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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Good Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has a job vacancy for a one-year, fixed term, entry level Online Publishing Administrator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> is an independent, statutory body of eminent South African scholars
and scientists. It was established in terms of an Act of Parliament. Its primary objective is to generate evidence-based solutions to the problems and challenges facing South African society.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">ASSAf seeks to appoint an Online Publishing Administrator in its Pretoria office. This is a one-year fixed term entry level position, in the Scholarly Publishing Programme.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates. ASSAf is an equal opportunity employer.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The duties would include inter alia:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">1) Scholarly Publishing administration
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">2) E-publication of SciELO SA journal issues
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">3) Development, maintenance and technical troubleshooting for journals in the SciELO SA collection.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">4) Administration of the SciELO SA collection.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">5) Processing metadata.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">6) Journal workflow administration, monitoring and statistics.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">7) Journal web content development and administration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Minimum educational requirements</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">B.Inf. B.LIS, B.Publ
<b>OR</b> B.Tech in a similar field of work <b>plus</b> relevant experience in information management or journal publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Required knowledge and skills:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Familiarity with information management practices and publishing workflows.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Familiarity with cataloguing practices and standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Knowledge of metadata standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Knowledge of web publishing and text editing, e.g., HTML, XML and / or Dreamweaver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Excellent computer skills.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Excel skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Qualities:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Must have a keen interest in IT.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Exceptional attention to detail. 100% accuracy is required.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Excellent organisational skills.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">A problem-solving mind-set.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Ability to work in a team on a daily basis, using shared Excel Online and / or Google Docs spreadsheets.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Ability to work independently and pro-actively.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">All candidates who comply with the minimum requirements are invited to apply.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">To apply, please submit a letter of application, as well as your CV and the contact details of three referees to Ms. Kelebogile Seotloe at
<a href="mailto:kelebogile@assaf.org.za">kelebogile@assaf.org.za</a> by no later than
<b>08:00 on 16 August 2021</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Louise van Heerden<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">SciELO SA Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Scholarly Publishing Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA">Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.assaf.org.za/</span></a>
<a href="http://www.scielo.org.za/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.scielo.org.za</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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