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'''JOB TITLE'''
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Head of Community Giving, Wikimedia Foundation
Head of Community Giving, Wikimedia Foundation <font color="red">[CLOSED]</font>

'''JOB PURPOSE'''


;Purpose
As head of community giving, your job is to execute the Wikimedia
As head of community giving, your job is to execute the Wikimedia
Foundation's community gifts strategy in the context of its overall
Foundation's community gifts strategy in the context of its overall
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Financial and Operating Officer.
Financial and Operating Officer.


;Summary
'''JOB SUMMARY'''

This position will execute the community giving strategy for the
This position will execute the community giving strategy for the
Wikimedia Foundation in the context of its overall mission, vision,
Wikimedia Foundation in the context of its overall mission, vision,
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revenue is derived from individual donations.
revenue is derived from individual donations.


Responsibilities:
;Responsibilities

*Optimize and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation's single largest revenue source, its online donation pages;
*Optimize and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation's single largest revenue source, its online donation pages;
*Develop and implement strategy to solicit recurring donations;
*Develop and implement strategy to solicit recurring donations;
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*Achieve annual financial targets, as established during the financial planning process.
*Achieve annual financial targets, as established during the financial planning process.


;Required qualifications
'''REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS'''

*Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; advanced degree preferred
*Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; advanced degree preferred
*The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of work experience, including some fundraising experience; however we will also consider applications from people with backgrounds that include usability and user interface/interaction design, and/or website project management
*The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of work experience, including some fundraising experience; however we will also consider applications from people with backgrounds that include usability and user interface/interaction design, and/or website project management
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*Experience living or working outside the United States is a major plus.
*Experience living or working outside the United States is a major plus.


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'''ABOUT WMF'''
|date=May 15, 2008

|title=Community Giving
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable corporation.
|more=In your cover letter, please lay out some opening thoughts about how, in your view, the Foundation might best implement a community giving strategy.
It is fully audited and has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United
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States. The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and
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engage people around the world to collect and develop educational
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content under a free license or in the public domain, and to
disseminate it effectively and globally. The Wikimedia Foundation
operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects
in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the 10 most-visited websites
in the world.

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Title

Head of Community Giving, Wikimedia Foundation [CLOSED]

Purpose

As head of community giving, your job is to execute the Wikimedia Foundation's community gifts strategy in the context of its overall mission, vision, values and goals. This position reports to the Chief Financial and Operating Officer.

Summary

This position will execute the community giving strategy for the Wikimedia Foundation in the context of its overall mission, vision, values and goals. This is a critical role: 96% of the Foundation's revenue is derived from individual donations.

Responsibilities
  • Optimize and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation's single largest revenue source, its online donation pages;
  • Develop and implement strategy to solicit recurring donations;
  • Develop other donation streams, such as corporate matching programs, blog campaigns, social networking campaigns;
  • Develop and maintain communications with donors and prospective donors, including on-site messaging, newsletters, blog entries, etc.
  • Achieve annual financial targets, as established during the financial planning process.
Required qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; advanced degree preferred
  • The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of work experience, including some fundraising experience; however we will also consider applications from people with backgrounds that include usability and user interface/interaction design, and/or website project management
  • Good general understanding of donation streams including emerging trends
  • Mission-driven non-profit or open source / free culture experience
  • Excellent writing skills including the ability to explain, summarize, persuade and motivate
  • Experience with A/B testing, website usability testing and/or market research
  • Ability to evaluate, analyze and prioritize; self-motivated and independent
  • Good technical literacy from a user perspective: able to search a database and use various tools such as wikis, groups and blogging software, good general understanding of how websites are designed and constructed
  • The ability to speak multiple languages is a major plus;
  • Experience living or working outside the United States is a major plus.

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