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The Evaluations and Language Resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), a company specialized in Human Language Technologies within an international context, is currently seeking to fill an immediate vacancy for a permanent Junior Project Manager position, specialised in Natural Language Processing.
Job description
The Junior Project Manager will conduct the activities related to the production of language resources and the co-ordination of national and European R&D projects, under the supervision of a Senior Project Manager. Their responsibilities include the recruitment and management of project-dedicated team members, as well as the design/specification and quality control of the language resources produced within the projects. They will also contribute to improve or update the current language resources production workflows, particularly in terms of human resources, time management and budgets. This yields excellent opportunities for motivated, creative candidates willing to improve their experience and actively participate in the Language Technologies field.
The position is based in Paris (13th).
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience (between 28-38K€).
Other benefits: complementary health insurance and meal vouchers.
Required profile
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Master’s degree in NLP, Linguistics or General Management with a liking for language technologies and AI.
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Strong organizational skills and ability to supervise members of a multidisciplinary team. Proficiency in organizational tools is required (e.g. ASANA, currently used at ELDA); familiarity with or proposals for other tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence or Notion) would be a plus.
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Strong skills in office tools (in particular Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
* Ability to experiment with various techniques or tools related to language technology (e.g. annotation or transcription tools). * Dynamic and communicative, flexible to work on multiple tasks * Proficiency in English with ability to write administration documentation, deliverables and reports, and good mastering of French. Knowledge of any other European language would be a strong plus. * Citizenship (or residency papers) of a European Union country.
About
ELDA is an SME established in 1995 to promote the development and exploitation of Language Resources (LRs). Language Resources include all data necessary for language engineering, such as monolingual and multilingual lexica, text corpora, speech databases, and terminology. ELDA’s role is to produce LRs, to collect, to validate, and, foremost, to make them available to users in compliance with applicable regulations and ethical requirements.
For further information about ELDA, visit: https://fr.linkedin.com/company/elda https://fr.linkedin.com/company/elda
Applicants should email a cover letter addressing the points listed above together with a curriculum vitae to:
*ELDA*
*9 rue des Cordelières*
*75013 Paris*
*FRANCE*
*Email: _job@elda.org_ *