|
|
| GeoCommunity Mailing List |
| |
| Mailing List Archives |
| Subject: | [gislist] Job description help - GIS department director |
| Date: |
12/22/2006 10:40:00 AM |
| From: |
Mara Kaminowitz |
|
|
I need to pick some brains - especially non-profit/COG types.
I need to help draft a job description for my group director, a
non-profit GIS/stats collaborative with a focus on social issues.
Basically, I am drafting a job desc for someone to be my boss, because
I don't want to be in management. I left management to do GIS.
The job is 60-70% admin of various sorts - staff meetings, strategic
planning meetings, meetings on committees of other people's
non-profits. The other 30-40% is techie, usually preparing
statistical reports and some GIS - but it does have to be real
competence for those tasks.
They have been advertising the job as 50/50 admin and techie with an
emphasis on the techie, and that clearly isn't attracting the right
people. They come, get mad when they rarely get to play on the
computer, and leave for something better. Also, because of the nature
of the work, you need someone with good business and social skills,
who can handle difficult personalities, answer dumb political
questions, and show up in a business suit once in a while.
I should add, that the organization has a very small staff, so
employee supervision skills and office management are not necessary.
Who am I looking for? What level of career? Should this be a techie
looking for a change or a management-type who likes computers? Any
insight would be greatly appreciated.
Mara K.
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist
_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/
|
|
Sponsored by:
For information
regarding
advertising rates
Click Here!
|
