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We are still looking for applications for this position! If you are interested, please don't hesitate to apply! Thanks, Jadine On Friday, 10 August 2012 15:28:11 UTC+5:30, Jadine wrote: > > Hello ILUG Bangaluru members, > > The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the > post of Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) for its New Delhi office. > The Access to Knowledge Programme Director would report to the Executive > Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore. > > Position summary > > The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme > which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of > Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free knowledge > in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large Wikimedia > community in India to focus on Indic and English languages and will manage > a team of four staff members. > Responsibilities > > 1. Support the growth of Indic language communities and projects by > designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and > cultivate new editors, tackle technical challenges and explore innovative > approaches to building the projects, e.g., donations of state > encyclopedias, education partnerships, galleries, libraries, archives, and > museums (GLAM) institution partnerships. > 2. Support India-focused initiatives to improve the quality of > India-relevant content on English Wikimedia projects such as, university > outreach, GLAM institution partnerships, India-relevant thematic > contribution campaigns, etc. > 3. Support expanded access to free knowledge across India by > developing technology-based solutions like Wikipedia (mobile) and > Wikipedia > (offline). > 4. Help the Indian community share experiences and tell its story to > the wider Indian and global communities through traditional and social > media. > 5. Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can > inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other > countries. > 6. Manage the team and grant resources effectively; manage the > programme in an open and transparent fashion with ongoing communications > and reporting to the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia Foundation. > 7. Serve as a spokesperson for the Access to Knowledge programme and > build ties with the Wikimedia India chapter and other free knowledge > communities and movements in India such as Free/Open Source Software, Open > Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Indic-computing, etc. > > *Characteristics of the Director* > > - High level of commitment: The Programme Director should be strongly > committed to CIS and Wikimedia movement missions and objectives of the > programme and deeply believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects > in > the Indian context, exude enthusiasm for the mission and can powerfully > embody and communicate the mission. > - Intellectual curiosity and flexibility: Must enjoy tackling > difficult, ambiguous problems and able to incorporate new knowledge into > how one approaches situations and generates solutions, loves learning from > others while expanding intellectual horizons. > - Open and transparent: Have a high level of integrity and be > comfortable working in a highly transparent fashion, open to input and > feedback, a proactive and candid communicator who wants people to know > what > she/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are > off-track or when you need help and able to handle criticism in a mature > fashion. > - Community builder: It is essential that the leader sees himself as a > partner to and supporter of the Wikipedians who have and will continue to > be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Director > must be willing and able to work with a diverse array of people, many of > whom come from non-traditional backgrounds and have a fervent commitment > to > Wikipedia’s community-led nature. > - Strong cultural competency: Able to navigate in a global movement > and on a global team in addition to navigating the complexity of India. > - Proficient manager: Able to design and execute on a range of > initiatives; organize and manage a team of people and responsible in use > of > resources (financial and human). > - Data-driven: Should be well versed about the Indic and English > projects, subject his/her own approaches and activities as well as those > of > the team to rigorous analysis and willing to stop doing things that prove > to be ineffective based on the data. > - Partnership developer: Able to initiate, negotiate and operate > partnerships that advance the Wikimedia mission in Indic languages and > English (as relevant to India) with a wide range of institutions across > the > public, NGO, philanthropic and private sector. > - Willing to travel: The Programme Director must regularly travel > within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and conduct outreach > activities. Periodic global travel would be 4 trips per year. > - Willing to flex schedule to operate within a global team: Must be > available for a limited number of conference calls or email exchange some > evenings on a weekly basis. > > *Candidate background:* > > - At least seven years of professional experience with a strong track > record of success in high performance organizations. > - Experience as a manager in a collaborative community (ideally > online) or organizational setting. > - Strong academic results from highly-regarded university. > - Strong understanding of the Internet and the forces that underpin > the success of Wikipedia. > - Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, > though not a prerequisite (must be prepared to demonstrate knowledge of > how > Wikipedia works in interviews). > - Demonstrated experience working in a global, multi-cultural team > environment. > - Strong writer in Indic languages and English and must be fluent in > at least one Indic language and English. > - Women are strongly encouraged to apply. > > *Remuneration: *Commensurate with experience and aligned with senior > compensation at CIS. > > To apply, please send your resume to Sunil Abraham (su...@cis-india.org) > or Pranesh Prakash (pran...@cis-india.org) with three references. > > > > > > CIS is also seeking applications for the following positions: > > Programme Officer (Internet > Governance)<http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-internet-governance> > > Programme Officer (Access to Knowledge and > Openness)<http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-access-to-knowledge-and-openness> > > Research Manager <http://cis-india.org/jobs/research-manager> > > > > We hope to hear from you! > > -Jadine > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ILUG Bengaluru" group. 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