URB.im Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Community Managers
URB.im, the global community working for just and inclusive cities, propagates innovation and connects all members of the ecosystem working on urban poverty alleviation. A project of Dallant Networks and the Ford Foundation, this new online platform establishes an international community of practice and learning, sharing ideas and experiences in order to innovate, replicate, and scale working solutions to the problem of urban poverty. It is currently focused on sixteen cities: Mumbai, Bangalore, Jakarta, Dhaka, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Bogotá, Cali, Curitiba, Accra, Cape Town, and Johannesburg.
We are looking for a Community Manager for the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The Community Manager for the Brazil node of the URB.im network will:
• Produce and aggregate news, events, projects and other developments of interest to members of the community of practitioners and program leaders working in urban poverty alleviation in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
• Recruit bloggers and other volunteer contributors for the urb.im/rio-de-janeiro and urb.im/sao-paulo platforms and coordinate all content traffic
• Initiate and moderate online discussions happening on the URB.im platform
• Be an active participant in the overall urb.im network and interact on a regular basis with other Content Coordinators in the network
This position is ideal for urban-planning students and graduates, journalists and social activists working in urban poverty alleviation. To apply, please email your detailed information, explaining your interest, qualifications, and why you think you would be successful in this position.