Background

Tech for Good New Zealand is a community bringing together the fields of social innovation and tech formed under the umbrella of the global network and non-profit TechSoup and Netsquared which brings together civil society and the technology community.  

Formed in 2018, Tech for Good NZ has organically grown to over 700 members from across the social enterprise and nonprofit sector, tech and creative sector, local business and advocates for social impact.

We firmly believe this network has the potential to develop meaningful collaboration, partnerships and technology solutions to respond with technology enabled responses and solutions to support social challenges across NZ.

Strategy 

What we do now

Bring together non profit sector, social enterprise and social impact initiatives with the technology sector, changemakers, foundations and businesses across NZ through thematic-based (both tech and social themes) regular and bespoke events.

What we would like to do 

We see the potential for a more collaborative community which works together to respond to social challenges.  We would like to drive collaboration, discussion and inspire action across the social innovation and tech sector.  

Provide a voice for social impact initiatives to identify their needs and share both the opportunities but also the strategic tech challenges they face.

Our vision is to:

• Inspire & convene around tech for good initiatives, shared learning opportunities, and being the catalyst for people and organisations to connect together through inspiring community projects.

• Connect people across sectors and drive collaboration. In particular connect organisations who have technology needs to individual experts or organisations who can help

• Enable change and impact. Strengthen the ecosystem and develop a more proactive network that enables interaction across community networks and tech hubs.

Tech for Good NZ Community Manager

To enable the community to grow and become a valuable asset to NZ, we are seeking a part-time Community Manager to manage our community engagement across the Tech for Good channels - social media, MeetUp, direct mail, and events.

The Community Manager role will focus on sign-posting capability and, in summary, will include:

• social media updates

• updating the website 

• connecting individuals and/or organisations to each other 

• providing administrative support for the face to face events. 

A Community Manager will be the central point of contact for managing the Tech for Good NZ network.  This role will be very much supported by the organising team.  

Key responsibilities:

Social media & community management

• Support in creating the social and engagement strategy 

• Creating and maintaining an active social presence for Tech for Good NZ across Slack, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter

• Creating and sharing content

• Managing & signposting requests from the community looking for projects and project support 

Marketing & communications

• Represent Tech for Good NZ at external networking events and meetings as and when required

• Working with community figures and regional networks to promote projects, events and charities in the area

Events

• Maintain calendars of events for public (website) and internal use and promote all events and trainings via online channels

• Outreach to, and liaise with, speakers and sponsors

• Manage event listings on Facebook, Meetup and Eventbrite 

• Manage room bookings/catering and be present to ensure successful event delivery

• Gather general feedback and collate participant feedback forms from events

Application details

Application deadline: open

Start Date: as soon as possible

Contract Type: average 2-4 hours a week flexible with more hours around the time of an event - (part-time freelance contract)

Salary: Volunteer 

Reporting to: Organising team

Location: Remote working

Applications should be sent to TechforGoodNZ@gmail.com.   In your email include details of why you'd be interested in the role, your skills and experience (you are welcome to submit a CV but this is not required).