Online Lecture Series (OLS) Assistant

If you are young, energetic and ambitious and are interested in having a major impact on inequality and suffering in the world, ROCKBlue is offering an opportunity to use your experience and heart to make a difference.

ROCKBlue is an international non-profit with a mission to provide water and sanitation to over 1 billion of the world’s poor that currently lack these basic, life giving, essentials. Founded in 2013 and a registered charity in the US and South Africa, ROCKBlue is currently in five countries, working with 18 towns/cities that provide water and sanitation to over 5 million people. You can find out more about us on our website.

If interested, please send a letter indicating your availability and interest as well as your resume/CV to hr@rockblue.org

Online Lecture Series

The purpose of the OLS is to share the knowledge of our specialists with as many people as possible in a convenient and effective manner.

ROCKBlue believes in “open source” sharing. Sharing of all that we do and learn. This includes the knowledge of our specialists and partners. In particular, the knowledge associated with the UN Sustainable Development Goal Six (SDG6). SDG6 calls for availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030.

Our Knowledge Management (see our website) shares information related to urban water and sanitation. This information consists of the lessons we have learned in our years of existence. And, importantly, the rich body of knowledge from our roster of over 100 specialists. We document their lessons learned by interviewing them on an array of currently-faced challenges.

We use many channels to disseminate this information to as wide an audience as possible. This has included workshops, blog posts, social media, and our website. The alarming challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, however, drove us to a more innovative approach – a hallmark of ROCKBlue. That is, our Online Lecture Series. These are web-based lectures presented by our specialists. The lectures inform a wide audience on today’s urgent water and sanitation matters.

To ensure our Series’ reach to thousands we convert them into shareable videos. These are complemented with educational content and resources. Combined, we are building a vast library of knowledge from which the sector as a whole will benefit. Currently about 1,000 have signed up for our OLS from 50 countries.

Our first lecture took place on 14 May. Ronnie McKenzie and Niel Meyer presented on non-revenue water reduction using pressure management. And we have had many more since.

Our intent is to make these lectures as interactive and educational as possible. We tackle the most pressing matters. And we allow time for questions and answers to ensure we touch on what really matters to the participants.

OLS Assistant. ROCKBlue has an immediate opening for two volunteer OLS Assistants. These people will be working remotely/virtually, and will work with the OLS Manager to plan, organize and conduct each OLS.

Broadly, the individuals must have demonstrated skill and dedication in a similar team role on past assignments. This is a part-time position (approximately 4-5 hours/week) with an initial period of 2 months to determine if it works for both ROCKBlue and the candidate. If it appears to be a positive working relationship then the assignment would be continued indefinitely.

You will aso learn management software tools such as Trello, Clockify, Slack, G-Suite/Google Drive, etc. This is an exciting position as it will avail the candidate to both senior level and subject matter experts, as well as the humanitarian work that we do and with our partners from all over the world. The scope of work includes:

Responsibilities

• Assist with the management for ROCKBlue’s OLS Initiative.
• Help ensure OLS has the resources it needs to be successful such as IT support.
• Ensure the OLS is meeting its objectives.
• Assist the Marketing & Communication team with marketing and communication of OLS events.
• Ensure that the ROCKBlue branding is consistent with OLS communication.

Qualifications

• Excellent organizational, leadership, communications, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• The ability to multitask, manage time effectively, meet deadlines, and learn new systems, processes and skills.
• Demonstrated cross-cultural sensitivity and ability to build respectful relationships with colleagues from different cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds
• Software skills with a preference for Google Workspace, and the ability to learn Trello, Slack and Clockify
• A stable Internet connection