Build Program Coordinator

Job description created February, 2009

Salary/Benefits
Salary is $30,000 per year. 3.6 weeks paid time off per year (combined vacation and sick time, based on an assumed 37 hours work week). Health care, dental, and vision plan. Employer-matching retirement plan
Work Hours
Four and a half to five days per week, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30am to 7:30pm, some evening or morning meetings, with some flexibility.
To Apply
To apply, e-mail your cover letter and resume to jobs@freegeek.org, detailing your volunteer coordination experience and any other pertinent information. We will be contacting a small group of candidates via e-mail to take a tour of Free Geek prior to being interviewed. This position is open until filled.

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Build Program Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Attend bi-weekly staff meetings, and other meetings as necessary
• Teach and recruit volunteer instructors for workshops (i.e. build, alt build, advanced testing, printers)
• Refine build and quality control procedures
• Recruit quality volunteers for advanced testing, laptops, Mac build, and Enterprise build
• Coordinate with other members of the production team
• Work floor shifts coordinating volunteers
• Participate in collective management structure
• Take on tasks and committees unrelated to production coordination
• Keep the Build area orderly
• Be an active member of the Reuse Committee
• Raise Build to version 6.0

Required skills:

• Experience managing volunteers
• Friendly, outgoing personality
• Likes working with people
• Aptitude for learning technical skills
• Well versed in troubleshooting techniques
• Self-motivation
• Patient and courteous with the public
• Detail oriented
• Good organizational skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work in an informal, friendly environment with a diverse staff
• Work well under stress in an unusual setting, maintaining a positive attitude even in the face of adversity
• Ability to work and communicate well in a collectively-run organization
• Ability to work in a consensus decision making process related to staff and policy issues
• Not afraid to ask questions, but able to work on projects almost entirely without supervision
• Able to remain flexible as Free Geek grows and changes
• Must be available all day Saturdays

Desired skills:

• Some experience with computer hardware a plus