[Foundation-l] Heads-up: Chief Program Officer job is posted

[Sue Gardner]

Casey Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:19 PM, mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This is a highly unusual role that's going to require a lot of
>>> creativity and innovation: I can't imagine another job like it. I'm
>>> confident there are amazing, appropriate candidates out there, but
>>> because the role is so unusual, I think it may take a while to find the
>>> right person. Therefore, I've put up the advertisement super-early: the
>>> posting doesn't close until end of December.
>> Well, you're certainly correct it's an unusual role. Do we have anything
>> showing where this job fits into the current staffing scheme?
>>
>> Mike
>>
> 
> It should be clear from the job description and looking at the Staff
> page.  It's the head of programs (see
> <http://wikimedia.org/wiki/Staff#Programs>) which reports to Sue.  So
> it would probably look like how Veronique is setup.
> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:Org_Chart-August_4_2008-With_Names.png>
> 

Yeah, exactly. And you can actually see it here too 
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Image:FY_2008_09_Annual_Plan.PDF - 
on slides 15 and 16.



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Sue Gardner
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