[Apologies for multiple postings]
The European Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), a company
specialized in Human Language Technologies within an international
context, acting as the distribution agency of the European Language
Resources Association (ELRA), is currently seeking to fill an immediate
vacancy for a Language Resources Project Manager – Junior position. This
yields excellent opportunities for young, creative, and motivated
candidates wishing to participate actively to the Language Engineering
field.
*Language Resources Project Manager - Junior*
Under the supervision of the Language Resources Sales Manager, the
Language Resources Project Manager – Junior will be in charge of the
identification of Language Resources (LRs) and the negotiation of rights
in relation with their distribution.
The position includes, but is not limited to, the responsibility of the
following tasks:
• Identification of LRs and Cataloguing
• Negotiation of distribution rights, including interaction with LR
providers, drafting of distribution agreements, definition of prices of
language resources to be integrated in the ELRA catalogue
• LR Packaging and Archiving
Profile:
• University degree or equivalent in computational linguistics,
information science, knowledge management or similar fields
• Experience in project management (especially European projects), as
well as practice in contract and partnership negotiation at an
international level, would be a plus
• Dynamic and communicative, flexible to combine and work on
different tasks
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, in particular
the ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team
• Proficiency in French and English
• Citizenship of (or residency papers) a European Union country
Applications will be considered until the position is filled. The
position is based in Paris.
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applicants should email a cover letter addressing the points listed
above together with a curriculum vitae to:
Valérie Mapelli
ELRA / ELDA
9, rue des Cordelières
75013 Paris
FRANCE
Mail : [email protected]
ELRA was established in February 1995, with the support of the European
Commission, to promote the development and exploitation of Language
Resources (LRs). LRs include all data necessary for language
engineering, such as monolingual and multilingual lexica, text corpora,
speech databases and terminology. The role of this non-profit membership
Association is to promote the production of LRs, to collect and to
validate them and, foremost, make them available to users. The
association also gathers information on market needs and trends.
For further information about ELDA/ELRA, visit http://www.elra.info
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