Starting Date
as soon as possible
Duration
min. 4 months, ideally more
Salary Information
unpaid / volunteer
Capacity/Amount of hours per week
around 15 h/week (depending on your availability)
Roles and Responsibilities
You’ll touch upon the following roles & responsibilities in some kind of way as part of your internship. The main focus is free for you to choose depending on your preferences, skills & availability as we want you to have the best learning experience for yourself.
- Google workspace management
- Managing our Google Workspace and email accounts
- Becoming and being a source of knowledge regarding Google Workspace and other tools we use
- Managing IT support requests in a ticketing system to support the team and the community in their work
- Data security & protection
- Making sure that oikos data is secure and reliably stored, according to our privacy standard
- Support with ensuring permission management for our different tool
- Database management
- Creating and maintaining existing databases for different team
- Finding possibilities for automations in the data flow
- Helping the community on any database questions
- Website support & development
- Supporting existing pages and the people working with them
- Developing new content
- Supporting the oikos International team with publishing content on the oikos website
- Designing new pages and updating the existing content
- Maintaining the site itself and the oikos WordPress theme
- Maintaining internal and external tools, as well as our backup system
- Other: Keeping track of and managing the SaaS software used by the international team
Required Competencies and Skills
- You are based in a city where we have a local chapter (e.g. Brussels)
- You are inquisitive and quick to pick up new software and systems
- You are proactive, eager to learn and ask questions
- You love problem solving, and don’t shy away from evaluating multiple solutions to find the one that fits the best
- You like supporting and interacting with people from all over the the world
- You ideally have some experience working with productivity tools like Google Workspace
- You ideally have some experience with web design
- You ideally have some experience with web technologies, WordPress and/or the tech our theme is built in: PHP, JavaScript and HTML+SCSS
- You are able to manage your commitments and are available for around 15h per week for min. 4 months or longer
- You are comfortable communicating in English, verbally and in written
Team Description
What is oikos?
oikos is a community of student change agents that is working towards transforming management & economics education for sustainability. We are over 50 local groups, the so-called chapters, driving change in more than 20 countries worldwide with around 1000 active oikees every year.
Who is oikos International?
oikos International, the umbrella organization, brings all of our members together. We are organized as a student-led nonprofit association that supports and fosters the network. Our initiatives focus on empowering student change agents in their leadership development and change initiatives for transforming their own education, as well as providing platforms for the community to come and grow together.
What is the role of the IT team of oikos International?
The IT team of oikos International is part of the oikos International team. We support oikos International and the whole oikos community with IT infrastructure and IT support on different levels, be it by making sure that the website runs smoothly or by helping out with questions regarding the SaaS tools we use.
Additional Information
What is in it for you?
- Become part of a network of student change agents & alumni, working for a more just and sustainable future while being connected to one of our local student groups (e.g. in Brussels). The IT team is working remotely which is why we want you to benefit from connecting to the local oikees in a chapter.
- Work with purpose in a dynamic & international team that walks the talk and values each individual team member
- Gain insights about the day-to-day work of a fully remote-working, international NGO and its global opportunities and challenges
- Develop and move forward ideas creatively in a trusting and safe space where you can take full ownership and responsibility of what you do
- Get a professional coach to develop yourself further & join other oikos opportunities.
Application Process
Do you want to be part of a diverse team that is tending a global community of student change agents for sustainability? Do you have a background in IT and want to contribute to a meaningful purpose while using your skills?
Then this is for you!
Apply via this link and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
If we feel there is a fit, you’ll be invited for a virtual interview.