Dear All,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the post of
Programme Officer, Pilot Projects for its Access to Knowledge (A2K) Programme.
The position will be based in its Bangalore office. Programme Officer will
collaboratively work with the A2K Team and would report to the Programme
Director, Access to Knowledge at CIS.
Position Summary
As Programme Officer, Pilot Projects, your job will be to drive and support the
growth of Indian language Wikipedias and its sister projects. Your primary
responsibility will be to design and implement different pilot projects with an
aim to create high quality content and cultivate new editors on different
language Wikipedias in a time bound manner. One of the main pilots you will be
spearheading immediately will be on ‘Indian Performing Arts’. The pilots will
be premised on themes and seek to create a multi-lingual repository of
knowledge using Wikimedia projects as knowledge platforms. In addition to this
you will be anchoring the development and growth of at least one Indian
language Wikipedia. You are encouraged to deeply engage with the A2K Work Plan
before making the application.
You will work cohesively with the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia India
Chapter to meet specific goals of each language community in India. You will be
a part of a small team of 5 to 6 doing high visibility and high impact work.
Responsibilities
Support India-focused initiatives to improve quality of India-relevant content
and number of editors on Indian language Wikimedia projects.
Support the growth of Indian language Wikimedia communities and projects by
designing and implementing community collaborations and partnerships pilot
projects – detailing rationale, aim and objective, execution, evaluation,
timeline, resource investment, etc.
Spearhead A2K’s pilot projects.
Identify institutions/groups that have ready-made content/archived material and
aggregate available material in respective languages.
Create a network of state institutions, university departments, non-government
organisations, academics, artists, researchers and wikipedia community members
that will work towards creating a repository of knowledge on specific themes by
using Wikimedia projects as a platform.
Conduct initial meetings with the principal investigators from each of the
shortlisted institutions and share project idea.
Facilitate Wikimedia community involvement with the core network of
institutions and principal investigators to collaboratively participate on
specific content/area modules.
Create social media platforms for visibility of these projects and facilitate
need-based technical and online support.
Conduct a series of wiki-training workshops for various nodes within the
network.
Conduct periodic monitoring and evaluation of the pilot projects in progress.
Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can inform the
work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other countries.
Providing ad hoc support to the Wikipedia community on all aspects of Indian
languages as may be deemed necessary.
Candidate's Background & Experience
At least two to three years of professional experience with a strong track
record of success in high performance organizations.
Prior experience of working with schools of performing arts and/or cultural
departments.
A deep understanding of the varied cultural context of India.
Good understanding of the basics of program design and management.
Experience of working in a collaborative community (preferably online).
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.
Good writing skills in English and Indic languages and must be fluent in
English and at least one Indic language.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
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’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.
Location: The position is based out of the CIS Bangalore office.
Remuneration: Compensation structure will be determined by the level of
expertise, experience and current remuneration.
To apply, please send your resume to T. Vishnu Vardhan ([email protected]).
You can also find the job posting on our website
(http://cis-india.org/jobs/programme-officer-pilot-projects-access-to-knowledge).
Please feel free to share this mail with your networks.
Thanks
Nitika Tandon
Program Manager
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society
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