FYI -- please feel free to share this posting widely. It was posted on the Wikimedia Foundation website yesterday.
Thanks, Sue ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daniel Phelps <dphe...@wikimedia.org> Date: 2009/5/1 Subject: WMF Job Posting - Facilitator To: Sue Gardner <sgard...@wikimedia.org> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Facilitator_(Strategic_Plan) Job Title Facilitator Employment Duration July 2009 to July 2010. This is a one year contract position with the possibility of extension. Reports To Project Manager (Strategic Plan) About the Collaborative Strategy Development Process In July 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation will kick off a completely open, collaborative and transparent strategy development process aimed at maximizing the social impact of the Wikimedia movement world-wide over the coming years. The project will run from July 2009 until July 2010, and will draw upon the experiences and knowledge of a wide range of contributors including Wikimedia volunteers, specialists providing pro bono support, Wikimedia staff and board members, and an external strategy consulting firm. The strategy will be primarily developed through wikis and other online tools, and all planning outputs will be publicly available for review and free re-use. The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring three positions to support this process: a Project Manager, a Facilitator, and a Research Analyst. Job description The purpose of the Facilitator role is to support project participants during the process of creating actionable strategy recommendations. The Facilitator will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a tone of openness and transparency throughout the strategy project process, for orienting new participants and helping existing participants contribute to the project's goals. Part of this job will include actively moderating wiki and mailing list discussions to help them be focused and productive. Responsibilities * Set up and moderate project mailing lists and wiki pages; * Develop and maintain FAQs, Glossary pages, Guiding Principles, and other communications/transparency materials documenting and explaining the project process; * Coordinate community translation of key documents and surveys; * Welcome new strategy project participants and assist them in getting oriented; * Help working groups and sub-groups articulate their goals, and support them in working through specific activities (e.g., developing timelines, staging meetings, developing documents, etc.); * Respond to questions from strategy project participants; * Seek clarity from project team as required by participants; * Actively facilitate key discussions (e.g., paraphrasing, summarizing, reflecting back, keeping on task, keeping on time); * Promote constructive dialogue, mediate conflict and encourage creativity and participation; * Carry information (particularly best practices) among working groups and sub-groups; * Track down and recruit "experts" upon the request of working group and sub-group members. Requirements * 3+ years of online community facilitation or leadership experience is a requirement; * Experience with Wikimedia goals, policies and social norms is a major plus; * Experience in professional development, coaching, facilitation and/or working with volunteers is a plus; * Friendly, diplomatic and helpful; * Comfortable working with a diverse array of people including Wikimedians, academics, consultants, and professionals offering pro bono support; * Excellent English-language writing and communications skills; * International experience or ability to speak multiple languages is a plus; * Must be able to set priorities and work independently; * Must be highly skilled using a wide variety of communications/collaboration tools including wikis, mailing lists and IRC. About the Wikimedia Foundation The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a US-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible non-profit charity dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively-edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the world's 10 most visited websites, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikinews and the Wikimedia Commons media repository. The organization has received numerous honors for its work, among them the Webby Award, the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, the Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award and the World Technology Award in Communications Technology. The Wikimedia Foundation was created in 2003 to manage the operation of Wikipedia and its sister projects and is based in San Francisco, California. It currently employs 27 staff members. Wikimedia is supported by local chapter organizations in 21 countries. To Apply Please send a CV and cover letter to jobs(at)wikimedia.org, before May 31, 2009. Please put the position title (Facilitator-Strategic Plan) in your subject line. Applications that do not include a cover letter will not be considered. Due to the volume of responses that we anticipate we will not reply to all applications, so please do not interpret our silence as a lack of interest. Please copy and paste the text of your CV into the e-mail, in addition to attaching the file. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. This position can telecommute from anywhere in the world. -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. 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