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ISOC Hiring For Africa

April 4, 2016 by Michele Neylon

ISOC are hiring. They are currently advertising a vacancy for chapter development in Africa “Manager Chapter Development Africa”.

Interested? Here’s the full spec:

Reporting to and working closely with the Regional Bureau Director, Africa and the Regional Bureau Director – Middle –East with a view to develop and implement the overall strategic engagement with ISOC Members and chapters for the region;
* Within ISOC regional engagement strategy, working closely with the Director of Chapters on the implementation of chapter management resources, chapter efficiency programmes, chapter development and chapter governance;
* Communicate with Chapters as required with respect to Chapter goals and plans;
* Address and resolve enquiries from Chapters and prospective Chapters;
* Implement strategies that encourage and maximise opportunities for Chapter members to contribute to the work of the Internet Society at a local level including in global and regional bureau activities;
* Promote opportunities for engagement between Chapter and headquarters programme staff;
* Assist the Director of Chapters in developing and executing programmes to improve Chapter leadership skills and increase volunteer professionalism;
* Work with ISOC departments (Communications, Policy, Development, Membership) in distributing Internet Society materials and in supporting Chapter outreach activities (events, expert roundtables, publications, etc.);
* Work with Chapters to develop Chapter programmes and resources;
* Serve as the point of contact for African and Middle-East Chapters regarding questions and issues related to the Internet Society membership system;
* Manage select portions of the content for the Chapter section of the website, ensuring its accuracy and currency;
* Manage the AMS (Association Management System) portion related to the African and Middle-East Chapters
* Assist in evaluating and processing applications for new Chapters and funding support requests from chapters
* Plan and organize in-person and remote on-line meetings and workshops for Chapters;
* Update schedules, information and web based updates as required;
* General administrative duties including but not limited to updating of database, preparation of documents, mailings, liaising with suppliers. 

The role is based in Africa. Full details on the ISOC site.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: africa, Internet Society, Middle East

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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