Laptop Exploratory Position
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Purpose
Determine if a full time Laptop Program Coordinator can sustain itself financially
Hours and Pay
28 hours/week Pay is approximately $10.25/hour
Duration
6 months
Reports due to staff and council at 3 and 6 months
Responsibilities
- Organize the laptop area (Black Hole) to maintain and increase workspace and efficiency
- Recruit (from within freegeek) and coordinate able students for the laptop program
- Accomplish laptop program development including process refinement, documentation, and relevant outreach
- Provide laptop repair education
- Do laptop repair
- Explore other underattended hardware and its possible reuse
- Participate in Reuse and Hardware Grants committees
- Work on the floor a few hours a week
- Research and ensure responsible recycling of laptop parts
Required Skills
- Interest in and aptitude for laptop hardware repair
- Familiarity with the freegeek build program -- experience in the build program is a major plus
- Patient, friendly volunteer management skills
- Ability to teach technical skills in an understandable way
- Some familiarity with consensus process
- Proactive, clear communication skills
- Trustworthy and able to work unsupervised
- Frugal or otherwise able to work for our wages
Hiring
Internal open hiring