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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.