Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)
Dear Manoj, Thanks for asking about the chances of our work in northern India. However I am afraid this is the wrong thread. But to answer your question, you can always check our work plan <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CIS-A2K/Work_plan_July_2016_-_June_2017> to check the focus for the current year (July 2016-June 2017). So considering the fact that we have already set the plans for the current year and there is some progress in the work plan, we might not be able to actively work on anything beyond that. And most of our activities are primarily language based and not necessarily region based. So it would be good if you can specify if you meant any particular language. If that language is one among the languages listed in the work plan (they are Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Odia and Telugu, more details in the link shared above), then we can surely think of some kind of work in Northern India. Otherwise, we can always support any of the community activities that you and other friends in the community would like to organise. If you and your community are planning any kind of community building/outreach/any other Wikimedia-related activity please feel free to put up a request on our request page here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:CIS-A2K/Requests>. We can then take it forward and discuss with you about supporting your effort. Hope I answered your question fully. Please feel free to ask if there is anything I need to clarify. Best, Subhashish Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @subhapa / https://cis-india.org From: "Manoj Khurana" To: "Wikimedia India Community list" Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:33:49 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K) Hi Subhashish, Any plans for expanding activities in Northern India? Regards, Manoj Chandigarh. On Sep 26, 2016 5:05 PM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" < subhash...@cis-india.org > wrote: Dear friends, First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with interested friends, colleagues and communities. Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to address any concerns or inputs. Best, Subhashish -- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. Position Summary: As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications with the community and the world outside. Characteristics of the Programme Officer: * High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, 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 s/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. * Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Officer must be willing and able to work wi
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)
Hi Subhashish, Any plans for expanding activities in Northern India? Regards, Manoj Chandigarh. On Sep 26, 2016 5:05 PM, "Subhashish Panigrahi" wrote: > Dear friends, > > First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. > > This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of > the CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to > Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share > with interested friends, colleagues and communities. > > Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to > address any concerns or inputs. > > Best, > Subhashish > > -- > > The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from > prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position > of Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge > (CIS-A2K) Programme. > > The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman > communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap > in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication > apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the > team. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. > Programme Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) > and would report to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. > > > Position Summary: > > As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger > goals — growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects > (hereinafter Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities > (hereinafter Community). Your primary responsibility will be to support the > Programme Associates — that spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities > -- with regular communications with the community and the world outside. > > Characteristics of the Programme Officer: > > * High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the > values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, 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 s/he is > doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when > you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. > * Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees > herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have > and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The > Programme Officer 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 Wikimedia movement’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. > * 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, universities, philanthropic and private sector. > * Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within > India to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. > > Responsibilities: > > * You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that > include storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in > newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and > English media, and anything beyond. > * You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread > the stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the > Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge > repositories. > * Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of > Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in > particular. > * Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help > the team better work collaboratively with the community. > * Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the > monthly newsletters and other places. > * Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a > need basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in > their own languages. > * Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for a Programme Officer for the Access to Knowledge programme (CIS-A2K)
Dear friends, First of all, apologies if this mail is not in your native language. This to share with you all that we have published on the jobs section of the CIS website [0] for the position of Programme Officer of the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme. We would really appreciate if you can share with interested friends, colleagues and communities. Please let us know if there is any kind of changes needed. We will love to address any concerns or inputs. Best, Subhashish -- The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications from prospective candidates who identify themselves as female, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications) , to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team. The position is full time and will be based in CIS’ Bengaluru office. Programme Officer will work closely with CIS-A2K Team (hereinafter Team) and would report to the Executive Director/any supervisor in Team. Position Summary: As a Programme Officer, your job will be to support the Team’s larger goals — growth of Indian-language Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects (hereinafter Wikimedia projects), and the contributor communities (hereinafter Community). Your primary responsibility will be to support the Programme Associates — that spearhead our on-ground programmatic activities -- with regular communications with the community and the world outside. Characteristics of the Programme Officer: * High level of commitment: The Programme Officer should believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects, 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 s/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and should able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. * Community builder: It is essential that the Programme Officer sees herself/himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikimedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Officer 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 Wikimedia movement’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. * 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, universities, philanthropic and private sector. * Willing to travel: The Programme Officer must regularly travel within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and partner with institutions. Responsibilities: * You will be responsible for the overall communications of Team that include storytelling in the form of interviews, blogs, opinion pieces in newspaper/other platforms, regular coverage in both Indian language and English media, and anything beyond. * You will be exploring widely from conventional to new media to spread the stories of the hundreds and thousands of volunteers that make the Indian-language Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects such great knowledge repositories. * Creating original stories of challenges and learning, and successes of Wikimedia community in general and the ones that we closely work with in particular. * Function as an interface between A2K team and the community, and help the team better work collaboratively with the community. * Sharing the work of the community and A2k team in a regular basis in the monthly newsletters and other places. * Providing training on effective communications to the communities in a need basis, and supporting them to independently tell their own stories in their own languages. * Announcement of programmatic activities in the form of announcements, blogs and reports, and microblogging (social media, etc.). * Interviewing Wikimedians under the ambit of the WikipediansSpeak [*] project and beyond, and share the story of the Wikimedia community widely in the media. Require
