Position Description
Organisation: Regional Environmental Center for
Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Department: Information Exchange (IED)
The main goals of the Information Exchange
Department are to:
provideand improve public access to
environmental information
promotenetworking and the exchange of
information among environmental stakeholders
improvethe availability and distribution of REC
products and services
The Department provides environmental information
through its in-house library, free information request
service, publications and electronic media. Publications
include directories, a regional environmental journal,
reports, surveys, newsletters and tipsheets. All REC
publications and databases are available in electronic
format through the World-wide Web. Electronic
communications activities also include a daily
environmental news service, in-house information
management and systems support and telematics-
related applications using the latest communication
technologies. Finally, IED provides information support
specifically tailored to the region’s environmental
media and communicates the REC's activities and
developments to its constituents in the region and
world-wide.
Position: Information Services Project Manager
General Responsibilities:
The Information Services Project Manager is
responsible for managing the library, supervising the
information services staff, maintaining and developing
environmental databases, and coordinating the REC’s
information requests service.
Experience and skill level required:
Minimumtwo years experience in
library/information management, preferably in
environmental field
Excellentorganisational and communications skills
Experiencewith library management computer
software systems, computer-based databases, and
Internet software
Solidproject management skills: planning, budgets,
project proposals, operating policies
Supervisoryexperience
Fluencyin English (and one regional language
preferred)
Education:
University degree in information sciences or library
management preferred
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