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Movement Communications Specialist (Africa) at Wikimedia Foundation

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Job Description

The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and our other free knowledge projects. We want to make it easier for everyone to share what they know. To do this, we keep Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites fast, reliable, and available to all. We protect the values and policies that allow free knowledge to thrive.

Job Industry

Media, Advertising And Branding

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  • Connections & Dialogue: Support building connection, trust and understanding with our communities through two-way dialogue with our movement in Africa.
  • Wikipedia@25: In this special year, this role will help celebrate Wikipedia turning 25. Planning and supporting community events across the world.
  • Deploying software: Work closely with others in the team to help deployment of product and technology features onto relevant Wikis.
  • Movement Pulse: Following the movement pulse, through monitoring the 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, with a special focus on Product and Tech engagement, users with extended rights and the communities’ needs and priorities.
  • Implementing insights: Help in informing the communities about  the Foundation work, in alignment with recommendations from the Movement Communications Insights Translations: Coordinating translation requests, tracking and managing budgets, and maintaining strong communication with our network of translators.Support the Movement Communications team by taking up occasional assignments for other organizational priorities as per direct report’s manager's indications.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Excellent written English and fluency with at least one other African language.
  • Good 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
  • On wiki experience contributing to Wikimedia projects.

Application Process

Interested and qualified? Go to Wikimedia Foundation on job-boards.greenhouse.io to apply

Close Date

28/06/2025

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