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Subject: [fosscomm] Job Posting - Programme Director (Access to
Knowledge)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:09:49 +0500
Hello Fosscom Network 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 ([email protected])
or Pranesh Prakash ([email protected]) with three references.
CIS is also seeking applications for the following positions:
Programme Officer (Internet Governance)
Programme Officer (Access to Knowledge and Openness)
Research Manager
We hope to hear from you!
-Jadine
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