recognized expertise in community development. Arriving at an interview without clarity on your category signals you haven't done the groundwork.
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Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. employers actively hosting international professionals in community engagement and outreach roles, saving time you'd otherwise spend screening organizations with no J-1 host history.
Target nonprofits and local government agencies first
Community engagement work is concentrated in nonprofits, municipal offices, and public health agencies that have existing relationships with State Department-designated sponsors. These organizations are far more familiar with DS-2019 requirements and training plan documentation than private-sector employers.
Request the training plan template early in negotiations
Once a host employer expresses interest, ask them to initiate the training plan with their designated sponsor before you accept an offer. Delays at this stage are common and can push your start date back by several weeks.
Check whether your role triggers the two-year home residency requirement
Community engagement positions funded by a U.S. government agency or tied to your home country's skills shortage list may carry a two-year home residency requirement after your J-1 ends. Confirm your eligibility status with your designated sponsor before signing an offer.
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Find Community Engagement Coordinator JobsCommunity Engagement Coordinator J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a Community Engagement Coordinator role?
Most Community Engagement Coordinators qualify under the Trainee category if they are within five years of graduating or gaining relevant work experience, or the Specialist category if they have recognized expertise in community development, public outreach, or civic engagement. The Intern category applies only to currently enrolled students completing a degree. Your designated sponsor confirms which category applies to your background and training objectives.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa, the employer or someone else?
The J-1 visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, such as Cultural Vistas or CIEE, not the employer directly. Your host employer provides the position and the training environment, but the designated sponsor issues your DS-2019, monitors your compliance, and is legally responsible for the exchange program. Many host employers have an existing relationship with one or more designated sponsors before they hire.
How do I find U.S. employers willing to host a J-1 Community Engagement Coordinator?
Migrate Mate lets you search for U.S. employers in community engagement and related fields that have a history of hosting international professionals. Filtering by host organization type, region, and role helps you focus on nonprofits, government agencies, and foundations where J-1 hosting experience is most common, rather than approaching employers cold with no sponsorship background.
Does the two-year home residency requirement apply to community engagement roles?
It can. If your host organization receives U.S. government funding, or if community development appears on your home country's Exchange Visitor Skills List, your J-1 may carry a two-year home residency requirement after your program ends. This affects your ability to change status inside the U.S. or apply for certain immigrant visas immediately after the J-1. Your designated sponsor and the DS-2019 remarks section will indicate whether the requirement applies.
What does the training plan need to include for this role?
The training plan, called a DS-7002 for Trainees, must outline specific skills and competencies you will develop, week-by-week or phase-by-phase activities tied to community engagement work, and measurable learning outcomes. Vague descriptions of general office duties are routinely rejected by designated sponsors. Community-specific objectives, such as stakeholder outreach methods, grant coordination workflows, or program evaluation techniques, give the plan the structure sponsors require.
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