Hiring | Program Associate - Events

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We are looking for a community-first person who understands technology and enjoys the adrenaline rush of organising events to join our team at FOSS United.

Key responsibilities

  1. Manage FOSS United’s flagship events: Ideate, plan, and execute FOSSHack and IndiaFOSS by acting as the primary point of contact. You’ll work with volunteers, co-chairs and the full-time staff to make sure things don’t burn to the ground.
  2. Support FOSS United Community events: Provide end-to-end operational directions and support to community events (City Chapters, Clubs, community partner events). You'll also  manage quarterly/monthly community update calls.
  3. On-ground support: While most of our events will be managed online, you will have opportunities to travel occasionally to support events in person.

Who we are looking for

  1. 0-2 years of experience in community building, hosting events and conferences.
  2. Strong writing skills, lots of patience and fingers crossed a good sense of humour.
  3. Understanding of the technological landscape and the free and open source philosophies is a plus.
  4. You enjoy bringing smart people together, and a little bit of travel while at it.
  5. And most importantly, you know how to have fun with the tasks at hand!

Finer print

  1. Type: Full-time
  2. Location: Remote/Hybrid
  3. Pay: INR 6-10 LPA
  4. Joining Date: Immediately
  5. Deadline: May 1st (applications reviewed on a rolling basis)

How to Apply and FAQs

  1. Use this form to send in your application. You’ll be asked to attach your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting the events you’ve organised, your experience managing volunteers, and why you care about hosting events and bringing people together.
  2. You will need to link us to work samples to the form. In case you have no prior experience, you are still encouraged to apply.
  3. If your application looks good, we’ll reach out to you with the next steps!
  4. Using Gen-AI to write your application/cover letter is a terrible idea. Not now, not ever.


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