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NHQ:ISD - QDL-DT: Tech-xploration Event Strategy Designer

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NHQ:ISD - QDL-DT: Tech-xploration Event Strategy Designer

This position supports the National Headquarters (NHQ) International Services Development (ISD) team. Specifically the Quality, Data, and Learning (QDL) unit. This is a 100% virtual (volunteer-from-home) opportunity. The International Services Department Data and Tech Readiness Team are searching for a Tech-xploration Event Strategy Designer to design and help facilitate events 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.

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Locations

Remote/Virtual Volunteer Opportunity

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

  • Reliable access to resources needed to volunteer 100% virtually
  • 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, boot camps, 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

Development Opportunities

  • Design and lead events.
  • Learn about the use of open-source software in humanitarian programs in a variety of contexts around the world.
  • Support innovation of tools for disaster preparedness, resilience, and response.
  • Engage with corporate technology teams, open-source communities, humanitarian technologists, volunteer software developers, and others.
  • Engage with people from the Red Cross and Red Crescent global network. 

Length of Appointment

1 year committment; renewable

Time Commitment

6+ hours per week

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