Job Title: Wikimedian in Residence
Type of role:
Length of Contract: ASAP-Dec 30, 2022
Location: Accra, Ghana/ Remote
How to Apply: Send an application, accompanied by your CV to the email
below using the Job Title as subject.
wikimedia(a)g-set.org
*Read the attached document for more details about this **Wikimedian in
Residence **role.*
Hello,
We are hiring a Programme officer. Kindly find the details of the
application below.
Status: 9-month contract, renewable
Start date: October 2021
Location: Labone, Accra
*Deadline: * Friday 8th October 2021
Application Process: Send CV and cover letter to info(a)ofwafrica.org
The Programme Officer will be expected to perform the following duties:
Program Support:
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Represent company brands in conferences, meetings, and workshops.
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Assist in budget preparation and expense management activities for
programs.
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Identify and contact potential grantees for funding of projects.
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Identify and contact new program partners for organizations’ growth.
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Plan and execute program activities in a timely and accurate manner.
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Conduct program reviews and prepare reports.
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Prepare meeting agenda, organize meetings and distribute minutes.
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Manage a community of volunteers and provide mentorship where needed.
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Develop management tools that can be adapted for other programs as
needed, e.g., travel and budget tracking tools, partner communication or
consultant approval templates, create systems for, and help manage
sub-contracts and sub-grants.
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Ensure an updated membership database, provide information, and keep the
community updated on projects and activities.
Evaluation:
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Conduct regular evaluations of our community to identify opportunities
and pain points of our community.
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Utilize a collaborative, adaptive, and progressive learning approach to
continually assess project progress.
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Provide data quality control for the organization’s community database,
project management database, and other relevant data.
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Support and build on the organization’s monitoring and evaluation
strategy and framework. Collect and analyze projects data and prepare for
use in promotional materials, publications, events, and other reports
Partnership Support
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Maintain existing partnerships and grow the organization’s network of
strategic partners
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Maintain strong relationships with project partners, providing technical
assistance, appreciative coaching, listening, and empathy throughout the
implementation
QUALIFICATIONS
The Program Officer will be mission-driven, team-oriented, and have a
can-do approach in supporting the growth of an innovative and growing
organization in a variety of ways. Candidates should possess excellent
analytical skills, strong writing skills, excellent time management,
interpersonal skills, and be dedicated to promoting global grassroots
development. Key values include consistency, commitment, energy, and
positivity.
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Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required
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A minimum of 2 years of program management experience
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Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
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Comfortable working in teams as well as acting independently in the
implementation of specific tasks, multitasking and prioritizing, working
under pressure and meeting deadlines
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Able to work well with culturally and geographically diverse staff and
partners
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Experienced, efficient, and organized in online and remote work
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Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, Google suite, and ability to learn
new technologies and software quickly, including bespoke solutions.
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Strong oral and written communication skills, including editing skills
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Having knowledge of Wikimedia projects is an added advantage
It will be better if you had:
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Critical thinking and decision making
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Ability to conduct research and analyze data
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Experience working with the Wikimedia communities
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Experience with community organizing and public facilitation
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Understanding of effective teaching methodologies and tools
Job Title: Wikimedian in Residence
Type of role:
Length of Contract: ASAP-Dec 30, 2022
Location: Accra, Ghana/ Remote
How to Apply: Send an application, accompanied by your CV to the email
below using the Job Title as subject.
wikimedia(a)g-set.org
Summary
Ghana Society for Education Technology (GSET) is looking for a Wikimedian
in Residence to join our team, reporting to the Director of Strategy &
Innovation. As the Wikimedian in Residence, you will be responsible for
working alongside experts to extract structured data from curriculum
documents and include it in Wikidata.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about linked open
data, education, technology and innovation who has a deep understanding of
Wikidata’s policies and processes and wants to contribute to ensuring that
students have access to free, quality, open educational resources aligned
with the national curriculum.
You are responsible for:
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Ensuring that Ghana’s secondary school curriculum data is added to
Wikidata by December 2021 using a model that allows for replicability
across countries
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Working alongside experts and the Wikimedia community to test and define
best practices for extracting structured data from curriculum documents and
including it in Wikidata.
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Collaboratively producing guidelines and documentation on how to
replicate curriculum digitization with Wikidata beyond Ghana
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Leading capacity development events that support educators and Wikimedia
community members to learn how to contribute education-aligned content on
Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
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Producing ongoing updates and summary reports on a quarterly basis
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Supporting the monitoring and evaluation of project activities
Skills and Experience:
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Degree in a relevant field (Library and Information Science, Data
Science, etc.)
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Extensive experience working with wikidata and wikidata’s policies and
processes, and an understanding of the process to request properties and
create items in bulk.
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Experience and comfort with manipulating sets of data through tools like
Excel, SPARQL, SQL, OpenRefine or similar.
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Experience communicating and collaborating with Wikimedia movement
actors
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Experience working with open knowledge and open content, including
understanding how the open-movement uses copyright
Qualities that are important to us
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Familiarity with digital content management systems used in library or
educational settings.
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Awareness of how Wikidata and other structured or linked data systems
works, and be comfortable explaining it to others
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Experience creating effective technical communication, such as
documentation of tools or software,
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The ability to consult and work collaboratively with individuals and
groups across cultures and timezones
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Comfortable presenting to large groups
More about the Wikidata for education Project
In 2020, the absence of curriculum documentation in digitally usable
formats prevented education systems from being able to quickly and
efficiently respond to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on face-to-face
learning.
The Wikimedia Foundation, within the scope of the concept note developed by
UNESCO under the Global Education Coalition, is seeking to launch a proof
of concept and pilot project as part of broader efforts to align national
curricula to content on Wikimedia projects.
The project proposes to establish a data model within Wikidata and Wikibase
to enable the easy aligning of national curricula to Wikimedia projects;
and make the information more discoverable for learners and educators. This
data model will also:
1.
Make data about curricula readily available and machine-readable so that
developers can create innovative solutions to education challenges.
2.
Create an education portal with curated content from Wikimedia projects
and other open education resources that is aligned with school curricula.
3.
Give education stakeholders the ability to do a comparative analysis of
curricula on a global scale.
4.
Support the Wikimedia volunteer editing community to improve content
related to school curricula.
5.
Support countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to provide quality teaching and
learning materials to all students and comply with UNESCO’s OER
Recommendation.
6.
Improve the capacity of the education system to provide contextualized
learning opportunities.
7.
Close knowledge gaps on Wiki projects through strategic alignment of
content on Wikimedia projects with the localization needs of school
systems.
Dear Community Members,
As promised, we have published a series of posts on Diff with key information
for event participants <https://diff.wikimedia.org/tag/wikimania-2021/>.
There you will find information about navigating your way around the
virtual space Remo and the program, technical solutions, measures to make
the experience more welcoming and inclusive, accessing the amazing content
during (and after) the events … and so much more. Make sure to read them.
Office Hours
In case you have any questions, this week and next week, we will be
hosting office
hours - Wed. Aug 4 (3pm UTC), Fri. Aug. 6 (5pm UTC), Mon. Aug. 9 (10am
UTC), Tues. Aug. 10 (8am UTC), Wed. Aug. 11 (3pm UTC). For more
information, visit https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Organizers
Best Wishes,
Winnie Kabintie (User:Ms_Kabintie
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ms_Kabintie>), on behalf of the
Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team.
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Project Manager to plan and execute
our activities in support of the Movement Strategy 2030 (MS).
As the Project Manager, you will report to the Senior Manager of the
Movement Strategy & Governance team, and you will work closely with the
rest of the team, other teams at the Foundation, and the Wikimedia
communities of volunteers and affiliates. Join us and help the Wikimedia
movement implement its strategy!
Find out more:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/3318676?gh_src=17e102051us
Hello Community Members,
We are pleased to invite you to attend the VGMA Hack Night event this
Saturday 26th June, 2021 at 7pm. This event seeks to host an all night
edit-a-then to update Wikipedia pages with results from the Vodafone
Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) event.
Join us either virtually or in-person as we stay up all night to update the
spectacular performances, winners, nominees, and other events that will
surface on the night of VGMA!
Date: 26th June 2021
Venue: Virtual - meet.google.com/soz-gsek-khw
OR OFWA’s premises Opposite Bosphorus.
*NB*:If you wish to attend the event in person at the OFWA office, kindly
make your reservation by fill this form;
https://forms.gle/ddLEpKtMMmNjq6ad9 [1]
Check our Meta Page for more info via the link below;
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VGMA_Hack_Night
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/VGMA_Hack_Night> [2]
Regards,
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Ruby D-Brown
Administrative Executive
Open Foundation West Africa
ofwafrica.org
Abel L. Mbula
+243821222207 | Software Eng & Educator | https://abelmbula.com/
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On Wednesday 9 June 2021 20:25, Papa Baiden <papa.baiden(a)moleskinefoundation.org> wrote:
> Dear Community,
>
> I'm happy to share that after being successful with a [Project Grant this year for a project called "AfroCuration"](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/AfroCuration) , the Moleskine Foundation is now looking for a Wikimedia in Residence to support our aims of producing knowledge in underrepresented African languages on Wikipedia. The role is for 10 months. We will be holding 5 events (mainly online due to covid restrictions).
>
> We are searching for someone who is based on the African continent, is good at community organising, and has specific skills detailed in the attached job spec. Please feel free to apply, or spread the word to someone this can fit. Many thanks!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Papa
>
> Moleskine Foundation
>
> Viale Piceno, 17 - 20129 Milano - Italy - Tel +39 02 73952451
>
> web: moleskinefoundation.org
>
> Il tuo 5 X 1000 a Moleskine Foundation - C.F.97441680150
>
> Istruzione di Qualità, nuove idee per il cambiamento sociale. “We want to inspire a new generation of creative thinkers".
Dear All,
We are pleased to invite you to attend the first virtual office hours for
the Africa Wiki Challenge <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/> (AWC).
The virtual office hours are periods dedicated to attend to the needs of
anyone participating or interested to learn more about the AWC campaign.
The office hours will be hosted via Google Meet once every week on Fridays
as listed below.
Why is it important to attend?
The virtual office hours provide you the opportunity to connect with others
across different time zones to share ideas and have your questions
addressed. It also provides a unique opportunity for you to learn and
increase your knowledge about Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Who is eligible to attend?
Participants, organizers, partners, editors, as well as anyone who is
interested to learn more about the AWC campaign.
Virtual Office Hours via Google Meet
Kindly join any of the virtual office hours by clicking any of the meeting
link below:
- Friday 21st May, 2021 5pm-6pm UTC
<https://meet.google.com/gnv-zjau-eiy>
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Friday 28th May, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC
<https://meet.google.com/ntg-tdgh-znw>
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Friday 3rd June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC
<https://meet.google.com/njh-vrrs-hup>
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Friday 11th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC
<https://meet.google.com/dbi-rzdv-piw>
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Friday 18th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC
<https://meet.google.com/zkh-qmwc-omu>
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Friday 25th June, 2021 3pm - 4pm UTC
<https://meet.google.com/vwb-xdao-okf>
What the Africa Wiki Challenge (AWC) is about!
The Africa Wiki Challenge <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/> is an online writing
campaign that is aimed at generating African-related content on Wikipedia
by Africans, people of African descent and Africans in the diaspora. The
campaign invites content creation along different selected topics/themes
annually, this year focuses on “Landmarks in Africa'' and runs from 23rd
May to June 30th 2021.
The theme, Landmarks in Africa, solicits written content on the many
landmarks that cover historical, cultural, geographical and places of
national or continental significance. The campaign will also encourage
visualisation of these articles by adding/uploading photos, audios or
videos. Such items or landmarks of interest include:
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Monuments - Statues, Memorials, Historic buildings, Archaeological
sites, etc.
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National Demarcations - Districts, Municipalities, Metropolitan,
Regions, States, etc.
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Geographical Endowments - Mountains, Valleys, Forests, Waterfalls,
Wildlife Reserves, Beaches, etc.
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Infrastructural Developments - Roads, Hospitals, Churches, Mosques,
Schools, Rails, Water parks, Hotels, Theme parks, etc.
Africa is the second (2nd) largest continent on the planet, and very little
information about it means the lack of visibility for a substantive chunk
of human knowledge and history. We are convinced that Africa deserves to be
substantially covered and definitely has a lot to showcase to the world.
Visit the Africa Wiki Challenge <http://awc.ofwafrica.org/> website for
more information.
Thank you.
Regards,
Ruby
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Ruby D-Brown
Administrative Executive
Open Foundation West Africa
ofwafrica.org