Student for Digitization Work

Bern

Key information

Publication date:25 September 2025
Workload:100%
Place of work:Bern

Job summary

The Institute for the History of Medicine at Uni Bern runs an archive for medical history. Join our team for a flexible project in digitization.

Tasks

Record documents to be digitized in an Excel table.
Prepare documents for digitization and ensure proper handling.
Digitize materials and label digital files for research.

Skills

Ongoing Bachelor's or Master's studies with attention to detail.
Experience with digitization and IT proficiency is preferred.
Strong German and French language skills are required.

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The Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Bern maintains an archive for the history of medicine.
The focus is on documenting Bernese and Swiss medicine, see https://www.img.unibe.ch/dienstleistungen/archiv/index_ger.html

For digitization work in a temporary project, we are looking for:

Student
Employment duration: At least 300 hours, flexible working hours
Start date: by arrangement
Salary: Hourly wage CHF 30.- gross (including vacation)

Job description

• Recording the documents to be digitized in an Excel spreadsheet
• Preparation of digitization
• Digitization of the documents
• Proper packaging and labeling of the digitized documents
• Processing of the digital copies for research

Requirements

• Ongoing Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Precise and careful working method
• Interest in or experience with digitization work
• IT affinity
• Proficient in common Office applications, especially Excel and Word
• Experience in reading old scripts
• Good German and French skills

Application: By October 30, 2025, to stefan.haechler@unibe.ch (only electronic applications with the usual documents)
Contact and information (Mon-Thu):
Stefan Hächler, Head of the Archive for the History of Medicine at the University of Bern
stefan.haechler@unibe.ch , 031 684 84 28