As part of its mission “to connect and build the field of narrative change-makers in Africa,” Africa No Filter (ANF) will host a Wikimedian in Residence (WiR) to coordinate a yearlong series of content creation and capacity building activities that will connect Wikimedia communities in the region to ANF’s large network of researchers, journalists, and creators.
Supporting AU’s Agenda 2063 framework, The Africa Knowledge Initiative (AKI) will be built around three African Union holidays in the 2022-23 cycle — Youth Day, Environment/Wangari Maathai Day, and African Day. As celebrations of pan-African values, the holidays will serve as unifying calls to action to Wikimedia communities to address African knowledge gaps on Wikipedia and raise awareness of the Agenda 2063 goals. The collaboration also serves as an opportunity to create the conditions under which narratives about Africa reflect a dynamic, diverse, and evolving Continent.
ELIGIBILITY
- Deep hands-on experience with Wikipedia editing and Wikimedia communities, especially in the African context
- To have worked previously on a Wikimedia/Wikipedia project
- Effective English writing and communication skills
- Experience developing and managing partnerships
- Experience designing and providing effective training on Wikipedia, digital research, or similar digital skills, especially for adult learners
- Experience with community organizing or facilitating professional-public collaboration
- Multilingual experience with French, Portuguese, Swahili, or other major African languages
- Experience with facilitating online training and learning platforms such as Moodle, EdX, or Blackboard
- Experience with learning and evaluation
DEADLINE: May 15, 2022
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