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| 1 | +entity: Astropy Project |
| 2 | +title: Community Manager |
| 3 | +url: https://www.astropy.org/ |
| 4 | +percentTime: 50 |
| 5 | +percentOSS: 100 |
| 6 | +deadline: 2023-05-01 # Application deadline |
| 7 | +expires: 2023-07-01 # Date when post is removed from board |
| 8 | +location: Remote |
| 9 | +description: | |
| 10 | + ## About Astropy: |
| 11 | + The Astropy Project is a community effort to develop a common core package for Astronomy in Python and |
| 12 | + foster an ecosystem of interoperable astronomy packages. It is a widely used package in professional |
| 13 | + astronomy supporting missions like NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the Square Kilometer Array. |
| 14 | + Our community has over 1,200 members with nearly 200 active weekly. The majority of our members are based |
| 15 | + in the US but many are from around the world. For more about the project goals, please look at our |
| 16 | + [roadmap](https://github.com/astropy/astropy-project/blob/main/roadmap/roadmap.md). |
| 17 | +
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| 18 | + ## About the Position: |
| 19 | + The Astropy Project is seeking to hire a part-time community manager to help grow and foster our diverse |
| 20 | + community of users, contributors, and developers. This is a new role in the organization offering many |
| 21 | + opportunities to help build our community and the role itself. As such, a driven and resourceful individual |
| 22 | + would be best suited for the role. If you are passionate about engagement and equitable open source software |
| 23 | + communities read on and apply by May 1, 2023. |
| 24 | +
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| 25 | + ### Key responsibilities of the role: |
| 26 | + - Manage and support the existing Astropy Project Community, in consultation with that community. |
| 27 | + - Work to grow the Astropy Project community, and identify opportunities for collaboration by establishing relationships with users, |
| 28 | + especially from underrepresented communities and institutions. |
| 29 | + - Track and report engagement activities of the Astropy Project. |
| 30 | + - Run surveys to better understand the needs of our community and how to improve participation in our |
| 31 | + communities for different stakeholders. |
| 32 | + - Coordinate review and updates to the Astropy Code of Conduct, in consultation with the Astropy Coordination Committee. |
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| 34 | +
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| 35 | + ### The ideal candidate would have these skills: |
| 36 | + - Collaborative attitude. |
| 37 | + - Experience with a consensus-driven, geographically-dispersed software development team. |
| 38 | + - Ability to develop communication strategies to meet specific goals and reaching different audiences. |
| 39 | + - Knowledge of communities who use Github as their primary communication mechanism. |
| 40 | + - Demonstrable skills in group facilitation and stakeholder relationships management. |
| 41 | + - Knowledge of scientific community engagement techniques. |
| 42 | + - Experience and enthusiasm for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. |
| 43 | + - Strong interpersonal skills. |
| 44 | + - Excellent judgment and diplomacy. |
| 45 | + - Excellent written and oral communication skills. |
| 46 | +
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| 47 | + ### Desired Qualifications, but not necessary experiences include: |
| 48 | + - Managing forums like Slack and email lists |
| 49 | + - Managing social media accounts. |
| 50 | + - Experience working with open source projects. |
| 51 | + - Organizing in-person meetings of ~20 people. |
| 52 | + - Using websites to communicate. |
| 53 | + - Experience with building consensus around a code-of-conduct. |
| 54 | + - Using surveys to shape strategy. |
| 55 | + - Developing strategies to build a user-maintainer-contributor pipeline. |
| 56 | + - Organizing in-person software workshops. |
| 57 | + - Experience of working with a multicultural, international community. |
| 58 | + - Experience moderating online discussion forums, blogging platforms, or similar. |
| 59 | + - Event and project management experience. |
| 60 | + - Awareness of current trends in academic culture and informal communication channels. |
| 61 | + - Experience using Github to communicate, edit documents, or develop software. |
| 62 | +
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| 63 | + ## Compensation and Term: |
| 64 | + The Community Manager is funded by Astropy Project which is managed by NumFocus. |
| 65 | + The position is for a minimum duration of one year and a possibility of further extension, |
| 66 | + depending on the available funding. |
| 67 | + We envision this role to be ongoing and future contracts to be for longer terms. |
| 68 | +
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| 69 | + ## How to Apply: |
| 70 | + In order to apply, please send a cover letter, one page resume, and a list of 2-3 names and contact information for people |
| 71 | + who have agreed to serve as a reference to Ana Gabela at angabela@gmail.com with the subject line Community Manager and your last name. |
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| 73 | + For questions about this position, please contact Ana Gabela at angabela@gmail.com. |
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