> fyi. and - the chapters associations seat is defined now to be geneva, > if i read correctly the text below. Yes, the legal seat is Geneva. It's the result of a vote last November.
Patrick Kenel ~~~~ Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens www.wikimedia.ch > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Markus Glaser <markus.gla...@wikimedia.de> > Date: Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:50 PM > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Job offer: Secretary-General for Chapters Association > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Dear all, > > after a long period of discussions and clarifications, we are now > finally starting our search for a Secretary-General to serve the > Chapters Association. > Please distribute to following text to as many of your contacts, > mailing-lists and networks as possible. > > Thank you very much, > kind regards, > > Markus > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > ------------------------------------------ > > The Chapters Association (CA) will be an umbrella organization for > Wikimedia chapters established in various regions around the world. > The association represents the common interests of those chapters > within the Wikimedia movement. > > One of its goals is to set, review and enforce standards of > accountability and participation among its members. The association > will facilitate the exchange of experiences, ideas, and knowledge > between chapters and assist them in their organizational development > and to develop common programs and projects. > > > To enhance external communication, coordinate the Wikimedia movement > and represent its chapters on official occasions, CA is looking for an > experienced and motivated person to become the full-time > > Secretary-General (f/m) > > of the Chapters Association. > CA is incorporated in Geneva, however depending on your place of > residence a relocation might not be necessary. > > > Job description > > The Secretary-General is to be head of the CA?s Secretariat as defined > by the CA?s charter. The Secretariat performs the executive powers of > the Association. The Secretary-General will be elected by the Council. > The other Members of the Secretariat are appointed by the > Secretary-General, with the consent of the Council. The Secretariat > reports to the Council on the Association's activities and has the > right to submit proposals for Council resolutions. > > She/He will be responsible for: > > * Defining the organizational structure, publishing job offers and > hiring the officers of the secretariat; > * Building the strategic plan for the association; > * Assuring the financial stability of the organization; > * Coordinating between all association members; > * Building annual program plans to achieve the CA mission; > * Handling all formal administrative tasks including finance, > communications, legal and technical; > * and preparing the assemblies of the CA council. > > > Desired personal traits > > > * Leader -- the selected Secretary-General will have to build the > organization from its earliest stages according to the outlines set > by the CA council. > * Administrator -- some of the tasks of the Secretary-General would be > of administrative nature. She/He would have to write detailed > program plans, review by-laws, financial reports, program plans and > program reports of other organizations. > * Excellent communication skills -- one of the the Secretary-General's > primary tasks would be to communicate with member chapters. Those > chapters are dispersed in different regions of the worlds > representing various cultural habits. The selected Secretary-General > would have to be multi-culturally-minded to work effectively with > these partners. > * Willing and able to travel world-wide. > * Proven experience with building and managing a large diverse > organization. > * Comfortable working with people at all levels of the organization, > including community members and volunteers. > * Experience in other like-minded/ international/ volunteer-driven/ > non-profit/ peer-review-driven organizations would be considered as > an advantage. > > > * The ideal candidate will be hard-working, creative, > highly-motivated, and able to operate and effectively manage > multiple cultural contexts, time-zones and expectations > * Incredible diplomatic problem-solving skills in an international > environment as well as the ability to deal comfortably and > efficiently with ambiguity and an ever changing environment > > > * Must be fluent in English; skill in other languages would be > considered as an advantage. > > > Great to have > > * University degree > * Experience within the Wikimedia movement. However, according to CA?s > charter a Member of the Secretariat cannot be a Council Member or > hold a position in a Chapter or in the Wikimedia Foundation. > * Love working with a highly collaborative, consensus oriented environment > > > Competitive salary package. Please send your cover letter, full CV, > salary expectations and at least two references in one .pdf file to: > chaptersassociat...@wikimedia.ch > <mailto:chaptersassociat...@wikimedia.ch> > In case of any questions, please also use email and the address given above. > Publication date: 26.01.2013 - Application deadline: 15.02.2013 > > Seat and postal address: Wikimedia Switzerland, 8008 Zurich > Office: Wikimedia CH, Escaliers du Marché 2, CH-1003 Lausanne > Web: www.wikimedia.ch > > -- > Markus Glaser > WCA Council Member (WMDE) > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website > Wikimediach-l mailing list > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
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