Job Details

Job Description

• Data Entry Specialist with familiarity with metadata for our project located in Washington, DC.
• The qualified candidates will work in a data entry/metadata services operation; work with U.S.
• Federal Government documents; identify descriptive content metadata information, such as: title, publication date, product and audience descriptions; perform data entry using various systems, tools and schemas; and work with various image formats, including but not limited to TIFF, JPEG200, and PDF. etc.
  

Skills

• The qualified candidates must have a minimum of a high school diploma, at least 2 years of related experience and the following knowledge, skills and abilities and/or competencies to successfully perform the work
  
• Ability to adhere to data entry and metadata object description schema standards and other metadata schema standards set forth by the client and for a variety of electronic material, including, text, audio, video and etc.
  
• Ability to identify specified metadata within Federal government publications
  
• Ability to accurately conduct data entry (accurate keying, spelling, etc.)
  
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with paraprofessionals, library professionals and agency personnel;
  
• Knowledge of various metadata standards and schemas
  
• Knowledge of Federal government publications and electronic resources
  
• General knowledge of Federal government publication content and organization
  
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative work environment
  
• Strong, organizational and interpersonal skills
  
• Ability to perform diverse and complex tasks with accuracy and attention to detail
  
• Ability to accurately identify and enter metadata
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office Suite
  
• Ability to review images at computer or workstation for long periods of time.