Librarian/Archivist

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN MOLDOVA
announces the vacancy of Librarian/Archivist positions

Background
The United Nations Development Programme office in Moldova wishes to hire a short-term consultant (3 months) to review, reorganize, simplify and establish a policy for its filing and documentation system.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• The consultant is responsible to perform the following duties:
• Review the current archives at the UNDP country office;
• Design a logical, simple and easy-to-manage filing system, including e-filing options;
• Re-organize and optimize archives in line with the proposed system within available space; and
• Ensure the new filing system is operational and brief concerned staff on maintenance and upkeep requirements.

Requirements

The selected candidate will meet the following criteria:

• University degree in Bibliotheconomy, Information Assistance, Archiving or in related discipline;
• At least two years of practical experience as a librarian/bibliothecarian, or related relevant administrative work in setting up filing systems;
• Self-starter, meticulous and well organized at work; ability to process information rapidly;
• Fluent in English, Romanian and Russian;
• Immediate availability.


For further requirements and full job description, qualified candidates are invited to visit UNDP Moldova web site at http://www.undp.md/employment and submit their resumes with a cover letter with the mark “Librarian/Archivist ” by 25 May, 2007 by e-mail to registry.md@undp.org or by fax to 220041. Only those short-listed will be contacted.