Librarian (Digital Services)

The IMF seeks a professional with expertise in information management, particularly managing access to market data and information resources to join its Library team located in Washington, D.C. The IMF Library serves the information and data needs of the IMF and the World Bank Group (WBG).

The Library’s functional services span three teams: one with responsibilities for negotiating and licensing of resources (Content Development team), the second with responsibility for research services and client engagement (Client Services team), and the third (Library Operations team), for which this position is being recruited, manages the Library’s technology infrastructure and provides technical support to enable discovery and access to information resources and market data.

Reporting to the Senior Librarian in charge of the Library Operations team and working collaboratively with the other functional areas of the Library, the Digital Services Librarian participates in the planning and development of library technology initiatives to optimize user experiences and provide seamless discovery of and access to market data and information resources.

The primary responsibilities include providing technical expertise to manage the IMF and WBG’s growing commercial data feeds initiative, utilizing data analytics to maximize data-driven decision making for the allocation of library resources, and working with stakeholders to provide functional expertise for systems and content integration. The job also involves technical troubleshooting related to library systems and applications.

The ideal candidate should have:

• A Master’s degree in information science or computer science or equivalent degree in a related field. Alternately, a bachelor’s degree supplemented by a minimum of six years of relevant professional experience.
• Expertise in market data management and implementing infrastructure solutions for the delivery and access of data feeds. Strong knowledge of equity and fixed income data, including Bloomberg, Refinitiv, S&P Global, etc.
• Thorough understanding and practical experience with APIs, experience with JSON, XML, XSLT, and web services.
• Understanding of SQL and relational database management systems. Working knowledge of one or more scripting programming languages (Python, R, JavaScript, etc.).
• Strong analytical skills, experience using statistical packages and familiarity using data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate technical information to clients at all levels.
• Able to work in a fast-paced multi-cultural environment with an emphasis on meeting client needs and deadlines.

Preferred skills and experiences include:

• Domain knowledge of macroeconomic and financial theories and methods would be an asset.
• Experience with the library technologies including Alma/Primo (Ex Libris, Inc), EZProxy, Open Athens