Hi Michael, This looks interesting - but not to me as a potential jobseeker.
However, depending on my personal finances at the time, I might be very interested as attending as a member of the press. ;-) Brian. On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 12:48 +0200, Michael Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I've put a job advertisement below for the position of a GLAM-WIKI organizer. > The deadline for applicants is 17.00 BST on the 20th July 2010. Please feel > free to pass the advertisement on to anyone that you think might be > interested. I'll be posting it on the WMUK blog in the next day or so, > internet access permitting... > > If anyone has any queries, please let me know - either on this mailing list > or off-list - and I'll do my best to answer them. > > Thanks, > Mike Peel > (with Wikimedia UK Company Secretary hat on) > > --- > > Job Title > > GLAM-WIKI Conference Organizer > > About Us > > Wikimedia UK is a not-for-profit association set up to promote and support > Wikipedia, its sister projects, and other open educational resources in the > UK . "Open" content refers to information which is available for copying, > reuse and modification, including for commercial uses, without cost or > restriction other than attribution. We were established in 2008 and are one > of around thirty similar associations in countries around the world. We work > with museums, universities, businesses and media companies to make more > freely licensed content available via Wikipedia and similar projects, and to > help other people re-use content from Wikipedia. We seek to have a close > relationship with cultural institutions, other open content organizations in > the UK, and with the community of Wikimedia readers and editors. > > Job Description > > The GLAM-WIKI conference will be a two day meeting between Galleries, > Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) and Wikimedians. It will likely be > held in the British Museum on 26-27 November 2010 (TBC), and will have around > 200 attendees. The event will be primarily funded by Wikimedia UK. The aims > of the meeting are to: > > - Bring together the cultural sector and Wikimedia to discuss common ground > from a UK-specific point of view (similar to a previous meeting held in > Australia last year) > - Discuss the positive and negative aspects of previous interactions > - Discuss future ways of cooperating with each other > > We seek an organizer for this conference who will prepare and run the event. > Specific tasks that they will be responsible for include: > > - Preparing a full budget for the conference, and locating sponsors as > necessary. > - Approaching speakers and organizing the program for the meeting > - Ensuring that the event is advertised to both the GLAM sector and > Wikimedians, and that there are adequate numbers of attendees from both groups > - Preparing all other aspects of the conference to ensure that it runs > smoothly on the day - e.g. preparing the venue, catering, audiovisual, etc. > - Quantifying and reporting on the outcomes of the conference > > The successful candidate will report to the Company Secretary, Michael Peel, > on a day-to-day basis. They will also be expected to provide reports to the > Wikimedia UK Board at its monthly meetings. > > Candidate > > The following skills are required: > > - Excellent written communication > - Good organizational capability > - Ability to work with minimal supervision > - Internet connection and ability to work from home > - Must be comfortable working in a consensus-orientated environment > > The following elements are preferred: > > - Previous experience organizing conferences > - Knowledge of the Wikimedia projects and community > - Knowledge of the UK cultural sector > - Knowledge of the relationships between Wikimedia projects and the GLAM > sector > > Duration and salary > > This is a part time contractor position that will start on 1 August 2010 and > will run until 14 December 2010. Most work will be done from home, however > the organizer will expect to be present at the venue for several days > preceding the event, and of course during the event itself. The successful > candidate will be responsible for ensuring that they can work within the UK. > > Payment will be in the form of two lump sums - one following from the > creation of a budget for the meeting and a preliminary outline of the > schedule; the second following from the successful completion of the event. > The amount will be commensurate with the experience of the successful > candidate and will fit within the overall budget for the event. Reasonable > expenses (including travel to the UK if necessary) will also be paid from the > event budget. > > Application > > Please send a CV and cover letter to michael.peelwikimedia.org.uk by 17.00 > BST on 20 July 2010. > > // EOF > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
