Job openings/Volunteer Development Coordinator

 YOU ARE ...

.. gregarious, charismatic, persistent, and service-oriented. You are a passionate community builder and are (or can become) a passionate and outspoken advocate for MediaWiki development and other Wikimedia Foundation projects. You are patient with newcomers, but knowledgeable enough to hold your own with the technical veterans in Wikimedia projects, and can be a great mediator when needed. Though you are not necessarily a software architect, you are a capable coder and a good judge of the coding skills of others.

JOB TITLE

Volunteer Development Coordinator [CLOSED]

REPORTS TO

Chief Technical Officer

JOB PURPOSE

To ensure volunteers are motivated, excited and effective participants in software development necessary to the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation, and to increase the number of volunteer developers, testers, writers and wranglers.

JOB SUMMARY

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:


 * Act as a first-responder in the community, helping volunteers get started with development activities (coding, testing, documentation, wrangling) and match volunteers to opportunities
 * Help volunteers ensure their work meets with MediaWiki development standards, and help ensure that the developer documentation is complete and useful
 * Shepherd volunteer work through the process of inclusion in MediaWiki and deployment to Wikimedia websites
 * Represent the interests of volunteers in situations where they might not be present (e.g. office meetings, software design discussions), and involve volunteers when possible
 * Ensure that the Wikimedia Foundation is upholding its values of transparency and inclusiveness, especially as it pertains to software development
 * Publish and promote list of possible projects for newcomers, ensuring the list is easy-to-find, properly prioritized, and current
 * Maintain a holistic view of the volunteer development community at all times, working toward an organized and accurate view of the status of all volunteer-led activities
 * Recruit volunteers online, at conferences and meetings where new and existing volunteer developers might be found, encouraging participation and educating prospective volunteers

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
 * Excellent written communication skills (clear and prolific)
 * 2+ years experience working with online volunteers
 * 3+ years in a technical position within a software development organization (for example: writing code, writing technical specifications, testing, or line-level management of developers)
 * Experience working with remote and distributed teams required
 * The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural contexts
 * Must be comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment
 * Must be comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, sometimes accepting candid public scrutiny
 * Must play well with others, with an ability to diffuse tense situations with humor and humility
 * Must have a strong affinity for the Wikimedia mission

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
 * B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field preferred.
 * Experience with best practices in secure and scalable web application development a plus
 * Experience with PHP and Linux/Unix shell usage preferred, with other software development experience such as Python, Perl, Ruby, or Java welcome
 * Any other free/open software development experience highly welcome
 * Experience using and/or developing with wikis and participatory production environments a plus (bonus points if it's MediaWiki)
 * Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a prerequisite.