[HOT] Job position offer in Uganda and Ivory Coast
Florence Devouard
anthere at anthere.org
Tue Dec 3 13:43:07 UTC 2013
Hello
You'll find below two job positions as part of Kumusha Takes Wiki project.
Feel free to forward it accordingly to communities it may interest.
Thanks a lot
Florence
https://www.facebook.com/KumushaTakesWiki
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Call for Wikipedian in Community
Job description: Wikipedian in Community
WikiAfrica is looking for two Wikipedians in Community for its Kumusha
Takes Wiki Project.
Kumusha Takes Wiki is a multi-country, multi-faceted project that aims
at activating communities (or Kumusha’s) across Africa to create and
contribute freely-licensed information, texts, images and media about
their communities (villages, townships, suburbs, inner cities, etc) to
an online platform. Kumusha is a Shona term meaning ‘the place where you
come from’.
The project uses community journalism to gather, and encourage others to
contribute, information on culture, notable persons, heritage,
geographical features, transport nodes and other community-relevant
subjects. It gives each community an online presence that is ‘owned’ by
the community, and to which they can upload and provide information that
can be pulled into Wikipedia, Wikimedia projects and Open Street Map
database.
The project’s actions are designed to harness the power of technology to
raise awareness of the richness of personal and community-based
knowledge, encourage people across a vast range of socio-economic and
age groups to contribute to the Wikipedias. By placing this information
on the Wikipedias, it ensures that global representations of Africa are
complex, layered and contextualised. The project and the resultant
website will add immeasurably to the understanding of Africa by
providing relevant information to every human being on the planet (from
the people in each Kumusha community to any person in New York, Mumbai
or Milan).
The project is currently in the pilot phase. In 2014, it will be
activated in two countries: Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda. More information
may be found about the project at :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kumusha_Takes_Wiki
WikiAfrica is an international collaboration between the Africa Centre
(www.africacentre.net) and Lettera27 (lettera27.org) that redresses the
imbalance of factual heritage and cultural knowledge about Africa on
Wikipedia. Its mission is to assist and support the growth of Wikipedia
as a free and open encyclopaedia in order to provide greater access to
Africa’s wealth of contemporary and historical realities. It does this
by encouraging contribution from individuals, communities and
institutions across Africa, by offering a new approach to knowledge by
creating contribution opportunities that are engaging and easy to take
part in.www.wikiafrica.org
The position
The Kumusha Takes Wiki is currently calling for applications from
enthusiastic candidates in Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda to drive the project
among selected communities in their home countries. This contract is a
full time position for one year. Residence in the country of operation
(either Côte d’Ivoire or Uganda) is mandatory, as is travel for a
maximum of 2 months to attend a course in Cape Town.
Interested persons should apply by 11th December 2013.
The successful candidate will
- Compile data on the selected communities and countries
- Solicit and liaise with community projects, NGOs and partners to
contribute to the project
- Organise and manage community events, competitions, workshops, mapping
parties and conferences.
- Evaluate and compile reports on all events, competitions, workshops,
mapping parties, and conferences
- Complete a project evaluation, review and audit
- Participate to online content management of the website/s and social
media sites
Eligible candidates must be:
- A university degree graduate or hold relative diploma
- Fluent in either English or French, and in one of the major languages
of Côte d’Ivoire or Uganda
- Experienced in community building and activation
- Highly organised and flexible
- Must be self-directed and able to complete projects with limited
supervision
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, comfortable writing
articles
- Able to display online savvy and be proficient in Social Media.
Proficiency with Google Drive
- Fully computer literate (proficient with Word, Excel, Outlook Express
and ideally some open source equivalents)
- Passionate about Africa’s voice in the world
Advantageous traits
- Shows initiative
- Is energetic and proactive
- Is an implementer, and is able to find solutions
- Has the ability to see the bigger picture
- Has experienced in motivating, managing and/or working with volunteers
- Is knowledgeable about Wikimedia and its project’s practices
- Is dedicated to and has experience in the Open Movement (Creative
Commons, Open Education Resources, Open Street Map project, etc.)
About the position:
Monthly remuneration: US$1,000 per month
Expectations: the successful candidate will be involved in three phases
of the project:
- Remote training on Wikipedia and other Open Movement in home country,
- Course attendance in Cape Town, South Africa (Jan-Feb 2014), and
- In-field community activation, coordination and support (in Côte
d’Ivoire or Uganda).
Work schedule: 5 day week; one year contract.
Benefits: Annual and sick leave.
Location: Cape Town, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire or Uganda
How to apply:
Interested persons should apply by 11th December 2013.
Your application should include:
A cover letter with a motivation
Your CV (2 pages max.)
Should you not receive any response by the 15th of December please
consider your application unsuccessful.
Contact details:
Isla Haddow-Flood and Florence Devouard
Email: wikiafrica (at) africacentre.net
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