Collective Member Template

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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.



Summary of Job Duties

  • Snappy intro to make us sound fun and summarize the job. When we post the job externally, you will probably pull from the intro and refer to the complete job description on our website.

Responsibilities

Describe the job!
  • Stuff they do for their special job
  • Probably want to include Document, document, document! or Delegate, delegate, delegate! or at least Dilute! Dilute! OK!
  • All staff here are volunteer coordinators of some sort or another.
  • Attend meetings as necessary.
  • Learn procedures for other parts of Free Geek and fill in as necessary.
  • Participate in collective management structure.

Required Skills

  • Special fancy skills dey need for their special job
  • Able to lift 50 lbs.
  • Basic computer knowledge, use of web browser, email and word processor, database and spreadsheet.
  • Ability to multi-task.
  • Ability to work in a consensus decision making process related to staff and policy issues.
  • Patient and courteous with the public.
  • Ability to work with and coordinate volunteers with a wide range of skills and experience.
  • 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
  • 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

In Addition

The ideal candidate will be able to work well under stress in a somewhat chaotic setting and maintain a positive attitude. The candidate will not be afraid to ask questions but will be able to upkeep the area almost entirely without supervision. The candidate will be able to remain flexible as Free Geek grows and changes. This is a job in a worker collective. Your first six months will be as a provisional member of the collective. At the end of that time our decision whether or not to bring you on as a permanent collective member will be made through a peer review process.