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E-Content Specialist
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theresa Smith)
Thu Mar 24 20:34:44 2005
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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:30:22 -0600
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From: Theresa Smith <l.selmo@FORDFOUND.ORG>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
The Ford Foundation is a private philanthropic institution that serves as
a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals are
to: Strengthen democratic values; reduce poverty and injustice; promote
international cooperation; advance human achievement. This has been our
purpose for almost half a century.
E-CONTENT SPECIALIST
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
The E- Content Specialist is responsible for gathering and documenting
users' content requirements and translating them into system
specifications, developing and maintaining content collections and content
architectures, developing interfaces and applications to facilitate
information access and delivery, and participating in the integration of
content management with organizational applications and digital content
preservation initiatives. Responsible for identifying, populating and
maintaining content including quality control of an online bibliographic
database. The E- Content Specialist will participate in Web related
projects including Foundation intranet sites. S/He will understand web
projects as a technical user as well as a Foundation user.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master's Degree (preferably in Information Sciences or Business)
• Significant project management experience including web technical
project management, development methods and tools
• Strong Internet and web application development background with
high level support and excellent user satisfaction experience
• Ability to communicate with technical staff and to translate
technical requirements into concepts understandable to non-technical staff
• Knowledge of initiatives related to providing access to electronic
resources
• Experience working with licensing and/or organizing electronic
resources
• Experience in information based or web development/usability
setting
• Strong analytical, problem solving, interpersonal, written and
presentation skills
• Ability to cooperatively set and effectively attain goals in a
fast-paced and changing environment
• Broad knowledge of digital technologies, marc/metadata standards,
and best practices
• In-depth knowledge of information retrieval and organizational
principles, computer systems and relational database management systems.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge of ASP, HTML and MS-SQL. Experience in using or understanding
concepts of VB, Java or other object oriented languages; substantial
knowledge of Microsoft/Intel platform and XML; familiarity with Microsoft
Share point or other portal software.
Hiring Guidelines: $56,000 - $66,900
To apply for employment, please send resume and cover letter including
salary information to Ms. Theresa Smith at 320 East 43rd Street New York,
N.Y 10017 OR visit www.fordfound.org
Excellent benefits include Foundation-paid comprehensive medical and
dental insurance, retirement plan, generous vacation, and tuition
reimbursement.
Equal employment opportunity and having a diverse staff are fundamental
principles at The Ford Foundation, where employment and promotional
opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications
without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual
orientation/affectional preference, age, national origin, marital status,
citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other protected
characteristic as established under law.
