On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
- A Development Specialist responsible for managing donor information
and supporting the above two positions.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Development_Specialist
I think it's great to see these hirings in process. However, I'd suggest that the above job title, "Development Specialist" is potentially confusing. Personally, coming from an NGO background, "development" refers to human development - access to basic human needs, and opportunity to alleviate oneself and one's community from poverty. I'm sure it means all sorts of things in different sectors - not to mention "developers", which have a specific meaning in our technologically based domain. I would suggest at least specifying in the title that the post relates to fundraising, and, if we're to keep the word "development", clarifying what that means in the job description.
Cormac