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🗣️ Channel Lead

We will try to get back to you within a week. In this role, you will likely go through a 30-minute interview and/or onboarding call.

👷 Role

• Volunteer role ~1-2 hours per week
• Check the channel at least twice a week (working days preferred)

🧭 Responsibilities:

Essential:

• Ensure at least one relevant topic is posted weekly
• This can be by either yourself or others
• Ensure all posts in the channel are substantively engaged with
• As the channel community grows, this should require less direct work on your part since other members will be more active in engaging with posts
• Monitor discussions for adherence to our 🎾Community Guidelines. 👀 and 👍Slack Code of Conduct

Optional, depending on time and preference:

• Stay updated on animal advocacy news relevant to the channel to guide channel discussions. 🐾
• Experiment with and implement other ways to engage your channel, such as events, surveys, digests, and more (see below under “Posting Suggestions”)
• Pass forward any feedback, concerns, ideas to private channel leaders channel.

💥 Benefits

• Influence the direction of animal advocacy discourse. 🗣️
• Improve your reputation as a thought/community leader. 💬
• Highlight valuable offerings to help develop a cause area, group, region, or skill. 💼
• Expand your professional network. 🤝

🎖️ Skills

Required:

• Strong English language skills (reading and writing).
• Proficiency in using Slack and digital communication tools.
• Good overview of the topics your channel covers.

Good to Have:

• Good understanding of the broader animal advocacy movement.

💡 Posting Suggestions!

As a channel lead, you have complete control when it comes to the way this community is facilitated, but here are a couple of tips and suggestions for making the channel valuable for its members.

1. Consistent Engagement: Post regularly (at least weekly) and invite participation. You’re welcome to post up to once a day if you’d like - however, assume that every post sends a notification to members of your channel.
2. Resources: Share useful articles, tools, or integrations. Add the most useful resources to the channel’s Canvas (collection of notes for each channel).
3. Open-ended Questions: Stimulate discussion with thought-provoking prompts.
4. Feedback: Invite suggestions to improve the channel.

Example from #s-media-strategies


5. Highlight Important Messages: Use emojis or bolded text to make key points or critical updates stand out.

Example from #s-ai-coalition


1. Pinned messages can help ensure long-lasting visibility for important content.
6. Be Inclusive: Foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Acknowledge member contributions, feedback, and achievements.
7. Organize Meetups, AMAs or other events: Feeling ambitious? Consider scheduling regular check-ins or "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) sessions to increase engagement and answer member questions. You can suggest these on the channel leaders channel. If approved and there is a definitive plan in place, then we can put it on Luma and make an announcement on the slack.

Example from #s-fundraising


8. Promote Cross-channel Collaboration:
1. Sometimes, channel topics may overlap. Coordinate with other channel leads to host joint discussions or share content.

Remember, as a Slack channel lead, you play a crucial role in shaping the tone and culture of the channel. By keeping the communication open, organized, and engaging, you can create a vibrant space that members look forward to participating in.

✨ Moderator

We will try to get back to you within a week. In this role, you will receive a test task and have a one-month trial period.

👷 Role

• Volunteer role: 1.5 - 3+ hours per week
• ~30 minutes to 1 hour on at least three days a week consistently (working days preferred)

🧭 Responsibilities

Essential:

• Monitor discussions and posts for adherence to our 🎾Community Guidelines, ⭐Channels Guide  and 👍Slack Code of Conduct. If posts or responses don’t comply, remove them, inform the individuals and suggest corresponding amendments to their posts.
• Communicate feedback, concerns, and ideas to our team of moderators.

Optional, depending on time and preference:

• Encourage community participation and engagement.
• React to or comment on posts with valuable insights.

💥 Benefits

• Contribute to strengthening the farmed animal advocacy community.
• Gain experience and expand your network within the advocacy sphere.
• Collaborate with a dedicated team committed to reducing animal suffering.
• Learn the art of community moderation with support from experienced mentors.

🎖️ Skills

Required:

• Strong English language skills (reading and writing).
• Proficiency in using Slack and digital communication tools.
• Conflict management abilities to handle heated discussions calmly and objectively.
• Capability to work independently while effectively communicating within a small team.

Good to Have:

• Open-mindedness and adaptability.
• Embrace a Growth mindset
• Broad understanding of the animal advocacy movement.

📆 Information Management:

👷 Role

• Volunteer role ~3 hour per week
• 30 minutes to 1 hour on at least three days a week fairly consistently (working days preferred)
• Duration - 1 Month (trial period - can go longer if good fit)

🧭 Responsibilities

💥 Benefits

• Be on the forefront of making the animal advocacy community stronger and more efficient
• Build experience and networks within the animal advocacy community
• Join a group of dedicated individuals who are committed to reducing animal suffering. You will be in the internal channel on the Slack.
• Keep up to date about all the valuable events going on
• Help advocates from around the world be able to find events that connect them with new ideas, tools, and organizations that they otherwise would not have known about

🎖️ Skills

Quick Slack Volunteer Links:

⭐Channels Guide

✨ Slack New Member Registration Form

Hive Community Homepage

🙋Slack Volunteer Roles