[Hiring] Movement Communications Specialist @Wikimedia Foundation

Role Description

The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Movement Communications Specialist, Africa (Contract). The ideal candidate is an experienced communicator, campaigner, or community organizer with extensive experience connecting, convening, and collaborating across Africa; someone who is passionate about bringing people together around a common cause.

Reporting to the Manager, Global Movement Communications, you will be part of the Movement Communications team and the wider Communications Department. You will help us build bridges and a shared understanding across our movement with a particular focus on the Africa region.

Your Responsibilities:

• Connections & Dialogue: Support building connection, trust, and understanding with our communities through two-way dialogue with our movement in Africa.
• Deploying Software: Work closely with others in the team to help deploy product and technology features onto relevant Wikis.
• Movement Pulse: Follow the movement pulse by monitoring relevant community channels for news, incidents, and requests, and understanding the most relevant discussions.
• Mapping: Help in mapping the editor communities and Wikimedia movement in the African region, focusing on Product and Tech engagement, users with extended rights, and the communities’ needs and priorities.
• Implementing Insights: Inform the communities about the Foundation's work, in alignment with recommendations from the Movement Communications Insights.
• Support the Movement Communications team by taking up occasional assignments for other organizational priorities as per direct report’s manager's indications.

Qualifications

• Excellent written English and fluency with at least one other African language would be beneficial.
• Some knowledge of Wikimedia communities’ dynamics, policies, cultures, and channels.
• A natural collaborator, who enjoys working with others and brings a supportive attitude to team efforts.
• Well organized, skilled at handling logistic tasks (scheduling, organizing, notetaking, etc.), efficient, and able to meet deadlines.
• Ability to engage and facilitate dialogue with volunteers across a range of formats, including virtual meetings, on-wiki discussions, and in-person events.
• Experience working in a multilingual and multicultural environment.

Requirements

• Experience of contributing to one of Wikimedia's projects.
• Familiarity or direct experience with free knowledge communities, the education sector, and/or open source culture.

Benefits

• Competitive and equitable salaries.
• Remote-first organization with staff members in 40+ countries.