Movement Communications Specialist

Position Overview

• Location Type: European Region
• Job Type: Fixed Term Contract (1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026)
• Salary: Not Specified

The Movement Communications team is dedicated to fostering connection, collaboration, and understanding within the Wikimedia movement. This role focuses on building bridges and shared understanding, particularly with editing communities, and celebrating the contributions of volunteers.

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 the Wikimedia mission.

Responsibilities

Support building connection, trust, and understanding with online communities:

• 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 features and product/technology updates.
• Inform communities about the Foundation's work, aligning with Movement Communications Insights recommendations.

Celebrate:

• 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:

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

Skills and Experience

• A people person and natural collaborator with a supportive attitude.
• Well-organized, skilled in handling logistic tasks (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 that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Its vision is a world where every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. The Foundation believes everyone has the potential to contribute and should be able to access knowledge freely. It hosts Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, builds software for reading, contributing, and sharing content, supports volunteer communities and partners, and advocates for policies that support free knowledge.