Regional Node Lead

Role Summary

Wikimedia Ghana User Group, Dome, Accra – Ghana; Remote but must be based in the applicable region in Ghana Wikimedia Ghana User Group (WMGHUG) is inviting passionate and committed community members to serve as Node Leads to support the organization’s mission of promoting free knowledge around Ghana.

Key Responsibilities

• Organise the Annual Wikipedia Jollof Party and other community events within their node.
• Build their capacity as trainers and facilitate training sessions for community members, where there are no existing facilitators in the region.
• Support local community engagement through information dissemination on Whatsapp groups/calls to node members, town hall meetings, the Annual General Meeting (AGM), annual planning activities, community awards, and other community development initiatives.
• Offer perspectives on the region, to support Wikimedia Ghana User Group’s operations.

Eligibility

To be considered, applicants must be a Wikimedia Ghana User Group member and have a minimum of 500 edits (Can be a combined edit count across Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata or from an individual platform).

Compensation

Node Leaders will receive project-based stipends, where applicable, to support the delivery of approved activities.

About Wikimedia Ghana User Group

Wikimedia Ghana User Group (WMGH) is one of the 192 affiliates of the Wikimedia Movement. WMGH is a geographically-based affiliate. As the geographically-focused affiliate our mandate is to support and promote Wikimedia projects in Ghana.

Vision

A world in which every Ghanaian has access to and can also contribute freely to the sum of all knowledge.

Mission

To empower and engage people around Ghana to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

About the Wikimedia Movement

The Wikimedia Movement is the global community that supports the Wikimedia projects including the flagship platform Wikipedia. This community includes: Contributors to wiki projects like Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation which was created in 2003 to fund the development and upkeep of the wikis and support the contributors. Organisations including global affiliates and to some extent some aligned partner organisations. Knowledge as a service: The Wikimedia movement serves open knowledge to the world across interfaces and communities. We are working towards building tools for allies and partners to organize and exchange free knowledge beyond Wikimedia. Our infrastructure will enable us and others to collect and use different forms of free, trusted knowledge. Knowledge equity: As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege. We will welcome people from every background to build strong and diverse communities. We will break down the social, political, and technical barriers preventing people from accessing and contributing to free knowledge.