5.11.17 — Library Consultant Internship
OCLC, Leiden, Netherlands
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The Job Details are as follows:
This challenging internship with the largest co-operative for library services in the world is focused on expanding our services in the French market.
In our EMEA headoffice in Leiden, Netherlands we offer the right candidate in Information sciences the opportunity to learn and experience our commitment to service Libraries world wide. The team in Leiden is multi origin including French native speakers. The tasks consist of supporting the writing, editing, and producing proposals outlining OCLC’s solutions that are in response to Requests For Proposal (RFP), Requests For Information (RFI), and similar requests from OCLC users, prospective users and OCLC staff. will learn to understand the OCLC sales process, including positioning, pricing, packaging, and the strategies used for each service and type of library/group.
We are looking for a native French speaker with the following skills:
- A bachelor’s degree in information science, speciliazed in library, library automation, or and/or technical and business writing experience.
- Document editing, proofing and formatting ability with a high attention to details.
- Highly organized and be capable of performing well in deadline-intensive environment.
- Good English language skills and other languages a plus.
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