Movement Communications Associate at Wikimedia Foundation

Movement Communications Associate at Wikimedia Foundation… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Wikimedia Foundation.

Descriptions;

Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American foundation headquartered in San Francisco, California. WMF owns and operates the Wikimedia projects. It was established in 2003 by Jimmy Wales as a way to fund Wikipedia and its sibling projects through non-profit means.

Responsibilities:

  • Meta and general wiki work support
  • Write, prepare, and markup pages for publishing on Meta wiki.
  • Knowledge of wikitext, internal/external links, tables, images, etc.
  • Markup pages for translation on Meta wiki
  • Knowledge of Translation markup (<translate>, tvars, etc.)
  • Working with translated texts created outside MediaWiki and using the Translation interface to include them in a translated page.
  • Knowledge of templates and how to create and use them.
  • Mostly adapting existing navigation templates for reuse and preparing said templates for translation.
  • Support for requests coming into the team
  • Monitoring of various pages for issues, questions and risks via our risk register
  • Support with CAC calls – updates on Meta
  • Updating information where needed on Meta
  • Support the team on internal requests for support for smaller tasks in particular related to on Meta and Wiki requests
  • Support the team to help respond to enquiries from the Movement
  • Support with our community Blog – Diff
  • Support the Diff editorial process : Supporting authors spanning Foundation staff and movement volunteers alike in publishing blog posts about initiatives, success stories, difficulties, events, and more.
  • Reviewing submitted drafts to check appropriateness of tone, subject matter, imagery, content
  • Scheduling and publishing posts: Preparing and scheduling posts in support of various initiative and product launches.
  • Outreach to Foundation teams, community affiliates, groups, and individuals to encourage them to publish on Diff.
  • Be proactively involved in reviewing and publishing Wikimania content from the team.
  • In the lead up to Wikimania a schedule of blog posts is being developed. In support of this work we need to be aware of what is coming and preparing it for publication.
  • Triaging and resolving any bugs with WP VIP
  • Supporting the team by engaging with our development partners at Human Made in developing new solutions and features for the Diff platform.

Skills and Experience:

  • Community communications and engagement
  • Management of WordPress sites or similar
  • On Wiki editing experience and knowledge

How to Apply

Submit your CV and Application on Company Website: Click Here

Application Deadline: 31st March 2022.

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