Send to friend Background and General Description
The World Bank Group’s research and knowledge products are an important prism through which the outside world views the Bank Group and its mission. The Publishing and Knowledge division of the External and Corporate Relations Vice Presidency (ECRPK) works to advance the Bank's research, knowledge, learning, and communications goals by publishing Bank knowledge in multiple formats for multiple audiences. World Bank publications and electronic products are a highly visible, key component of the World Bank Group.
The Publishing Systems and Electronic Product Development team in ECRPK has four main areas of responsibility. 1) The team manages and supports the main systems underlying the publishing workflows, such as the title management system (Klopotek), content management system (PCMS/RSuite), and digital asset distribution system (DAD via CollectionPoint) for the formal book program. 2) The team leads cross-functional efforts to maintain and update; curate and transform content and metadata for; and enhance features and functionality of ECRPK’s major Open Access database (Open Knowledge Repository [OKR]) and major subscription database (World Bank eLibrary). 3) The team conceptualizes and develops other electronic products, including mobile applications and enhanced ebooks, as required. 4) The team uses and supports the tools, scripts, and outputs required for digital book publishing and dissemination, eproduct development, and reporting, including working with the World Bank DTDs and reviewing and repurposing the resulting XML/XHTML files.
The team works closely with ECRPK’s Acquisitions, Editorial/Production, Marketing, and Rights teams and liaises externally with technology vendors, conversion houses, co-publishers, international institutions, and other partnering institutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
This specialist reports to the Manager of the Publishing Systems and Electronic Product Development team and works very closely with other team members and other ECRPK staff as well.
1. Support eLibrary plus other eProducts (approximately 20 hours per week – 50%)
Under the guidance of the relevant manager, supervisor, or task team leader (TTL), the consultant will perform the following tasks, as required:
- Prepare, or assist in the preparation of, metadata and content for use in the eLibrary, including some curation of metadata from authors
- Upload, or assist in the upload, and QA of content and metadata in the eLibrary platform
- Perform functional, content-based, and other QA for eLibrary
- Update, or assist in the updating of, static pages, widgets, and other parts of eLibrary
- Contribute to and follow issues in the internal Issue Tracker (Sharepoint) and the vendor’s bug-reporting system for eLibrary, as needed
- Assist with the planning and implementation of enhancements and new functionality in eLibrary, as needed
- Support eproducts, as assigned, including preparing and/or organizing metadata, content, and other assets; and performing functional, content-based, and other QA
2. Support Digital Asset Distribution, Publishing Systems, and the Team (approximately 20 hours per week – 50%)
Under the guidance of the relevant manager, supervisor, or TTL, the consultant will assist with the support of digital asset distribution, publishing systems, and the team, including:
- Update Klopotek, PCMS, and/or DAD with required metadata, including metadata from Author Questionnaires and ONIX
- Coordinate and assist in the distribution of eBooks and related metadata to internal and external channels, including QA, via the DAD
- Track down missing metadata, and respond to vendor and other queries, as needed
- Assist in organizing assets and uploading legacy content in PCMS
- Assist in testing, supporting, and tracking issues with PCMS and Klopotek
- Support other activities of and analysis for the team, as needed
- Upon further implementation of the PCMS, assume or share additional responsibilities for triggering content deliveries and distributions to various endpoints and vendors
Selection Criteria
- BA/BS (Communications, English, Economics, Journalism, International Relations, Publishing, Computer Science, or related technical fields)
- At least 3 years’ experience in electronic publishing, preferably academic book, reference book, or scientific book publishing
- Experience managing or working with content and metadata for electronic products and/or databases
- Experience working in title management, content management, and/or vendor systems that underlie publishing workflows and electronic products
- Ability to trouble shoot and apply judgment and good problem-solving skills when documentation does not address specific circumstances
- Ability to learn new systems and workflows and to adapt to changing business needs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Attention to detail and ability to perform tasks consistently
- Experience working with and participating in cross-functional teams as a team player
- Familiarity with XML and HTML, including editing tools and software, a plus
- Proficiency with taxonomic and publishing metadata, including standards such as ONIX, a plus
- Familiarity with ePUB as used in ebooks and other epublishing standards a plus
If you are interested, please send your resume and cover letter, with subject line “Electronic Product Coordinator,” to Vivian Klein (vklein@worldbankgroup.org) by April 13, 2015
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