{"id":174,"date":"2019-08-16T20:50:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/?post_type=article&#038;p=174"},"modified":"2020-12-07T17:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T22:16:25","slug":"ona-local-organizer-role-description","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/article\/ona-local-organizer-role-description\/","title":{"rendered":"ONA Local Organizer Role Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizers lead the strategy for the ONA Local group and act as the main point of contact with ONA. They recruit, any other volunteers needed for the group. They also act as an ambassador for ONA&#8217;s mission in their newsrooms and wider communities and groom future organizers. They manage the overall plan for any activities for the groups. (All ONA Local groups are currently meeting virtually only during the COVID-19 pandemic.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizers will have one-year term agreements with ONA, renewable at the end of each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This role is great for you if you\u2019re:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proud of your city and motivated to see local journalism thrive there.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A superfan of ONA and a true believer in its mission to inspire and support innovation and excellence in digital journalism.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An energetic problem solver. There\u2019s no blueprint for every community, so if you\u2019re more of a set-it-and-forget-it type you may quickly get frustrated by this work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A connector who gets a kick out of seeing people work together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person who can define a vision and then put it into operation.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humble and open to new ideas. Community building is about the community, not the organizer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Responsibilities include:<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning the overall strategy for your ONA Local group<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruiting, onboarding and managing local volunteers as needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identifying key themes and problems your community wants to tackle together, using feedback from members<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting as your group\u2019s main point of contact with ONA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acting as the link to the broader ONA community for your group, connecting them with opportunities and news relevant for your members<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Shepherding the group&#8217;s Meetup page and social media accounts, or <a href=\"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/article\/communications-coordinator-role-description\/\">recruiting a volunteer<\/a> to help with them<\/li>\n<li>If you have more volunteers on your team, setting up regular meetings or communications for volunteers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Leadership Training<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organizers will also have access to participate in leadership training specially designed for community leaders in journalism. We design our leadership training programs around you, and give participants individualized support in reaching specific development goals, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruiting and managing diverse teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading through influence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leadership styles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing innovation in legacy news environments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentorship<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[3,8],"article-tag":[],"class_list":["post-174","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-local-organizers","article-category-role-descriptions"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":686,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/174\/revisions\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}