About Elsevier
Elsevier is aworld-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical informationproducts and services. Working in partnership with the global science and healthcommunities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in 74 offices worldwide publish morethan 2,500 journals and 2,200 new books per year, in addition to offering asuite of innovative electronic products, such as SciVerse ScienceDirect, Reaxys,SciVerse Scopus, bibliographic databases, and online reference works. Our aimis to fuel a continuous cycle of exploration and discovery and inspiremeaningful action.
Elsevier's S& T Academic & Government Department belongs to the Science &Technology group and serves the global academic and governmental community byproviding high-quality content in the form of databases and software, books andjournals, both in printed and electronic version. We are customer focused, innovative, valueour people, have a passion for winning and work regardless of any boundaries.
The role of thefreelance trainer includes the preparation, conduction and evaluation ofproduct trainings (Reaxys) assigned by Elsevier for Polish Academic &Government Customers. In doing so, the freelance trainer closely cooperateswith the Elsevier Customer Development Manager, to coordinate product trainingsbased on customer needs, provide training evaluations requested, receivetrainings etc. This employment requires willingness to travel. Competitivehourly rates are paid in EUR. The freelance trainer employment requiresapproximately 10 trainings to be conducted each year.
Scope of Activities:
- Preparation, conduction and evaluation of Reaxys trainings based on Elsevier assignment
- Regular (monthly) reporting to Elsevier representative
- Travels
- Participation in regular trainings
- Additional activities such as: translations, support in PR/marketing activities (e.g. website marketing, organization of events etc.)
Qualifications
- Strong chemistry (organic preferred over inorganic chemistry) background. At least Master degree; PhD preferred.
- Alternatively background in Pharmacology
- Experience in working with Reaxys preferred
- Confident to speak in front of an audience
- Experience in providing trainings a plus
- Contacts to relevant stakeholders (university librarians, governmental institutions) a plus
- Analytical skills, conceptual thinking, creativity
- Microsoft Office (PowerPoint in particular) skills
- Strong planning, communication and presentation skills
Additionalrequirements
- Very good written and verbal communication skills, in English and Polish
- Mature character
- Ability to work and communicate pro-actively
- Willingness to travel
- Work customer focused
- Used to work with electronic media
- Be dynamic
- Be innovative
- Have a passion for winning
- Be willing to deliver results
- Good listener and communicator, self-reliant, creative out-of-the-box thinking and used to taking initiative
We offer:
- Competitive hourly rates are paid in EUR. The freelance trainer employment requires approximately 10 trainings to be conducted each year.