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Techtonica is a nonprofit that helps women and non-binary adults with low incomes overcome barriers into the tech industry by providing laptops, stipends, technical training, and placements.

Make an Impact as Our Technical Associate Program Manager

Techtonica offers a life-changing learning experience to program participants. We care deeply about helping our program participants become high-quality developers.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to start immediately as a full-time Technical Associate Program Manager. This role would be a good fit for someone with JavaScript coding knowledge, especially if you are interested in focusing mostly on community organizing or program/project management.

We are normally located in San Francisco and most of our staff and participants live in the Bay Area. The current cohort is virtual, so this role is remote, but we need someone who can work during West Coast hours (9-6 PM Pacific Time).

Our participants are women and non-binary adults and most of them are people of color. We are seeking an individual who can relate to the target audience on as many levels as possible.

This full-time role's compensation will start between $40,000 and $73,000 (depending on experience and location). We can provide benefits to full-time employees, but we cannot provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Responsibilities:

  • Report to and collaborate with the program technical lead
  • Manage Techtonica’s application process (JavaScript pre-req study groups, application forms, JavaScript workshops, code challenges, interviews, and scheduling of board interviews)
  • Organize and manage Techtonica events
  • Enable volunteers and mentors to serve Techtonica’s participants effectively
  • Improve training content (instruction, schedules, notes, summaries, assignments, schedules, etc.) that is up-to-date with full-stack JavaScript best practices some of the subjects we cover here
  • Present, explain, answer questions, or help participants figure out how to find answers to their questions about topics (technical and non-technical), pair, develop, debug, and conduct assessments as assigned by the technical lead
  • Identify and describe organizational needs that volunteers could fulfill
  • Improve and document processes
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

What we're looking for:

  • Self-motivation and desire to make continual improvements
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, trust-building, and leadership skills
  • The ability to quickly familiarize yourself with Techtonica’s vision and all people involved (staff, participants, board members, volunteers, etc.)
  • Basic knowledge of web development (bonus points for full-stack JavaScript)
  • Strong moral values and discipline
  • Organization, commitment, and adaptability
  • Understanding of socioeconomic experiences that our program participants have faced
  • Extroversion that is respectful of introversion
  • Being passionate and informed about social justice and diversity-and-inclusion-in-tech issues
  • The ability to handle many different projects and tasks simultaneously and independently
  • Commitment to being at Techtonica for at least six months
  • The ability to relate to our target audience (women and non-binary adults, mostly people of color, with low incomes) on as many levels as possible

The interview process involves showing you are a good fit for the role. We may ask you to join us for an interview (online), contribute to the curriculum, pair, and meet board members. Please send your resume or a link to your LinkedIn profile and a link to your GitHub profile to info@techtonica.org if this role sounds like a good fit for you.

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