Job openings

Although the projects supported by the Wikimedia Foundation are produced by volunteers, the Foundation employs a small staff in order to handle some administrative and technical matters.

Employment opportunities at the Wikimedia Foundation

Executive Director Search

The Foundation is currently conducting a search for a permanent Executive Director. More information will be published during March 2007.

Volunteer Coordinator

Effective immediately, the Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Volunteer Coordinator who will lead in opening up new opportunities for volunteers to contribute to the mission and day-to-day work of the Foundation.

Ideally, you will work in the Wikimedia Office in St. Petersburg, Florida. Please also specify whether you would prefer part-time or full-time work.

Please send applications, including a Curriculum Vitae, to:

jobs at wikimedia dot org

Responsibilities

As Volunteer Coordinator, your responsibilities will include:

• maintaining a global, public list of tasks across different work areas, through communicating with committees/officers, which would indicate which areas need volunteer work the most critically at any given time.
• advising the Board and ED during the setup of new volunteer groups and committees
• ensuring that all volunteer groups in the WMF are operational and reporting their activities on a regular basis; evaluating performance (cat herding experience and international diplomacy skills will help ;-)
• being a first personal point of contact for people who wish to do volunteer work for the organization, but don't know where to start
• organizing and advertising regular online events and tutorials to educate people about different areas of volunteering
• reporting when existing volunteer groups such as committees or workgroups are apparently dysfunctional, and recommending structural changes where needed
• collecting and documenting best practices for volunteer management, partially based on communicating with other non-profits and studying research on the topic
• representing Wikimedia at events where we might find useful volunteers from a specific background.

In short, you will be responsible for achieving what is absolutely critical for the long term sustainability of the Foundation: involving volunteers in every part of our mission.

Prior experience

You should have some familiarity with the Wikimedia Foundation, its processes, and its projects (Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, and so on). Prior experience in online and real world volunteer organizing is a definite advantage, as is work experience in project management, scheduling, and communications.

Please send applications, including a Curriculum Vitae, to:

jobs at wikimedia dot org

All positions

For a list of Wikimedia Foundation employees, see "Current staff".

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