The European Commission was looking for a project coordinator for their "Free and Open Source Software Audit" (FOSSA) project. They did not find someone through their own channels, and now asked Atos/Airbus to make public advertising about the job offering:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/449625627/ (yes, I know Linkedin)
Please feel free to forward this to other people who you think might be interested. It would be very helpful for Free Software if they find a good candidate for the project.
Best Regards, Matthias
On Wednesday 1. November 2017 15.58.00 Matthias Kirschner wrote:
The European Commission was looking for a project coordinator for their "Free and Open Source Software Audit" (FOSSA) project. They did not find someone through their own channels, and now asked Atos/Airbus to make public advertising about the job offering:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/449625627/ (yes, I know Linkedin)
Please feel free to forward this to other people who you think might be interested. It would be very helpful for Free Software if they find a good candidate for the project.
Perhaps get them to post the job to...
Paul
On 01.11.2017 17:09, Paul Boddie wrote:
Perhaps get them to post the job to... https://www.fossjobs.net/
It's been listed there since 18.10. :-)
https://www.fossjobs.net/job/9085/senior-project-manager-for-european-commis...
On Wednesday 1. November 2017 20.17.07 Moritz Bartl wrote:
On 01.11.2017 17:09, Paul Boddie wrote:
Perhaps get them to post the job to... https://www.fossjobs.net/
It's been listed there since 18.10. :-)
https://www.fossjobs.net/job/9085/senior-project-manager-for-european-
commission-at-adeptis-group/
I thought it sounded familiar. :-)
I guess this is how you can easily see the same job in many different places and think that there are many different jobs. The obscurity that recruiters introduce can also easily reduce the number of distinguishing features that might help recognition.
No need for LinkedIn, then. ;-)
Paul
Hi,
After looking at the listing on fossjobs.net[0] (I was unable to even see the page on Linkedin), I hope they will be able to find someone, but I think it will be difficult. They ask for someone who knows about Free Software, but also has managed multiple projects with a budget exceeding 500,000 Euros. I am fully aware that Free Software is not about price, but those kinds of projects are also not all that common and I hope there is someone who does manage those kinds of projects at some Free Software company and wants a new job.
Perhaps people who do not fully meet the requirements should apply too.
Happy hacking! Florian
[0] https://www.fossjobs.net/job/9085/senior-project-manager-for-european-commis...
Hi Forian,
Software, but also has managed multiple projects with a budget exceeding 500,000 Euros. I am fully aware that Free Software is not about price, but those kinds of projects are also not all that common
The experience from multiple projects need not necessarily be in free software, they can be in general, from what I understand. A stronger candidate would have this experience in free software projects, but I'm not sure how many qualified applicants there would be in Europe it.
But if we look a bit broader; the Document Foundation, Apache Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation and so on, these all have budgets in the million-USD category, some more than others. So I think someone from some of the bigger foundations might well fit the bill.
Hi Jonas,
Jonas Oberg jonas@fsfe.org writes:
But if we look a bit broader; the Document Foundation, Apache Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation and so on, these all have budgets in the million-USD category, some more than others. So I think someone from some of the bigger foundations might well fit the bill.
I completely agree. That's why I hope someone in one of those places is interested in a new job. It would be great to have a really good candidate and not just someone who can do the job. :-)
Happy hacking! Florian
* Matthias Kirschner [2017-11-01 15:58 +0100]:
The European Commission was looking for a project coordinator for their "Free and Open Source Software Audit" (FOSSA) project. They did not find someone through their own channels, and now asked Atos/Airbus to make public advertising about the job offering:
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/449625627/ (yes, I know Linkedin)
Please feel free to forward this to other people who you think might be interested. It would be very helpful for Free Software if they find a good candidate for the project.
I asked the Commission about a way to apply without Linkedin. You can do so by e-mail to:
marc.dehareng@atos.net olivier.jacmart@atos.net
Best Regards, Matthias
It would be good if they provide this alternative application method described in the job offering too. :)
Matthias Kirschner mk@fsfe.org writes:
I asked the Commission about a way to apply without Linkedin. You can do so by e-mail to:
marc.dehareng@atos.net olivier.jacmart@atos.net
Best Regards, Matthias