Movement Communications Specialist

Position Overview

• Location Type: European Region
• Job Type: Fixed Term Contract
• Contract Duration: 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026
• Department: Movement Communications
• Reports to: Senior Movement Communications Specialist - Europe

The Movement Communications team focuses on bringing people together, fostering collaboration, and building bridges of understanding within the movement. This role specifically aims to enhance understanding and connection, with a particular focus on editing communities.

Requirements

• Located in the European region.
• Excellent written English.
• Ability to read, write, and speak in at least one other European language (German or Russian preferred).
• Good knowledge of Wikimedia communities’ dynamics, policies, cultures, and channels.
• Wiki editing experience, including knowledge of wikitext, internal/external links, tables, images, and translation markups.
• Extensive experience and full competence related to users with extended Wikimedia user rights (steward, admins, checkuser or other groups).
• Experience in working in a multilanguage and multicultural environment.
• Enthusiastic about Wikimedia communities and Wikimedia mission.

Responsibilities

Support Building Connection, Trust, and Understanding:

• Monitor community channels for news, incidents, and requests, identifying relevant discussions.
• Map editor communities and the Wikimedia movement in the European region, focusing on Product and Tech engagement, and community needs.
• Deepen connections with volunteer editors and affiliate groups, with a focus on Wikipedia contributors.
• Support the rollout of new features and product/technology advancements.
• Inform communities about the Foundation's work, aligning with Movement Communications Insights recommendations.

Celebrate Contributions:

• Support initiatives for celebrating and appreciating contributors.
• Identify and spotlight volunteer contributions.
• Assist in creating human-centered stories that communicate the impact and diversity of Wikimedia volunteers.

Collaborate and Support:

• Undertake occasional assignments for other organizational priorities as directed.
• Assist with documentation, planning, meeting organization, and notetaking.

Skills and Experience

• People-oriented and a natural collaborator with a supportive attitude.
• Well-organized with strong logistic task management skills (scheduling, organizing, notetaking).
• Efficient and able to meet deadlines.
• Ability to engage and facilitate dialogue with volunteers across various formats (virtual meetings, on-wiki discussions, in-person events).

About the Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization operating Wikipedia and other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Its vision is a world where every individual can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. The Foundation believes in the potential of everyone to contribute and access knowledge freely. They host Wikimedia projects, develop software for accessing and contributing to content, support volunteer communities and partners, and advocate for policies that promote free knowledge.