Wikimedia Ghana User Group

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Deadline: Friday 15 May, 2026.

at Wikimedia Ghana User Group, Dome, Accra – Ghana; Non-remote | On-site

The Wikimedia Ghana User Group is seeking an intern for its programs.

Internship summary
Wikimedia Ghana User Group (WMGH) is one of the 192 affiliates of the Wikimedia Movement. WMGH is a geographically-based affiliate. As the geographically-focused affiliate our mandate is to support and promote Wikimedia projects in Ghana.

Vision
A world in which every Ghanaian has access to and can also contribute freely to the sum of all knowledge.

Mission
To empower and engage people around Ghana to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

We belong to the Wikimedia Movement 

The Wikimedia Movement is the global community that supports the Wikimedia projects including the flagship platform Wikipedia. This community includes:

  • Contributors to wiki projects like Wikipedia.
  • Wikimedia Foundation which was created in 2003 to fund the development and upkeep of the wikis and support the contributors.
  • Organisations including global affiliates and to some extent some aligned partner organisations.

Knowledge as a service: The Wikimedia movement serves open knowledge to the world across interfaces and communities. We are working towards building tools for allies and partners to organize and exchange free knowledge beyond Wikimedia. Our infrastructure will enable us and others to collect and use different forms of free, trusted knowledge.

Knowledge equity: As a social movement, we will focus our efforts on the knowledge and communities that have been left out by structures of power and privilege. We will welcome people from every background to build strong and diverse communities. We will break down the social, political, and technical barriers preventing people from accessing and contributing to free knowledge.

We are looking for you if:

  • You are willing to embrace a strong and up-to-date understanding of the Free Knowledge ecosystem and the Wikimedia Movement.
  • You have digital fluency; you have comfort navigating devices, platforms, apps, and online tools, and the ability to learn new ones quickly. This means you are already comfortable with the basics of:
    • Using Gmail for email correspondence.
    • Using Google Drive: Docs, Sheets, Forms and Photos for collaborative documentation.
    • Using Google Calendar to organise individual and group work.
    • Using either Trello, Jira or Asana for organising and documenting  tasks and collaborating with teammates.
    • Creating decks in Google Slides.
    • Doing desktop research. 
  • Awareness of global issues, including SDGs and human rights.
  • You are able to communicate in English both verbally and written, fluently and with clarity.
  • You are punctual.
  • You love developing proposals and can write reports.
  • You appreciate and are excited by program and project management including monitoring and evaluation.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Proven leadership and collaboration abilities, including team coordination and cross-cultural communication in multilingual settings.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Intern shall perform a support role, but not be limited to, the following:

  • Support fundraising work to secure between USD 75,000 – 550,000 annually through the Wikimedia Community General Support Fund, applying established internal movement grant processes.
  • Support work to diversify our funding sources by developing, experimenting and aligning our programs to attract funding beyond the Wikimedia Community General Support Fund. 
  • Support work to design, coordinate, implement and evaluate Wikimedia-related programs such as edit-a-thons, regional workshops, contests, and annual events by collaborating with a team of regional Wikimedia Specialists, community volunteers and other Wikimedia affiliates who execute these programs.
  • Support work to create and submit annual project proposals, budgets, mid-term and final grant reports, as well as detailed activity work plans by working in collaboration with our in-house Administrative Officer or other designated person.

Compensation

The Intern shall be compensated at the rate of ¢2,000 per month. Payments will be made on a monthly basis.

Working Hours

  • The Intern is expected to work standard working hours, 40 hours per week from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM (variable), Monday through Friday, including
    • Attending 2 virtual events weekly from 7:00-8:00 PM UTC.
  • May require occasional weekend availability, depending on our regional program schedules.

Application Process

Interested candidates should complete the Job Application Form. Please ensure all required sections of the form are accurately filled before submission.