Looking for new Site Admins

https://lemmy.world/post/16785147

Looking for new Site Admins - Lemmy.World

Hey everyone, The Fedihosting Foundation is looking for a new site-admin for Lemmy.World, to help our busy team. This moderator will help with reviewing and acting on reports, weighing in on user content and helping foster our local communities while acting as a friendly neighbor to other fediverse instances. Please be aware, we will only be considering applicants with a significant positive history of online posts and/or comments. You also DO NOT need to be a have a account on one of our FHF services, but WILL have to create a account after joining. Users from other sites WELCOME! Applicants MUST have the following qualities: - Experience moderating a diverse group of individuals - Excellent interpersonal skills and communication - Solid background in conflict resolution - Able to both understand and interpret the spirit of our legal documents (ex legal.lemmy.world) - Must be able to speak English - Works well asynchronously with remote teams Bonus skills / background: - Experience with internet law and international legal compliance - SQL / Business Intelligence software skills (MetaBase) - Social Media marketing - Web Design (Hugo + GitHub Pages) Please keep in mind that, while this is a volunteer gig, we would ask you to be able to commit to at least 5-10 hours a week. We also understand this is a hobby and that family and work come first. Applicants must be okay with sitting for a video interview and must be pass a background check. While not strictly required, a CV with relevant work and volunteer history will help during the application process. We are an international team that works from both North America EST time (-4) and Europe CEST (+2) so we would ask that candidates be flexible with their availability. Please apply HERE https://forms.gle/A81LJyY9g5ojCeCp6 [https://forms.gle/A81LJyY9g5ojCeCp6]

I’m not applying but I have a comment / suggestion:

A pattern I’m seeing here, in activism and open source is that you basically want the full package right now. While I understand that that is what you need, people like that don’t grow on trees.

It would be good if there was a “trainee” position for people to gain the kind of experience you are asking for. And guidance, by you to make sure they learn the right lessons. Possibly including a private-ish best practices handbook or whatever. I know that that means additional work in the short term.

Thanks for reading, all the best wishes!

(Compare to linux’ kernel team asking for kernel devs and the policy of “pick any topic you’d like to work on”. Do I expect a fully course on everything, bringing me from “high school knowledge” to “kernel dev professional”? No, of course not. But a few book recommendations would be great. In that case. Not sure if you can learn moderation from a book.)

It’s not exactly uncommon for a listing to advertise the person they want, but to accept applicants with significantly less on the basis that they can get there. Nearly every job I’ve ever got I was not at the level advertised in something or other.
…do you have any idea how many times I DIDN’T EVEN APPLY because they said “must have X skill”, and I was like “oh…then I better not waste everybodies time.”
I’ll be honest, I’ve tried it both ways, turns out I’m just useless.
No one is useless 💗