[NEDBIB-L] Job vacancy at the NATO Library (Brussels)

NATO Library (Brussels)

Job Description

A Portfolio/DAM Librarian

TASKS DESCRIPTION:

i. Under the direction of the Head of the NATO Library, the incumbent will help to define some content management functionalities (the Metadata Index) of the NATO Digital Asset Management system in the frame of the NATO DAM Project.

ii. Under the day-to-day supervision of the Assistant, Multimedia, the incumbent will also have to assist in maintaining the digital asset component of the NATO public digital platform. He/she assists in captioning and cataloguing digital as well as analog assets (photo, audio and video). He/she will respond to internal and external requests for audio-visual material. He/she will be the Multimedia Assistant's back up.

iii. The incumbent would also help to develop:
- "portfolios" services (specialized e-bibliographies)
- some user education programmes to increase knowledge and use of the library's electronic resources

iv. He/she will assist the Librarian and Library Assistant with the daily operations of the NATO Library and the Media Library (reference and research service, bibliographies, collection development, cataloguing and classification, library modernization)

DESIRED PROFILE:

- Studies: Librarianship (Master of Library and Information Science degree); Undergraduate specialization such as: political science, international relations, history, economics, journalism, geography
- Language skills: English/French
- IT skills: Content Management systems (Digital Asset Management system or Document Management system), Databases, library systems, Excel, Word, Access, web publishing softwares such as Frontpage or Contribute, internet
- Experience required: some experience with executing comparable duties would be much appreciated
- Competencies: The incumbent will demonstrate the following competencies: organizational awareness, teamwork spirit, customer service orientation;

CONTRACT:

- Nature of the contract: Full time employment contract (38h/week)
- Duration of the contract: 6 month contract, renewable.
- Salary : around 3,000 euros/month
- Starting date : to be confirmed

CONTACT:

Please send by email your resume and a motivation letter before 15 August 2009 to:

Isabel Fernandez
NATO HQ Library
Public Diplomacy Division
Strategic Communication Services
Room Nb 124
Boulevard Leopold III
B-1110 Bruxelles
Tel.: (32)2/707.50.22
Fax: (32)2/707.42.49
e-mail: fernandez.isabel@hq.nato.int