[Foundation-l] Erik's New Job

[Sue Gardner]

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> - Is there a formal job description?
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> Yes, attached. Because it's a new position, it will likely not play 
> out exactly as detailed here, but this is a snapshot of what we 
> imagine, at this moment, the job will look like.

Er, pasted below :-)

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JOB TITLE

Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation

REPORTS TO

Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation

POSITIONS REPORTING TO THIS ONE

CTO. Authority over non-technical staff as delegated by the Executive 
Director.

MISSION OF THE WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION

The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people 
around the world to collect and develop neutral educational content 
under a free content license or in the public domain, and to disseminate 
it effectively and globally.

In collaboration with a network of chapters, the Foundation provides the 
essential infrastructure and an organizational framework for the support 
and development of multilingual wiki projects and other endeavors which 
serve this mission. The Foundation will make and keep the educational 
content from its projects available on the Internet free of charge, in 
perpetuity.

JOB SUMMARY

The purpose of this role is to support the executive director in the 
development and implementation of the Foundation’s strategic plans and 
policies, and to provide leadership and direction to the CTO and other 
technical staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Full delegated authority to act on behalf of the Executive Director in 
her absence;
* Responsible for the development and execution of the Foundation's 
technical strategy;
* Provides leadership and direction for technical staff, setting an 
effective agenda and ensuring performance goals are met and set;
* Serves as a mentor, coach and guide to senior staff, particularly with 
regards to the Wikimedia community and wiki technology;
* Represents the organization to the public, key stakeholders and 
business partners;
* Provides guidance, as requested by the Executive Director, for 
fundraising and donor management, business development and partnership 
activities;
* Provides guidance, as requested by the Executive Director, for program 
activities including outreach, volunteer coordination and partnerships 
development, as well as marketing, media relations, public relations and 
issues management activities;
* Other duties as requested by the Executive Director.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

* Five years experience in the nonprofit sector;
* Deep understanding of, and sympathy with, the Wikimedia Foundation and 
its mission and goals;
* Solid understanding of the open source and open access communities;
* Experience with online community development principles and practices;
* Experience with project management principles and practices;
* Experience with software development and applications, particularly 
MediaWiki;
* Deep technical understanding including programming skills and system 
administration experience;
* Good grasp of issues/crisis/risk management, media/public/stakeholder 
relations, safeguarding of brand;
* Effective communications skills, both verbally and in writing, 
including presentation experience;
* Experience negotiating and interacting with non-profit and for-profit 
organizations inside and outside North America;
* Experience serving on a Board of Directors of a non-profit 
organization would be an asset;
* Strong personal integrity and a collaborative style; capable of 
building and sustaining productive, effective working relationships;
* The ability to speak multiple languages is a major plus;
* Experience living or working outside the United States is a major plus;
* You must be comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented 
environment.

ABOUT WMF

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit charitable corporation 
with headquarters in San Francisco, California. It is fully audited and 
has 501(c)(3) tax exempt status in the United States. The mission of the 
Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage people around the world to 
collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the 
public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally. The 
Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited 
reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, one of the 10 
most-visited websites in the world.