A friend is looking for a project lead with MediaWiki and community-building experience, for a global dispute resolution project. Part of a rare Harvard-UN collaboration; based in Boston or NYC.
Naturally I thought of wikien. Hmm, wait -- dispute *resolution*. Ah well. Please take a look, and feel free to pass it on and reply directly to Caroline. SJ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Caroline Nolan <cno...@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM Subject: Job Opportunity: The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School A job opportunity from the CSR Initiative at KSG--please feel free to pass it on to your network. PROJECT LEADER FOR GLOBAL WIKI ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School is recruiting a project leader to take forward the global wiki it is developing about dispute resolution between companies and communities. The project is run on behalf of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Prof. John Ruggie. The site – BASESwiki (www.baseswiki.org) - is currently being transferred to a new platform with new design and functionality. The transition will be complete by early November. The project leader will oversee the bedding down of the new site and handle any technical problems that arise, together with the developers. He/she will drive forward a new discussion forum and build the interactive aspects of the site; manage interns; build on and develop new institutional partnerships around the world, help with the development of additional language portals; conduct outreach to potential users; assess the site’s performance; and develop strategies, together with the Program Director, for its future development. The successful candidate will demonstrate: - strong project leadership skills - experience in social media and programming, particularly with MediaWiki - an interest in corporate responsibility and dispute resolution, and preferably some background experience - strong team-working skills - good written and oral communication skills Job term: the position will commence on 15 November, subject to negotiation. An initial contract will be for one year with the possibility of a limited further extension. Location: Boston or New York Salary: $60,000-68,000 plus benefits, depending on experience Please send applications to caroline_r...@harvard.edu by 21 October 2009, including a letter of interest, CV and 3 references _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l