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    Manager, Community Partnerships

    Wikimedia
    Remote
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    21 days ago
    💰$112,981 - $138,814
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    Requirements

    • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
    • Minimum 8 years experience in community engagement, partnership development, or grant management preferably in global nonprofit context
    • Experience leading multi-regional or multi-stakeholder partnership programs
    • Strong background in community-led or informed partnership development
    • Proven ability to lead and develop diverse, distributed teams with inclusive practices
    • Ability to connect with partners across UTC-8 to UTC+8 time zones and make 3-5 international trips annually
    • Experience balancing global frameworks with local and regional contextual needs
    • Excellent strategic thinking, relationship-building, and organizational skills
    • Commitment to free knowledge ecosystems and volunteer/community-driven work

    What You'll Do

    • Provide leadership and strategic oversight for local and regional partnership building aligned with Wikimedia Foundation’s strategy and Movement’s 2030 goals
    • Oversee a portfolio of partnerships to increase awareness, readership, content, financial and operational support for Wikimedia projects and affiliates
    • Champion community-informed partnerships and ensure effective collaboration across regions, teams, volunteer communities and affiliates
    • Contribute to leadership, strategic decision-making, and culture-building of the Community Investment and Partnerships team
    • Drive development, implementation, review, and adaptation of regional and local partnership strategies
    • Provide thought partnership to Senior Director on long-term strategy and program direction
    • Oversee all aspects of strategic partnership scoping, establishment, implementation and reporting
    • Support development and implementation of partnership systems for measurement, evaluation, and learning
    • Standardize core practices across regions while respecting autonomy and contextual needs
    • Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic partners, Wikimedia organizations and volunteer communities
    • Create and maintain clear documentation for committee work and grant operations
    • Identify, design, and implement improvements to increase operational effectiveness and efficiency
    • Promote a learning culture embracing iteration, adaptation, and continuous improvement
    • Ensure alignment of team practices with organizational values
    • Lead, manage, and support a geographically distributed team of Regional Community Partnership Managers
    • Coordinate with partnership managers to review and report on goals and objectives
    • Provide clear direction, coaching, and professional development opportunities
    • Foster inclusive and collaborative ways of working
    • Develop team capacity to manage programs and deliver quality outputs

    Nice to Have

    • Advanced degree in related field
    • Experience working with volunteer-driven organizations
    • Familiarity with open knowledge, open source, and free culture movements

    Benefits

    • Competitive and equitable salary
    • Remote-first work environment
    • Inclusive and equitable workplace
    • Professional development opportunities

    About Wikimedia

    Wikimedia Foundation encourages the development and distribution of free educational content with projects such as Wikipedia.

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