DUTY STATION
Geneva, Switzerland
COMMENCEMENT OF DUTY
To be determined NATURE OF APPOINTMENT
Variable (depending on needs of Department/Division)
10 months
Organizational Unit
Linguistic Services and Publishing
Governance Services Department WMO is committed to achieving diversity and a balanced workforce. Applications are welcome from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. The statutory retirement age after 1 January 2014 is 65. Pursuant to WMO Standing Instructions, the minimum age to be eligible for consideration for vacant positions is 18, and the maximum age must enable the candidate to serve for at least the term of the contract before reaching mandatory age of separation. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Associate Documentation Control Officer of Linguistic Services and Publishing (LSP), Governance Services Department, the incumbent will perform the following duties:
Locate and package physical publications in batches for shipping to an external vendor for digitization.
Track physical publications through the digitization life cycle via the creation of a detailed inventory.
Update metadata for existing records of physical publications in WMO e-Library or create new records for publications that are missing in WMO e-Library, as necessary.
Quality control pdf scans, including OCR (Optical Character Recognition) accuracy.
Conduct research on online digital collections to identify WMO publications that already exist electronically but are missing in WMO e-Library and add them accordingly.
Conduct a control check of WMO e-Library records to identify missing pdfs, low quality scans, broken links, publications that require OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and any other inconsistencies.
Assist the WMO Library Team with other tasks as required, including on-site scanning and bilingual publication alignments.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
University degree or certification in Library Science, archival Studies, Information Science, or related field.
Experience
At least 3 years of professional experience of working with digital and physical archives, libraries and/or records repositories, of which at least 1 year was with an international organization.
Other requirements
Knowledge of library and archival databases and/or management systems;
Knowledge of physical library and archival collections;
Knowledge of metadata standards, creation, and description of digital resources;
Ability to lift around 6 kg.
Languages
Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. Knowledge of other official languages of WMO would be an advantage.
(Note: The official languages of the Organization are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.) Proposed fee: 5,012 USD per month
Focal point email for additional information: amartrich@wmo.int Additional Information:
Applications should be made online through the WMO e-recruitment system at https://erecruit.wmo.int/public/.
Do not send your application via multiple routes. Only applicants in whom WMO has a further interest will be contacted.
Shortlisted candidates may be required to sit a written test and/or an interview. Date of issue of vacancy notice: