Community Director
Submitted by jimg on Thu, 08/24/2023 - 15:19
Work commitment: Full-time
Application deadline: September 30, 2023
Location: Butte, MT or Remote
Estimated salary: $70,000 - $110,000 with benefits (healthcare, retirement, vacation)
About OPeNDAP
OPeNDAP is both the name of a non-profit organization and the name of
a protocol that the OPeNDAP organization has developed. OPeNDAP
provides software that allows people to access and subset local data
from remote locations regardless of local storage format. Founded in
2000, OPeNDAP has a small 5-person, remote, and full-time team, and a
supportive 5-person Board of Directors. Currently, its main funder is
NASA.
About the position
OPeNDAP seeks to hire a full-time Community Director to help develop
our community engagement approach, and grow and foster our community
of users, contributors, developers, and institutional partners. This
is a new upper-level role in the organization offering an opportunity
to strategically build our community. Our goals for this hire are to
create new pathways for people to contribute to our software
development, make it easier for people to understand and use OPeNDAP
software and protocols, and develop new collaborations for OPeNDAP.
The best candidate would be a self-starter, resourceful, friendly, a
connector of people, and passionate about open source software
development. As part of the role, the candidate is encouraged to
engage in their own professional development and research activities.
Key responsibilities of the role:
Strategically develop the community development approach for OPeNDAP, including providing leadership and vision for how best to develop the community.
Hands-on management of the community, including developing and supporting small working groups, leading and implementing communication with community members and the community at-large, and planning and implementing community events.
Stewardship of community leaders or champions.
Coordinate and manage small project teams.
Develop institutional-level and project-level partnerships and collaborations.
Publically represent OPeNDAP as a thought leader and subject matter expert.
Evaluate and assess the community approach.
Contribute to executive-level strategic development of the organization itself.
A passion for community engagement and enthusiasm to build connections between people and cultivate new community leaders.
Desired skills/experience
Strong project management and team science skills.
Able to translate highly technical information into easy-to-digest information (e.g., copy writing and verbal communication).
Evaluation and assessment skills and experience.
Experience with organizing and managing distributed online communities.
Experience with developing, managing, and moderating online community infrastructure (e.g., website, Slack, MailChimp, social media etc).
Experience with content creation, like writing blog posts, posting on social media, and updating the website.
Experience with peer-reviewed article writing and giving conference presentations.
Experience organizing, coordinating, and hosting in-person and online events like workshops, webinars, or community meetings.
Experience collaborating in and leading research teams.
Teaching and training experience, including curriculum development
Experience with federal funding research proposal development and writing
Technical writing to help with both developing software documentation and organizing the content so users can more easily understand how OPeNDAP works
Desired qualifications
A PhD degree or equivalent amount of experience that allows the
candidate to interact on a peer level with university faculty,
nonprofit and industry executives, academics, researchers, and federal
agencies supporting science. A strong technical background,
supporting the s ability to both contribute to and explain the
technical underpinnings of s software and protocols. Requirements
Must be U.S.-based, and legally authorized to work in the U.S.
How to apply?
This job description is a starting point for our search for a new
member to join our small team. You do not need to have all of the
described skills, experience, and qualifications listed above. If you
feel excited about this position and feel that you have many of the
right qualities, please apply. We would love to hear from you.
To apply, please use this form https://tinyurl.com/mr4ame8n to let us
know why you are interested in this position and to send us your
CV/resume.