Seeking Three Community Regional Leads

The Community Lead(s) will be responsible for cultivating and strengthening our community in/from the region, by connecting individuals, understanding individual needs and helping connect them to resources. Through community building and management, you will elevate and support young and new voices in digital rights from the region, paying particular attention to both individuals from marginalized and underrepresented communities, and technologists hoping to grow their own solutions. 

Community Lead(s) will also be responsible for sharing the community research and information they uncover during their month process of community building via a monthly regional brief. This brief will have regional community news, regional updates, funding and job opportunities, and more. 

We are looking for folks who are in the early stages of their careers (2-3 years of experience), are passionate about community management, digital rights, internet freedom, and equity, and have strong writing skills. It is anticipated that these roles will start in October 2023.

• Position: Regional Community Lead 

• Job level: Entry-level

• Contract: 12 month consultancy, 20 hours per week

• Compensation: 2,200 USD per month

• Location: Remote

We are looking for 3 regional leads

• Asia Regional Lead: Fluent in English. Fluency in any other languages spoken in Asia are a plus, based anywhere within UTC+5 through UTC+9

• Eurasia Regional Lead: Fluent in English, but fluency in any other language spoken in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and/or Central Asia is a plus, based anywhere within UTC+1 to UTC+9

• MENA Regional Lead: Fluent in English. Fluency in any other languages spoken in the region are a plus, based anywhere within UTC+0 through UTC+4

What we provide

• A hands-on learning experience in which they are paired with mentorship and training on community building and management

• The opportunity to refine a set of skills and knowledge to further your professional goals

• Ability to improve their thought leadership through writing on digital rights issues

• Exposure to Team Community’s programming and operations

• Engagement with a large set of digital rights organizations and practitioners from the region and globally

Key Responsibilities

• Moderate regional monthly meetups

• Write monthly regional briefs to highlight digital rights updates and initiatives

• Build and cultivate engagement in diverse virtual community spaces, ensuring that members feel safe and supported.

• Outreach to communities and groups from the region who should be part of important conversations centered on advancing digital rights

• Build and cultivate engagement in diverse virtual community spaces, ensuring that members feel safe and supported

• Help answer questions or provide regional expertise to digital rights and security tech projects hoping to improve their offerings in a particular area/country in the region

• Help co-host Team CommUNITY online events

• Contribute to other Team CommUNITY initiatives as needed 

Who we are looking for

• Passionate about TCUs mission and impact, and interest in working within the digital rights, internet freedom, or human rights field

• Passionate about bringing people together, and advancing important conversations in the region at the intersection of tech and human rights

• Can facilitate virtual events, and understand how to use virtual tools

• Good skills cultivating communities online, through tools such as mailing lists, online chat rooms, and others. 

• Strong writing skills: previous experience in journalism or other short-form writing to mixed audiences

• Ability to work with timeliness, efficiency, flexibility, and good humor

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of people from diverse backgrounds

As a community-centered organization, diversity of life experiences makes a big difference in how we identify needs, and design and implement our programs and services. Women, People of Color, LGBTQI+, and disabled folks are highly encouraged to apply and self-identify in the application.

How to apply

We are accepting applications until June 19, 2023. Interviews will take place during July - August 2023. 

Please send your resume and answers to the following four questions to ops@digitalrights.community. Please use subject: Regional Leads - [LOCATION]

1. Why are you applying to this job?

2. What are the main community organization challenges and gaps for human rights organizations and groups in the region you are applying for?

3. What methods and strategies are useful to cultivate a healthy, engaged community? 

4. What timezone will you be working from?

Note: ability to hire for these roles is contingent upon Team CommUNITY’s receipt of a pending grant.