Volunteers Needed for the Jobs and Contracts Area

Below are listed the currently open Jobs and Contracts Area positions, with links to job descriptions, more detailed description of the requirements for open positions, and instructions for applying.

1. Jobs and Contracts Development Team
2. For other Guild openings, please see the Volunteer Program.

Positions Available:

Jobs and Contracts Development Team Members
(job description)

Additional Detail:

As RFP opens, the Jobs and Contracts Development Team has the following primary goals:

1. develop a web-based interface for JC-management functions
2. develop an independent duplicate of the RFP Service to be used in the following goals
3. develop the PSO Service
4. develop enhancements to the RFP Service, likely including useful connections between the RFP and PSO Services.
5. develop the JA and JW Services

The Jobs and Contracts area is powered by Entropy. C++ CGI scripts and Entropy Mark-up Language templates are used to add, modify, and display data from Entropy databases. Development team members are expected to be familiar with HTML and with C/C++ CGI programming. Volunteers should have at least a basic understanding of database concepts (and an interest in learning more), or preferably actual experience working with databases (ideally in a web-related context). www.hwg.org uses an NCSA HTTPd in 'virtual' BSD/OS 3.1 environment. Volunteers should be comfortable working in a UNIX environment. Telnet access to hwg.org is limited for security reasons, so volunteers will be expected to have access to an environment sufficiently similar to hwg.org to allow completion of accepted tasks. Pure coding or EML tasks may not require any similarity: only higher-level CGI-integration tasks will likely prove OS-dependant.

How To Volunteer:

Volunteers are expected to have read the job description, the additional information above, as well as the user-support pages describing the Jobs and Contracts Area and the Request For Proposals Service.

Volunteers are asked to gain familiarity with Entropy and Entropy Mark-up Language reading the user support pages. You may also want to download and install Entropy locally in order to better learn.

If you are interested in volunteering to join the JC Development Team, send a message saying so to the jc-manager@hwg.org. In your message, please

1. specify that you're interested in the JC Development Team position
2. provide your full name
3. provide your preferred e-mail address to receive RFP-related mail
4. provide your HTML Writers Guild member ID number (this number was sent to you when you first joined the Guild... if you have forgotten or lost this number and/or the associated password you will need to first contact dbadmin@hwg.org.)
5. describe your previous (CGI and other) programing experience, database experience, as well as what languages/products and operating systems you've worked with.

The JC manager will subscribe you to the team list and give you access to JC staff pages. Once this has been set up, you will be contacted and given the URL of these pages, asked to provide some additional information. You'll also be given information on the current status of the JC development efforts.:)

Job Descriptions

Reports to:

Vice President of Business Services

Primary Duties:

1. Responsible for communicating with Guild areas outside of the JC area. This includes monthly reports to the Volunteer Coordinator, contact with the Vice President of Business Services, initiating recruitment efforts, and other communications as needed.
2. Responsible for managing the development of new JC services, and managing the development of cgi and db -related improvements to existing services.
3. Responsible for leading discussions among all JC management to determine relationships between JC services, including shared user-support pages, shared-staff arrangements, recruiting needs, etc.
4. Responsible for leading the selection and training of new JC management staff.

Other Notes:

Once all JC Services have been completed, this position will likely be filled by the most senior Service Manager, or the most senior Service Manager with sufficient available time. While there are still services in development, however, this position will likely be filled by a separate individual.

Reports to:

Jobs and Contracts Area Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Responsible for contributing to the development of a web-based interface for JC management functions, the development of three new JC services, as well as any CGI- and DB- side improvements to existing services including the addition of additional service features, the improvement of existing features, and creating useful inter-service features (such as finding any relevant job wanted notices when users post a job available notice).

Other Notes:

Development Team members may or may not be members of specific Service Teams, depending on their time and interest. Once all four JC Services are up and running in their final configurations, the Development Team will be disbanded.

Reports to:

Jobs and Contracts Area Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Communicates with other JC management to determine the relation of RFP with other JC services, including shared user-support pages, possible shared-staff arrangements, shared web interface for management functions, recruiting needs, etc.
2. Communicates with JC team to suggest cgi- and db-side improvements to the RFP Service.
3. Responsible for training, and scheduling new RFP service team members.
4. Responsible for assisting in the selection and training of new JC management staff.
5. Responsible for directing the improvement and maintenance of RFP Service web pages.

Other Notes:

This position is typically filled from with the JC Area. Once all four JC Services are up and running in their final configurations, the most senior of the four service managers will typically serve as JC-manager.

Reports to:

Request For Proposals Service Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Responsible for moderating incoming RFPs during assigned shift(s) and (optionally) at other times as their personal schedules allow.
2. Expected to contribute to team discussions regarding the Service's day-to-day administration and evolution of the various user-support web pages.
3. May be asked to assist in the update and maintenance of RFP Service web pages.
4. Experienced team members will be expected to assist in the training of newer team members.

Other Notes:

RFP Service Team Members are also known as RFP moderators. They may or may not be on other JC Teams, as their interests and schedules allow. Current or former RFP Service Team Members are generally preferred to fill a vacancy in the RFP manager position.

Reports to:

Jobs and Contracts Area Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Communicates with other JC management to determine the relation of PSO with other JC services, including shared user-support pages, possible shared-staff arrangements, shared web interface for management functions, recruiting needs, etc.
2. Communicates with JC team to suggest cgi- and db-side improvements to the PSO Service.
3. Responsible for training, and scheduling new PSO service team members.
4. Responsible for assisting in the selection and training of new JC management staff.
5. Responsible for directing the improvement and maintenance of PSO Service web pages.

Other Notes:

This position is typically filled from with the JC Area. Once all four JC Services are up and running in their final configurations, the most senior of the four service managers will typically serve as JC-manager.

Reports to:

Professional Service Offers Service Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Responsible for moderating incoming PSOs during assigned shift(s) and (optionally) at other times as their personal schedules allow.
2. Expected to contribute to team discussions regarding the Service's day-to-day administration and evolution of the various user-support web pages.
3. May be asked to assist in the update and maintenance of PSO Service web pages.
4. Experienced team members will be expected to assist in the training of newer team members.

Other Notes:

PSO Service Team Members are also known as PSO moderators. They may or may not be on other JC Teams, as their interests and schedules allow. Current or former PSO Service Team Members are generally preferred to fill a vacancy in the PSO manager position.

Reports to:

Jobs and Contracts Area Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Communicates with other JC management to determine the relation of JA with other JC services, including shared user-support pages, possible shared-staff arrangements, shared web interface for management functions, recruiting needs, etc.
2. Communicates with JC team to suggest cgi- and db-side improvements to the JA Service.
3. Responsible for training, and scheduling new JA service team members.
4. Responsible for assisting in the selection and training of new JC management staff.
5. Responsible for directing the improvement and maintenance of JA Service web pages.

Other Notes:

This position is typically filled from with the JC Area. Once all four JC Services are up and running in their final configurations, the most senior of the four service managers will typically serve as JC-manager.

Reports to:

Jobs Available Service Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Responsible for moderating incoming JA notices during assigned shift(s) and (optionally) at other times as their personal schedules allow.
2. Expected to contribute to team discussions regarding the Service's day-to-day administration and evolution of the various user-support web pages.
3. May be asked to assist in the update and maintenance of JA Service web pages.
4. Experienced team members will be expected to assist in the training of newer team members.

Other Notes:

JA Service Team Members are also known as JA moderators. They may or may not be on other JC Teams, as their interests and schedules allow. Current or former JA Service Team Members are generally preferred to fill a vacancy in the JA manager position.

Reports to:

Jobs and Contracts Area Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Communicates with other JC management to determine the relation of JW with other JC services, including shared user-support pages, possible shared-staff arrangements, shared web interface for management functions, recruiting needs, etc.
2. Communicates with JC team to suggest cgi- and db-side improvements to the JW Service.
3. Responsible for training, and scheduling new JW service team members.
4. Responsible for assisting in the selection and training of new JC management staff.
5. Responsible for directing the improvement and maintenance of JW Service web pages.

Other Notes:

This position is typically filled from with the JC Area. Once all four JC Services are up and running in their final configurations, the most senior of the four service managers will typically serve as JC-manager.

Reports to:

Jobs Wanted Service Manager

Primary Duties:

1. Responsible for moderating incoming JW notices during assigned shift(s) and (optionally) at other times as their personal schedules allow.
2. Expected to contribute to team discussions regarding the Service's day-to-day administration and evolution of the various user-support web pages.
3. May be asked to assist in the update and maintenance of JW Service web pages.
4. Experienced team members will be expected to assist in the training of newer team members.

Other Notes:

JW Service Team Members are also known as JW moderators. They may or may not be on other JC Teams, as their interests and schedules allow. Current or former JW Service Team Members are generally preferred to fill a vacancy in the JW manager position.

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