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From: Markus Glaser <markus.glaser(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: 26 January 2013 15:50
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Job offer: Secretary-General for Chapters Association
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)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.
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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:
chaptersassociation(a)wikimedia.**ch <chaptersassociation(a)wikimedia.ch><mailtolt;mailto:
chaptersassociation(a)**wikimedia.ch <chaptersassociation(a)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
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Markus Glaser
WCA Council Member (WMDE)
Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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