Job Opening – Wikidata Course Manager/Facilitator
20 JUNE 2022
Description
Do you understand how Wikidata works? Can you link the local metadata of library, museums and archives collections with a network of global metadata using Wikidata? Can you ably teach information professionals about how to use Wikidata to make their information resources more visible? Do you have the passion to help African information professionals learn how to enlarge the presence of African voices in online spaces? Can you train information professionals to use Wikidata as a database and a visualization tool for knowledge mapping? Do you have deep hands-on experience with Wikidata editing and Wikimedia communities? Can you facilitate online training on Moodle platform for large groups? Do you have experience in training, communicating or holding other activities for African libraries?
The African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) has been leading African librarians and information professionals to ask questions and explore how to fully open the knowledge stored in information resources in African libraries, archives and museums so that they will be more visible and easier to locate. This is critical as opening up knowledge helps to create more knowledge and pathways for solutions that lead to sustainable development. Through grant support by the Wikimedia Foundation, AfLIA will train librarians and information professionals on promoting open knowledge practices in African Libraries through WikiData.
The position will be for one (1) year. The person will work closely with;
- a curriculum development expert who will be retained for a period of 2 months to co-create a curriculum and learning materials/resources on Wikidata that will fit in with the stated objectives of the project.
- a French facilitator/translator who will be retained for 7months to translate the curriculum and the learning materials/resources as well as facilitate the course for French speaking information professionals.
How to apply
If interested, kindly click on button below to get full details of the job specification.
If you think you are a perfect fit for the Course Manager/Facilitator as described above, please send your application via email with the title – Application for Course Manager/Facilitator and a detailed curriculum vitae including the emails and phone contacts of three references to;
The Executive Director,
AfLIA Secretariat,
P. O. Box BC 38,
Accra, Ghana,
Email address: secretariat@aflia.net
with a copy to;
The Program Officer,
Email address: programofficer@aflia.net