[OSGeo-Jobs] Community Evangelist at Outercurve Foundation

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Wed Jul 25 03:41:43 PDT 2012


Hi,

I've encountered the following job offer that may be of interest of some FOSS
activists here. The listing copied from http://www.outercurve.org/About/Jobs

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Job Openings

With 25 projects and over 260 contributors spread around the globe, it
is time for us to add to our team. If you are interested in engaging a
diverse set of developers and helping them achieve success in their
OSS projects, please contact us at jobs "at" outercurve "dot" org.

Now Hiring: Outercurve Community Evangelist

• Build the Outercurve culture

    - Provide an active presence across projects and share best practices.

• Engage and support the community

     - Conduct regular calls with project leaders, track outstanding
issues, and assist with resolution.

• Celebrate success

    - Identify and implement motivational programs that recognize
contributions and important milestones. Generate podcasts and blog
posts that communicate these successes.

• Bridge community to staff

    - Provide management team with regular reports on status of
projects and key services, set up quarterly events (F2F or virtually)
to increase interaction between contributors and staff.

• Identify and oversee implementation of new services

    - Via input from project leaders and committers, identify programs
and services that can be rolled out across projects.  Work with staff
to implement and track success and utilization of services.

• Enhance our brand awareness

    - Attend project meetups and conferences help build a group of
brand ambassadors.

• Identify interesting projects

    - Working with Gallery Managers, follow like-minded communities
that may have complementary projects.

Ideal Candidate's Attributes

• Loves Open Source Software

• Could be an active developer, and must enjoy talking to OSS developers

• Technology savvy

• Loves to engage via social media, in particular: Twitter, g+,
LinkedIn, Facebook

• Polite

• Inquisitive

• Creative

• Virtual worker

• Travel not a problem

• Resides in North America

 • Minimum 6 years experience, bachelors degree

The Outercurve Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
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Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net


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