We're looking for a part-time Community Manager for PBS Teachers Connect, our new online community for preK-12 educators who are using media and technology to teach and want to explore, share and grow professionally. The job description is posted below. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please let me know (contact information is below). Thanks!
PBS TEACHERS CONNECT COMMUNITY MANAGER
Roles and Responsibilities
The PBS Teachers Connect community manager will be responsible for oversight of the online community within the PBS Teachers web site (
http://www.pbs.org/teachers). The manager will be responsible for ensuring that the community is active and members are involved and connecting to each other. Specifically, the manager will be responsible for:
- Creating an inviting environment by welcoming and connecting with each new member
- Working in partnership with the PBS Teacher Leaders and community facilitators
- Developing the site content plan to include the posting of new PBS content, the promotion of PBS resources for the classroom and the creation of new content areas, as needed.
- Updating the site on a weekly basis with new content and messages. Seed the site to encourage interaction, as needed.
- Working with the site developers to define and launch new features.
- Reporting, escalating and resolving community abuse issues
- Generating a bi-weekly report on community activity
- Developing ideas to increase community participation and membership
The PBS Teachers Connect community manager role is a 10-15 hour per week consulting position. The position requires that the person work from home.
If you are interested, please send your resume to Jenny Bradbury at jsbradbury@pbs.org.