Dear ILUG-Chennai members,
Job Opening for Executive Manager
Wikimedia India [1](Registered as Wikimedia Chapter) is a
not-for-profit organisation set up to promote Free and Open educational
projects like Wikipedia and build capacity among the Indian public to
contribute to such Projects. It is established in 2011 and works in
coordination with Wikimedia Foundation. It works with individuals and
institutions interested in the cause of sharing knowledge freely. Over
the last two years, the organisation has become operational and reached
financial stability and is set to grow rapidly to bring the benefit of
free and open knowledge to all Indians in all official languages of
India.
JOB
The candidate will be the first staff member of the
organisation and will have the exciting opportunity of growing the
organisation to maximise its impact. The staff size is expected to grow
5 people over 2-3 years.
The successful candidate will initially
report to President of the Wikimedia India or a designated Executive
Committee(EC) member. Most interactions will be with the EC and extended
leadership team of the Chapter, Members, Community and partner
organizations. Hence the candidate needs to be flexible about working
hours. This position is based in Bangalore, India. Salary will be
commensurate with Qualification. More details of work expected from the
Candidate are given below.
* Help develop short term and long term
plans for the growth of Wikimedia project readers and Editors
*
Support Wikimedia India events
* Present about Chapter, Wikimedia
Foundation and conduct basic computer and Wiki literacy trainings.
*
Hire additional staff,interns as per plan
* Develop Fund raising plan
and execute with a goal of raising atleast 25% of budget locally in the
first 2 years.
* Prepare drafts of regular communication for Members,
Community, WMF, Press and communication after approval by leadership
team
* Maintenance of books of Accounts, membership and Donor
database:Preparation & maintenance of Vouchers, issue of Receipts,
making payments, preparation and issue of checks and making cash
payments, TDS etc.,
* Preparation of Quarterly Financial statements.
* Preparation of Annual Accounts,coordination with Consultants and
Auditor
* Filing of Income Tax returns and matters related to it.
*
Filing of Annual return with audited Accounts with the Registrar of
Societies, Bangalore.
* Liason with Consultants and Government
Departments with regard to Section 12A Registration, FCRA, Online
membership/donation/voting for Society etc.
CANDIDATE
The following
education, experience and skills are required: Education
Masters
degree in Commerce/Social Sciences/Science & engineering streams
Experience
Recently retired professionals with at least latest three
years of experience at Senior leadership level will be given preference.
For other candidates, 5-10 years over all experience with at least 3
years in leadership role is required. Skills
* Excellent written and
oral communication skills
* Ability to work with minimal supervision
* Experience of atleast three years with Office productivity software
for documentation, presentation, data analysis, financial management and
conferencing
HOW TO APPLY
* If you wish to apply please send a CV
WITH A ONE PAGE ESSAY(600-800 WORDS) ON "STRATEGIES FOR MAXIMISING THE
IMPACT OF WIKIMEDIA INDIA AND THE ROLE FOR WMIN STAFF" to
careers at wikimedia.in [2] by Sep 15, 2012
* Only candidates shortlisted
will be called for Interview at Bangalore during Sep 15-Sep 23 and the
selected candidate is expected to take up the role from Oct 1, 2012.
*
Outstation candidates will have to make their own arrangements for the
interviews at Bangalore.
Links:
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[1]
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/
[2] mailto:careers at wikimedia.in
