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title: Come join the good ship Autonomic!
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description: We (were) hiring again!
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category: decision making, democracy, meta
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date: 2022-10-10
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> As of 8 November 2022, this round of recruitment is now closed. Thanks to those who got in touch, and stay tuned for the next time we're looking for new members.
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## Background
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Autonomic is a worker-owned co-operative of queer comrade hackers dedicated to using technology to empower people making a positive difference in the world. Since 2017, we’ve been successfully delivering projects in a range of sectors including renewable energy, labour organising, independent media, feminist research, migrant solidarity activism, sustainable fashion, and arms trade abolition.
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We are currently 11 worker-owners, located in 6 countries. We are a Co-operative Society, registered in the UK with the Financial Conduct Authority. Legally, we are a freelance consortium, which means that we operate as a group of self-employed contractors, and are responsible for our own individual income tax.
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Autonomic aspires to follow the [7 co-operative principles as defined by the International Co-operative Alliance](https://www.ica.coop/en/cooperatives/cooperative-identity).
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## Pay
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We are currently paid £20 per hour for all work.
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Everyone in the co-op will always be paid the same rate, which we decide on collectively and adjust according to how well we’re doing.
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## What we’re looking for
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We are looking for folks who have expertise in the following areas:
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### Required commitments
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- Care, communication and compassion. Trust & responsibility. Comradeship. Each according to their need.
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- Available for around 10-20 hours per week. We work in multiple timezones but mostly find that being available for at least 1-3 hours for checking in and co-working between 13:00 UTC - 15:00 UTC is the best.
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### Required skills
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We are in need of people who have experience or interest in front end development.
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- Comfortable with front-end technologies: HTML / CSS / JS / PHP (any or all)
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- Comfortable writing WordPress themes and templates and debugging obscurities
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### Bonus/Nice to Have
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- Wordpress plug-in development
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- Experience with collective organising & consensus decision making
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- Debian systems administration skills: Bash scripting, running system upgrades, handling SSH keys etc.
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- Interest in collectively learning how to run a cooperative under capitalism
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- Experience in running union, grassroots or community political campaigns
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- New business development, chasing leads
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- Finance administration: invoicing, tax, forecasting
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- Client communications / relations / meeting, conflict resolution
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- Project management: progress tracking and planning, budgeting and estimates
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## Process
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People of color, women, genderqueer, non-binary and trans folks, neurodiverse and queer folks are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Email [hello@autonomic.zone](mailto:hello@autonomic.zone) with your CV (it really doesn’t have to be fancy, just a list of work) and a little bit about yourself and what you’re looking for work wise.
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If we think you might be suitable for these roles, you’ll be invited for a few chats with members of the co-op who will show you more about the kinds of work we do and be able to answer any questions you have.
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If we want to take you on, we’ll then have a vote amongst our members and you can start working for us right away as a “potential member”. After ~100 hours of work you can be invited to join the co-op as a full member.
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