Volunteer Opportunities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of strategies for International Services Department to engage corporate technology teams, open-source communities, humanitarian technologists, volunteer software developers, and others in creative exploration of possible solutions to challenges in humanitarian activities.
• Help design events that go beyond the stereotypical hackathon.
• Help design ways to engage our partners and volunteers in brainstorming how technology can change humanitarian work. 

Qualifications

Required

• Experience organizing events to engage a specific community of people
• Experience applying user experience design and/or human-centered design principles in the context of coordinating technology or innovation events like hackathons, bootcamps, workshops, etc.
• Can generate ideas on how to maximize diverse representation on design teams.
• Experience with event management: specifically a hackathon, workshop, or similar event?
• Understanding and experience with digital, web-based events.
• Experience in an unconventional community event (such as a participant-oriented unconference)

 

Preferred

• Helpful to have a general understanding of technological barriers in low-resource settings. 

Training

International Services provides standard orientation to the American Red Cross and the department