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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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:

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