Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building Division (KCE)

Profile Code

Thes_01

Profile Description

THESAURUS EXPERT

Profile Requirements: thesaurus expert

General Requirements:

  • Working knowledge of English and one of French/Spanish/Chinese/Arabic.
  • Experience in and ability to work in a team.
  • Aptitude to precision and detail.

Essential technical skills and experience:

  • Excellent knowledge in thesauri and thesaurus design.
  • Experience in metadata and controlled vocabularies.
  • Knowledge of International Standards in Documentation.
  • Experience with cataloguing.
  • Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office tools (Access, Excel, ODBC).
  • Excellent knowledge of XML, RDF/S.
  • Knowledge of SQL and RDBMS.

Desirable skills:

  • Experience with Ontologies.
  • Experience with Natural Language Processing techniques.
  • Experience with programming languages: VB/VBA, Java.
  • Knowledge in the agriculture domain.

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