GlobaLeaks, the free and open source secure whistleblowing software, is recruiting for the following two positions: Project Manager and Software Developer.
Position 1: Project Manager
Commitment: full-time; this role is envisioned as full-time position, but we are open to the possibility of starting out part-time then transitioning to full-time.
Contract: 12-month consultancy
Location: remote
Timezone: from UTC-2 to UTC+3
Salary: 50,000 to 65.000 EUR depending on experience
Summary: Globaleaks is looking for a project manager to help lead the growth of the Globaleaks project, manage relations with supported partners and GlobaLeaks-based projects, coordinate donor reporting and fundraising activities, and potentially oversee the help desk, user documentation and community support.
Primary responsibilities
Project management
- Coordination of team operation, development, and research activities
- Manage and coordinate joint activities with GlobaLeaks partners
Reporting and fundraising
- Coordinate the writing of funding applications, reaching out and networking with funders
- Help lead the evolution and growth of the GlobaLeaks project
- Expanding our network and identifying new communities of stakeholders
- Completing narrative (and/or financial) reports and helping stay compliant with funding requirements
Required qualifications
- Experience with digital security practices
- Experience with analyzing and implementing organizational infrastructure and development
- Experience working with software development projects
- Strong empathy for the partners, user-centric mindset, unwillingness to lower standards
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to communicate well with non-native English speakers, work well and respectfully with staff, contractors and volunteers from diverse backgrounds, cultures and identities
- Experience with grant and proposal-writing and communications with donors and clients, including preparing budgets and reports, or demonstrated ability to quickly develop expertise
- Passion for building free software for public good
- Discretion with privileged information and communications
- Comfortable working with a fully remote team
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Position 2: Developer with Frontend Experience
Commitment: full-time; this role is envisioned as full-time, but we are open to the possibility of starting out part-time then transitioning to full-time
Contract: 12-month consultancy
Location: remote
Timezone: from UTC-2 to UTC+3
Salary: 50.000 to 65.000 EUR depending on experience
Summary: GlobaLeaks is looking for a developer experienced with Angular and Bootstrap to take part in the development of features and improvements of usability based on the software users’ requests. As a Developer, you will help us continue to develop GlobaLeaks to make it more secure and usable for whistleblowers and journalists. Your primary focus will be the development of the current GlobaLeaks web client application and the design of a new client application that could support additional user requirements. We are looking for someone who is interested in growing into a full stack developer for the project.
Primary responsibilities
Software development
- Research and design the basis for supporting the large set of user requirements and feature requests suggested and currently summarized in our tentative roadmap
- Take part in the development and maintenance of the GlobaLeaks client application
- Collaborate with CTO/Lead Developer on the integration of the whole application and its packaging
- Write software to improve web app reliability (unit tests, automated testing)
- Find elegant solutions to usability problems
- Contribute to writing the end user documentation of the software
- Support research projects based on GlobaLeaks testing features and collecting user feedback
Required qualifications
- Well versed in security and with a good understanding of security best practices from an application development standpoint
- Proven experience developing usable, secure and performant asynchronous applications using Angular/Typescript and Bootstrap
- Knowledge of web accessibility best practices
- Ability to support development, testing and code review for backend components especially in Python language
- Experience using RESTful APIs.
- Experience with unit testing and browser testing (with frameworks like Jasmine/Selenium/Mocha/Karma)
- Experience working with Git/Github
- Experience working with Markdown/reStructuredText/ReadTheDocs
- Passion for building free and open source software for public good
- Discretion with privileged information and communications
- Comfortable working with a fully remote team
Read full Job description here.
How to Apply:
Please send your application at <recruitment@globaleaks.org> using the subject “Job Application – [Job Title]” and including:
- your resume
- a short cover letter describing why you would like to join GlobaLeaks and how your prior experience prepared you for this role; we would love to know about the work you really enjoyed and of which you are proud of
- Two references who are familiar with your related experience to this role.
The application deadline is July 15, 2022, 11:59 pm CEST.