Job Description

Committee affiliation: Competition Committee

This position is filled by the volunteer who was the previous Competition Committee Manager. This role involves a low to medium level of effort from August through April. You will receive instructions on how to handle each of these components, and will work with a team to make the event successful. All to-do items are outlined in the Basecamp project plan.

The Past Competition Manager assists the current committee manager with transitioning into the chapter's annual technical documentation competition.

Responsibilities

• Stand by to give advice to the Competition Committee when needed.
• Be available to answer questions relating to entries and winners.
• Assist the current Competition Committee Manager and other managers to help complete tasks, if needed.

Experience and Skills

• Previous experience as the Competition Committee Manager
• Familiarity with Facebook and Twitter use
• Familiarity with LinkedIn and other social media outlets
• Experience with online project planning and scheduling (the project is planned out using Basecamp)
• Ability to post status updates to social meda, the website, or to the administrative council.
• Ability to lead a team and to work on a team
• Previous experience managing a committee is a plus
• Good time management
• Strong communication / interpersonal skills
• An outgoing and friendly personality
• Good organizational skills
• Able to meet deadlines and able to identify and report problems with meeting those deadlines; willing to ask for help when needed

Equipment

• Computer with reliable Internet access
• Email address (Google is preferred for working with Google calendar, Basecamp, and other tools)
• Word processing software
• HTML / CSS / PHP text editor

Optional items that may be helpful:

• FAX or scanner
• Acrobat Pro
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe Illustrator

Time Commitment

Approximately 2-3 hours per month between July / August or November through January depending on the schedule for the competition and about 4 hours per month through mid-May.

Contact

If you are interested in serving the chapter as a volunteer, please fill in the Chapter Volunteer Signup Form.

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