Recruit volunteers for team open roles

[kcoronel]

Dependency

• need to recruit new team members to Civic Tech Jobs team

Overview

We need volunteer(s) to work on the open issues we have so that we can move the project forward.

Action Items

Creating a new role post

• Copy the template post from the Community of Practice WIKI, Open Roles Templates (Resource 1.01)
• Paste the template in a comment below
• Customize the comment to reflect your open role
• Open a new issue by using the Open Role template (Resource 1.02)
• Copy and Paste your customized comment to the new issue
• Add the label for the role that you are recruiting for
• Submit the new issue
• Assign yourself to the new issue
• Add the issue to the HfLA: Open Roles project board (Resource 1.03)
• add the link of the new issue to the related comment on this issue
• keep yourself assigned to this issue until the role is filled

Marketing the new role post

• Post a link to the new issue in the Slack channel for the related Practice Area
  • Copy the Slack message (Resource 1.04)
  • Copy the message into the Slack Channel for the relevant Community of Practice (The Slack channels can be found on Resource 1.01)
    • Replace the text [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE] with link to the issue
  • check your team Slack channel for people reaching out after every onboarding and at least every other day

Once Filled

• Hide the comment on this issue for the role you just filled
• Add the following comment to the role posting issue

  This role has been filled by @[Replace with GITHUB HANDLE OF PERSON WHO IS TAKING ROLE]
  

• Close the role posting issue
• Unassign yourself from this issue
• If there are no open roles on this issue (i.e., if there are open roles, there will be unclosed comments)
  • Add the label: Dependency and uncheck the dependency on top of this issue
  • Move this issue to the icebox, on the project board

Resources/Instructions

• 1.01 WIKI: https://github.com/hackforla/communities-of-practice/wiki/Open-Roles-Templates
• 1.02 Open Role Posting issue template
• 1.03 HfLA: Open Roles board
• 1.04 Copy to post in CoP Slack Channels when there is an open role

  Hi, the Civic Tech Jobs has a volunteer posting, which includes details of how to get in touch with us if you are interested. [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE]
  

[kcoronel]

Title

CTJ: Open Role for: User Researcher

Issue

• Civic Tech Jobs: Open Role for: User Researcher #542 (comment)

Body

Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

Name of Role: User Researcher

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

Duration: 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week

Meeting Times: Monthly all-team meetings on the third Tuesday at 5 PM PST & UXR team meetings on Friday at 12pm PST.

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #civictechjobs
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[kcoronel]

Title

CTJ: Open Role for: Front End Developer

Issue

• Civic Tech Jobs: Open Role for: Front End Developer #543 (comment)

Body

Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

Name of Role: Front End Developer

Volunteer Opportunity:
We're looking for 2 volunteers who have Intermediate Level and above background in React framework.

We are making updates to our website designs and are looking for a front-end developer to help us build these designs.

Our Tech stack includes Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, SCSS, HTML, Shell, CSS, and Docke. Technologies: React, Express, Node.js, Microsoft SQL Server, Docker, Azure App Service, Figma

Duration: 3-6 Months

Meeting Times:

• All team monthly meeting : 3rd Tuesday at 5pm PST
• Weekly Dev Meeting : Friday’s 2pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to
Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #civictechjobs
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from the Filled column of the Data Science Open Roles Board

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Post 1

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Project name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the project: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective volunteers find interdisciplinary projects that will be useful for their career development while contributing to positive civic impact.

Volunteer opportunity: Experienced Product manager who will join the team and assist in github management, milestone tracking and overall roadmapping order to help reach our MVP1

Duration: on-going

Meeting times:
  - All team meeting : Tuesdays 5pm PST
  - PM/Org meeting: 1st and 3rd sunday of the month @ 12 PST

Slack channel link : #civictechjobs
Contact: Karen Coronel on slack 
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Project name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the project: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective volunteers find interdisciplinary projects that will be useful for their career development while contributing to positive civic impact.

Volunteer opportunity: Experienced Product manager who will join the team and assist in github management, milestone tracking and overall roadmapping order to help reach our MVP1

Duration: on-going

Meeting times:

• All team meeting : Tuesdays 5pm PST
• PM/Org meeting: 1st and 3rd sunday of the month @ 12 PST

Slack channel link : #civictechjobs
Contact: Karen Coronel on slack
~~

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous UI/UX Research Open Roles board, UX Researcher column

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![CTJ-vertical-logo](https://github.com/hackforla/CivicTechJobs/assets/38144130/3b602e30-f10f-463d-9667-6535fe6b5a99)

**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**About the Project**: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area. 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

**Duration**: 
- We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
- You should be available to attend monthly all-team meetings on the third Tuesday at 5 PM PST & UXR team meetings on Friday at 12pm PST. 

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel: #civictechjobs

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Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the Project: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area.

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

Duration:

• We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
• You should be available to attend monthly all-team meetings on the third Tuesday at 5 PM PST & UXR team meetings on Friday at 12pm PST.

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel: #civictechjobs

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous UI/UX Research open roles board, Filled column

Post 1

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![CTJ-vertical-logo](https://github.com/hackforla/CivicTechJobs/assets/38144130/3b602e30-f10f-463d-9667-6535fe6b5a99)

**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**About the Project**: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area. 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

**Duration**: 
- We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
- You should be available to attend monthly all-team meeting on the third Tuesday at 5 PM PST and UXR team meetings (TBD). 

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel: #civictechjobs

viewable code

Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the Project: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area.

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

Duration:

• We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
• You should be available to attend monthly all-team meeting on the third Tuesday at 5 PM PST and UXR team meetings (TBD).

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel: #civictechjobs

Post 2

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![CTJ-vertical-logo](https://github.com/hackforla/CivicTechJobs/assets/38144130/3b602e30-f10f-463d-9667-6535fe6b5a99)

**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**About the Project**: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area. 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

**Duration**: 
- We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
- You should be available to attend weekly all-team meeting on Tuesday at 5 PM PST and Research team meetings (TBD). 

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel: #civictechjobs

viewable code

Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the Project: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective Hack for LA volunteers find interdisciplinary projects. Our custom-built Content Mgmt System will allow projects to be able to list the skill set they need to move their project forward and will match volunteers by availability, skills, and, role, and program area.

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for an experienced UX Researcher to help out with ongoing usability research needs such as scoping, executing, and reporting for user testing.

Duration:

• We are looking for 6-10 months of commitment volunteering 5-10 hours a week
• You should be available to attend weekly all-team meeting on Tuesday at 5 PM PST and Research team meetings (TBD).

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel: #civictechjobs

Post 3

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**Project Name:** Civic Tech Jobs

**About the Project:** A platform for all prospective volunteers to find roles and projects at Hack for LA. We are designing and testing what the prospective volunteers will see, and also the system that PMs and Team Leads will use to post volunteer roles.

**Volunteer opportunity:** We have just completed the first phase of moderated usability testing and have more to come. This team member will have the opportunity to participate in the design of research plans, conduct user interviews and usability tests, create research reports, design user surveys, and potentially more. You will get to work in a collaborative team with UX researchers, designers, engineers and PMs.

**Meeting times:**
* Tuesdays 5-6pm PST
* UXR team TBD

**Duration:** ongoing

**Who to communicate your interest to**
* Slack channel: #civictechjobs 
* @ Stephanie Stahlberg

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Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the Project: A platform for all prospective volunteers to find roles and projects at Hack for LA. We are designing and testing what the prospective volunteers will see, and also the system that PMs and Team Leads will use to post volunteer roles.

Volunteer opportunity: We have just completed the first phase of moderated usability testing and have more to come. This team member will have the opportunity to participate in the design of research plans, conduct user interviews and usability tests, create research reports, design user surveys, and potentially more. You will get to work in a collaborative team with UX researchers, designers, engineers and PMs.

Meeting times:

• Tuesdays 5-6pm PST
• UXR team TBD

Duration: ongoing

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel: #civictechjobs
• @ Stephanie Stahlberg

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous UI/UX Design open roles board, Filled column

Post 1

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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/163000451-f43fe46a-2aaf-4b66-8681-ced4a9b32be5.png)

**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**Volunteer Opportunity**: Need 3 (three) UX/UI Designers (experience with Figma/UX preferred)

**Responsibilities**:
Design wireframes and hi-fi mockups for website, CMS, and improve existing designs for a new Hack for LA Roles Board website that will connect new volunteers with project roles (and will replace this Github board!). Work closely with UX Researchers and developers in cross-functional team. 

**Duration**: Open-ended (4-6 hours/week)

**Meetings**:
- Monthly on the third Tuesdays 5-6pm PST (Mandatory All team)
- TBD one hour a week (Mandatory UX team)

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Please send a message to the #civictechjobs channel if you are interested 

viewable code

Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

Volunteer Opportunity: Need 3 (three) UX/UI Designers (experience with Figma/UX preferred)

Responsibilities:
Design wireframes and hi-fi mockups for website, CMS, and improve existing designs for a new Hack for LA Roles Board website that will connect new volunteers with project roles (and will replace this Github board!). Work closely with UX Researchers and developers in cross-functional team.

Duration: Open-ended (4-6 hours/week)

Meetings:

• Monthly on the third Tuesdays 5-6pm PST (Mandatory All team)
• TBD one hour a week (Mandatory UX team)

Who to communicate your interest to

• Please send a message to the #civictechjobs channel if you are interested

Post 2

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**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**About the Project:**
Civic Tech Jobs’ goal is to streamline the online process of 1) helping prospective volunteers find open Hack for LA projects that better match their current skills and career aspirations and 2) team leads posting and editing open roles.

**Volunteer Opportunity**:
We are looking for two UI/UX Designers to help us develop the MVP. Having industry experience with building digital products is a HUGE plus (but not necessary)!

**Duration**:
Open ended, 6 hours/week
Team Meetings: Tuesdays, 5PM PST

**Who to communicate your interest to**

- Slack channel link: #CivicTechJobs
- Contact Jen Chung

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Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

About the Project:
Civic Tech Jobs’ goal is to streamline the online process of 1) helping prospective volunteers find open Hack for LA projects that better match their current skills and career aspirations and 2) team leads posting and editing open roles.

Volunteer Opportunity:
We are looking for two UI/UX Designers to help us develop the MVP. Having industry experience with building digital products is a HUGE plus (but not necessary)!

Duration:
Open ended, 6 hours/week
Team Meetings: Tuesdays, 5PM PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #CivicTechJobs
• Contact Jen Chung

Post 3

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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/163000451-f43fe46a-2aaf-4b66-8681-ced4a9b32be5.png)

**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**Volunteer Opportunity**: Need 2 UX/UI Designers (experience with Figma/UX preferred)

**Responsibilities**:
Design wireframes and hi-fi mockups for website, CMS, and improve existing designs for a new Hack for LA Roles Board website that will connect new volunteers with project roles (and will replace this Github board!). Work closely with UX Researchers and developers in cross-functional team. 

**Duration**: Open-ended (4-6 hours/week)

**Meetings**:
- Tuesdays 5-6pm PST (Mandatory All team)
- Tuesdays 6-7pm PST (Mandatory UX team)

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack name of person to contact: @ Jen Chung

viewable code

Project Name: Civic Tech Jobs

Volunteer Opportunity: Need 2 UX/UI Designers (experience with Figma/UX preferred)

Responsibilities:
Design wireframes and hi-fi mockups for website, CMS, and improve existing designs for a new Hack for LA Roles Board website that will connect new volunteers with project roles (and will replace this Github board!). Work closely with UX Researchers and developers in cross-functional team.

Duration: Open-ended (4-6 hours/week)

Meetings:

• Tuesdays 5-6pm PST (Mandatory All team)
• Tuesdays 6-7pm PST (Mandatory UX team)

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack name of person to contact: @ Jen Chung

Post 4

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![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/37763229/163000451-f43fe46a-2aaf-4b66-8681-ced4a9b32be5.png)

**Project Name**: Hack for LA Roles Board / Civic Tech Jobs

**Volunteer Opportunity**: (Need 2 UX/UI Designers)
Design wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for homepage, CMS, and improve existing designs for a new Hack for LA Roles Board website that will connect new volunteers with project roles (and will replace this Github board!). Work closely with UX Researchers and developers in cross-functional team. 

**Duration**: Open-ended (6-10 hours/week)

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack name of person to contact: @ Ingrid Horng

viewable code

Project Name: Hack for LA Roles Board / Civic Tech Jobs

Volunteer Opportunity: (Need 2 UX/UI Designers)
Design wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for homepage, CMS, and improve existing designs for a new Hack for LA Roles Board website that will connect new volunteers with project roles (and will replace this Github board!). Work closely with UX Researchers and developers in cross-functional team.

Duration: Open-ended (6-10 hours/week)

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack name of person to contact: @ Ingrid Horng

[kchotani]

Did audit check- need to check with Bonnie for role assignment on this issue.
@kcoronel @kchotani @nooriaali9 - Add issue to next PM/Org agenda with Bonnie in August.