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Membership Committee: Job Board Manager

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Digital Collegium operates a job board where members can post employment and volunteer opportunities. This provides a critical service to colleges and universities seeking qualified applicants.

Responsibilities

  • Review and edit employment postings submitted through the board for formatting, accuracy and completeness.
  • Support anyone needing help understanding or using the job board.
  • Recommend and update the job board with content, structure or features that would enhance its value to the community.
  • Maintain and promote documentation about the job board.
  • Work with the Marketing and Communications Committee to implement ideas to promote the job board and its postings.
  • Work with the operations director to automate and maintain the sharing of job postings on social media, Slack and elsewhere.
  • Support the other efforts of the Membership Committee as time allows.
  • Facilitate an environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.

Qualifications

Required

  • Membership in Digital Collegium, which can be fulfilled at application. (Free general membership for higher education professionals would meet this requirement.)
  • Knowledge and experience with the WordPress backend and plugins
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Ability and time to process postings within two business days of submission

Preferred

  • Expertise with the WPJob Manager plugin
  • Understanding of AP Style and semantic markup
  • Experience as a job seeker or hiring manager

Estimated time commitment

  • Volunteers should be available for monthly committee meetings.
  • The time commitment for this position varies from 2-4 hours per month.

Length of appointment

2 years, with option to renew for up to 3 consecutive terms

Growth opportunities

By serving as Job Board Manager, you will gain:

  • Experience using WordPress and building a job board
  • Satisfaction from helping members find employment
  • Experience serving on an committee for Digital Collegium
  • Access to cross-train and collaborate with other volunteers remotely and on a flexible schedule
  • Access to Digital Collegium volunteer rewards

Committee members who reliably serve on this committee would be eligible to serve as a committee chair.

Conference attendance

Annual/regional conference attendance isn’t required/expected. Conference registration isn’t waived for this position.

How to Apply

To apply, select the following Apply for Job button, then use the supplied link. You will be taken to your Volunteer Profile form. Update your profile to include your interest in this position and your related qualifications.

To apply for this job please visit membership.digicol.org.