The European Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), a company specialised in Human Language Technologies within an international context is currently seeking to fill an immediate vacancy for a permanent Project Manager Intellectual Property and Language Data position.

Under the CEO?s supervision, the Project Manager Intellectual Property and Language Data will handle legal issues related to compilation, use and distribution of language datasets on a European and international scale. This yields excellent opportunities for young, creative, and motivated candidates wishing to participate actively to the Language Engineering field.

His main tasks will consist of:

• drafting and negotiating distribution contracts for language datasets to be added to an online catalogue;
• analysing of the legal status of language datasets;
• implementing GDPR requirements in the processing of language data;
• supervising data collection, particularly in the context of public Open Data;
• implementing evaluation procedures for IPR clearance of digital data.

A successful candidate:

• holds a Master?s degree (or equivalent) in IT Law, with good understanding of intellectual property and data protection;
• holds a Bachelor?s degree (or justifies equivalent experience) in Information Science, Knowledge Management or a similar domain;
• speaks fluent English, with advanced writing and analytical skills;
• is familiar with public licensing schemes (CC, GPL, etc.);
• justifies experience in project management and/or participation in European or international projects;
• is dynamic, communicative, flexible and willing to work on various tasks;
• is capable of working independently as well as in a team;
• is an EU citizen, or has a residence permit enabling him to work in France.

All applications will be carefully examined until the position is filled. The position is based in Paris.

Gross annual salary: 30.000-36.000 EUR depending on experience.

Applicants should email a cover letter addressing the points listed above together with a curriculum vitae to: job@elda.org. 

ELDA is a human-sized company (15 people) acting as the distribution agency of the European Language Resources Association (ELRA). ELRA was established in February 1995, with the support of the European Commission, 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. The role of this non-profit membership Association is to promote the production of LRs, to collect and to validate them and, foremost, make them available to users. The association also gathers information on market needs and trends.

For further information about ELDA/ELRA, visit: http://www.elra.info