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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to Knowledge
by Noopur Raval 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

*FYI* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org> Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:54 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Vacancy for Programme Director - Access to Knowledge To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Dear Wikimedians, This is the announcement that we have published on the jobs sections of the CIS website for the Director of the Access to Knowledge Programme. Please share with interested friends, colleagues and communities. Please send me feedback if any, I am happy to make some incremental changes to the announcement. Best wishes, Sunil -- Vacancy for Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) http://cis-india.org/jobs/vacancy-for-programme-director The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications for the post of Programme Director (Access to Knowledge) for its New Delhi office. The Access to Knowledge Programme Director would report to the Executive Director, Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore. Position summary The Programme Director will manage CIS’s Access to Knowledge programme which is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, to support the growth of Wikipedia and its sister projects and to advance access to free knowledge in India. The Programme Director will partner with the large Wikimedia community in India to focus on Indic and English languages and will manage a team of four staff members. Responsibilities Support the growth of Indic language communities and projects by designing community collaborations and partnerships that recruit and cultivate new editors, tackle technical challenges and explore innovative approaches to building the projects, e.g., donations of state encyclopedias, education partnerships, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) institution partnerships. Support India-focused initiatives to improve the quality of India-relevant content on English Wikimedia projects such as, university outreach, GLAM institution partnerships, India-relevant thematic contribution campaigns, etc. Support expanded access to free knowledge across India by developing technology-based solutions like Wikipedia (mobile) and Wikipedia (offline). Help the Indian community share experiences and tell its story to the wider Indian and global communities through traditional and social media. Generate and document lessons from programme activities that can inform the work of Indian communities and similar programmes in other countries. Manage the team and grant resources effectively; manage the programme in an open and transparent fashion with ongoing communications and reporting to the Wikimedia community and the Wikimedia Foundation. Serve as a spokesperson for the Access to Knowledge programme and build ties with the Wikimedia India chapter and other free knowledge communities and movements in India such as Free/Open Source Software, Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources, Indic-computing, etc. Characteristics of the Director High level of commitment: The Programme Director should be strongly committed to CIS and Wikimedia movement missions and objectives of the programme and deeply believe in the values of CIS and Wikimedia projects in the Indian context, 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 she/he is doing and isn't afraid to bring others in when things are off-track or when you need help and able to handle criticism in a mature fashion. Community builder: It is essential that the leader sees himself as a partner to and supporter of the Wikipedians who have and will continue to be the leaders in building the Wikimedia projects. The Programme Director 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 Wikipedia’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. Proficient manager: Able to design and execute on a range of initiatives; organize and manage a team of people and responsible in use of resources (financial and human). Data-driven: Should be well versed about the Indic and English projects, subject his/her own approaches and activities as well as those of the team to rigorous analysis and willing to stop doing things that prove to be ineffective based on the data. 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, philanthropic and private sector. Willing to travel: The Programme Director must regularly travel within India to engage with Wikimedia communities and conduct outreach activities. Periodic global travel would be 4 trips per year. Willing to flex schedule to operate within a global team: Must be available for a limited number of conference calls or email exchange some evenings on a weekly basis. Candidate background: At least seven years of professional experience with a strong track record of success in high performance organizations. Experience as a manager in a collaborative community (ideally online) or organizational setting. 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. Strong writer in Indic languages and English and must be fluent in at least one Indic language and English. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Remuneration: Commensurate with experience and aligned with senior compensation at CIS. _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Noopur Raval

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Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director recruitment committee
by Noopur Raval 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

*FYI* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sunil Abraham <sunil(a)mahiti.org> Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:41 PM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] Volunteer for CIS's A2K programme director recruitment committee To: Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org Dear Wikimedians, I would like to request members of the Indian Wikipedia community to nominate themselves to serve on the CIS's A2K Programme Director recruitment committee. This programme will hopefully receive large grant from Wikimedia Foundation and we would greatly benefit from community input during the hiring process of the new Programme Director. The volunteer must be experienced Wikipedian, based in India [ as we cannot afford international travel for the interviews] and must have sufficient managerial experience [including experience with conducting interviews]. The volunteer should be able to spare time in September to review applications remotely and also conduct face-to-face interviews for 2 days either in Bangalore or Delhi. Those who fit the description are requested to nominate yourself by sending me an email with a profile and relevant URLs before COB 25th August 2012. I will publish a long list on cis-india.org on 29th August, after removing those nominations that don't have the required qualifications. The volunteer to serve on the recruitment committee will be selected from the long list by using IETF's Publicly Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection[1]. The other members of this recruitment committee will consist of 1. One of the existing independent consultants [Hisham, Nitika, Noopur, Shiju or Subha] 2. One member from the Wikipedia Chapter (Wikimedia India Program Trust) community. To be nominated by the Chapter Executive Committee. 3. Executive Director of CIS - me. The recruitment committee will be responsible for screening the long list of eligible applications and conducting one-on-one face-to-face interviews with the short list of applicants. Best wishes, Sunil [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3797.txt The random seeds will be the 30 August 2012 result for the following national lotteries - Australia (http://www.lotto.com.au/), UK (http://www.national-lottery.co.uk) and USA (http://www.powerball.com or http://www.usamega.com) _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Noopur Raval

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by Ravi Shanker 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

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01 Aug '12

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പത്രക്കുറിപ്പ് : മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ 25000 ലേഖനങ്ങൾ പിന്നിട്ടു
by Rajesh K 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

പ്രിയരേ, മലയാളത്തിലെ സ്വതന്ത്ര ഓൺലൈൻ വിജ്ഞാനകോശമായ മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ അതിന്റെ ബാലാരിഷ്ടതകൽ പിന്നിട്ട് മുന്നേറുകയാണല്ലോ. ഈ അടുത്ത് നമുക്ക് നാഴികക്കല്ലായി കരുതാവുന്ന തരത്തിൽ മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയിൽ 25000 ലേഖനങ്ങൾ പിന്നിട്ടിരിക്കുകയാണ്. അതിനു വേണ്ടി തയ്യാറാക്കിയ പത്രക്കുറിപ്പ് ഈ മെയിലിനോടൊപ്പം പിഡിഎഫ് ഫോർമാറ്റിൽ അറ്റച്ച് ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നതു കാണുക. ഇത് പരമാവധി പത്രമാധ്യമങ്ങളുടെ ശ്രദ്ധയിൽ പെടുത്തുവാൻ ഏവരും ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുമല്ലോ. Rajesh K Odayanchal *Bangalore | +91 - 7829333365*

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