By Support | 13 June, 2020
The Colish Initiative needs your support. Donate some of your time, be part of the team and help lead the Revolution.
Part or full time.
We offer learning on the job, remote working.
The jobs are organised according to Value Domain.
Note
No remuneration can be offered at the present time (June 2020).
All jobs are for volunteers only.
So please do not waste your and our time in sending us any job applications.
1. Assets (Ax)
Looking after digital assets, domains, Product Data Management (PDM), patents, brandmarks.
Asset Supervisor
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Management of the assets within the Initiative, such as software, brand assets, specifications, processes, media, rights.
Topics: Naming, release managemnt, ERP, Config Management, Redmine.
Mission: That assets can be easily found and be tracked.
2. Builds (Bx)
Building of products and services.
DevOps
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Providing CI/CD processes for software apps, internal software, for operations, DictHub.
Topics: CI/CD, deployment, Concourse, git. See also topics of System Admin.
Mission: Provide a self-service platform for continous deployment with autonomous operations.
3. Communities (Cx)
Looking after the communities.
Community Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Build the online community.
Topics: Social media, engaging content creation, PR, onboarding of new partner, great customer service, online and offline conversation moderation (for a “people person”).
Mission: Build long lasting relationships with the community/partner.
4. Designs (Dx)
Design of the products themselves including how they look and are used.
Graphic Designer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Creation of media for the website, for print media, for congresses.
Topics: Graphics, SVG, image processing, learn on the job.
Mission: Bringing style to the Colish Revolution, to the website, tools, print media. Helping to create an exceptional digital experience for members.
Language Processing Developer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Build the next gen dictionary, according to rules.
Topics: Rules, APIs, QA, connection to other providers
Mission: Establish a Common English reference DictHub.
Colish Product Development Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Coordinate the development of the feature list and release plan with stakeholders.
Topics: English language, national specifics, rules, coordinating research activities, useability tests across the world.
Mission: Establish a 100 year Colish release plan for the United Nations.
Style Guide Development Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Coordinate the development of Common Style Guides.
Topics: Style guides, authoring, coordinating, publishing
Mission: Establish a portfolio of Colish Common Style Guides for bloggers, industry, institutions, with online learning.
5. Enterprises (Ex)
Everything to do with the internal working of the enterprises.
Legal Entity Consultant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Help in the creation of the legal entities - the Foundation, Alliance, Institute - the rules, guidelines.
Topics: International law, associations, national taxes.
Mission: Set up a construct which is fair, open, but at the same time protects the assets from predators.
Personal Assistant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Supporting the core team in daily activities such as organisation of calls, travel, mail.
Topics: Tech savy, organisational talent.
Mission: Support the core team in doing there job.
6. Finances (Fx)
Accounting, reporting, dealing with banks.
Accountant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Booking of financial transactions.
Topics: Accounting, reporting, sub-entities, cross-border transactions
Mission: Provide a financial health status framework for the Initiative.
7. Grid (Gx)
World wide grid of value added partners, outlets, training centers, certification points.
8. Humans (Hx)
Human Resources. Empowering the human factor.
HR Facilitator
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Setting up the operational framework for personnel management.
Topics: Guidelines, protection of minors, health and safety, job descriptions
Mission: Supporting the empowerment of individuals, building of teams and a cooperative environment
9. Incentives (Ix)
Incentives Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Defintion of strategy and incentives for joined parties, for the VAP-Network.
Topics: Incentive systems, products.
Mission: Create a harmonized system of incentives for the Colish ecosystem.
10. Joined Parties (Jx)
Looking after partners, stakeholders, VIPs, ambassadors, friends.
Onboarding Coordinator
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Support partners (scientists, corporates, policy makers, etc.) during the onboarding process.
Topics: Empathy (a people person), connectivity, bringing people together, breaking down barriers.
Mission: Help partners to feel at home, to enable them to bring in their full potential, to maximise the synergy potential for all.
Research Assistant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Doing data research on the internet, in libraries, about organisations, intellectual works, about people, about countries. Helping to create surveys, to build the resource and relationship managment databases.
Topics: Research, data collection, creation of surveys.
Mission: Empowering other operations with valuable data for decision making and community support.
Sponsor Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Engage and look after sponsors.
Topics: Contact, mailings
Mission: Build a network of sponsors, creating a viable win-win ecosystem.
Country Carers
Posts: Several needed for 100+ countries
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Look after a country, discovering stateholders in industry, publications, politics, policy makers, building a portfolio of information.
Topics: Research, contact.
Mission: Help define a Colish Integration and Rollout Strategy (CIRS) for your country, helping to empower the youth of tomorrow.
Corporates Carer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Look after the top 1000 corporates.
Topics: Contact, integration, building of the relationship databases, mailings.
Mission: Integrate the corporates into the Colish Initiative and Alliance.
University Carer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Looking after the universities in the language domain.
Topics: Contact, integration, building of the relationship databases, mailings
Mission: Integrating the universites, stakeholders into the Colish Initative, Alliance and rollout.
Publisher Carer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Look after publishers.
Topics: Contact, integration, building of the relationship databases, mailings.
Mission: Integrating the publishers, stakeholders, into the Colish Initiative and rollout.
Ambassador Carer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Define potential ambassadors. Look after the ambassadors.
Topics: Public figures, VIPs, from film, music, sport, politics, social networks.
Mission: Facilitate the creation of a world wide pool of ambassadors that will further the Colish Initiative.
Publisher Liason Officer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Liason between dictionary publishers to build the Colish ecosystem.
Topics: Rights, APIs, contracts, value added partner network, affiliation.
Mission: Build a win-win ecosystem so that publishers are willing to embrace the Colish Initiative.
CfE Grant Coordinator
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Develop a strategy with partners to finance the ‘Colish for Europe’ campaign via European grants.
Topics: European grants, policymakers, research network.
Mission: Establish a funding source for research, training and the rollout of Colish in Europe.
11. Knowledge (Kx)
Creation of knowledge for the Initiative.
Web Miner
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Mining the web to collect information about research documents, potential partners. Autoverifing data. Building APIs.
Topics: Data mining, webcrawling, data extraction, image processing, versioning, APIs, databases, python, go.
Mission: Deliver data as a foundational asset for the building of Initiative operations.
Web Developer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Connecting internal and external data silos, providing interfaces.
Topics: APIs, Go, Python, Bash, web mining, data conversion, mySQL, Postgres
Mission: Provide a self-service platform for data connectivity.
12. Logistics (Lx)
Purchasing, logistics, warehousing,
13. Markets (Mx)
Serving the markets, marketing, PR.
PR Assistant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Helping to spread the word via newsletters, mailing, social media, ads.
Topics: Social media, content creation, newsletters, mailing groups.
Mission: Spread the word of the Colish Initiative, the Revolution. Keeping the world up-to-date.
Campaign Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Define and deploy campaigns to various enduser groups across the world.
Topics: Grass roots, diversity, national specific, relationships, KPIs, automation.
Mission: Build a movement, a revolution for change.
14. Network (Nx)
15. Orchestration (Ox)
Project management, operations.
Project Management Office Assistant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Helping to create project plans, reports, tracking of tasks.
Topics: Tech savy, empathy, exactness.
Mission: Support the building of tracking processes, creating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
16. Products (Px)
Product management.
Product Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Define and look after the life cycle of products (including services), portfolios, coordinating activities with stakeholders. Establish a self-service PLM framework for the Initiative.
Topics: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), e-dictionaries, books, portal services, teaching products.
Mission: Faciliate the building and management of a harmonized products ecosystem for the Initiative.
17. Quality (Qx)
Quality assurance.
Test assistant
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Help test routines, services before going live.
Topics: Useability testing, reporting, scrum
Mission: To create excellent digital experiences and products.
18. Resources (Rx)
Resources supplying services for the Initiative.
System Admin
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Building the virtual hub for operations with tools for CRM, ERP, Community, and the DictHub, the PartnerHub.
Topics: git, LXD, CI/CD, Redmine, Flectra, SuiteCRM, Terraform, Concourse, Consul, Vault, MySQL, Postgres, SecDevOps, Drupal, Virtualmin, Hugo, Hugos, Go, Python, GitLab, Unix/Debian/Ubuntu, LDAP.
Mission: Providing secure, self-healing, high availabilty IT services.
Web Developer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Build websites, community platform,
Topics: Hugo, Drupal, CSS
Mission: Build self-service info platforms for the Initiative.
19. Services (Sx)
Services to end users including jparties.
Service Manager
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Define and coordinate services across the enterprises within and external to the Initiative.
Topics: Portals, APIs, the user experience, surveys, enduser, automation, tests, quality assurance, KPIs.
Mission: Ensure an excellent user experience.
20. Teach (Tx)
Training, teaching, educational tools, media.
Standards Development Coordinator
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Colate institutional and other educational standards and coordinate the establishment of Colish standards for pupils and teachers.
Topics: Knowledge of testing systems (CEFR, IELTS), coordination of work groups.
Mission: Establish global reference standards for the classification of Colish written expertise.
Knowledge & Teaching Tools Developer
Vacancy type: Volunteer
Description: Create learning experiences for the Initiative members and other user groups.
Topics: Self-learning tools, LMS, Opigno
Mission: Create easy to use self-learning aids to help disseminate information concerning Colish, services, policies, etc.
21. User experience (Ux)
Enabling best users experiences across all fields.