Global Team Vacancies - RLadies+ Global

RLadies+ is run by volunteers, and we always need more hands. Below are the roles we’re currently hoping to fill. If something looks like a fit, fill out the application form linked on each role — you don’t need to be sure, an interest is enough to start the conversation.

For an overview of how the global team is organised and what each team does, see the RLadies+ Guide .

Abstract Review System

Seeking 1 member

Promote the abstract review system on social media and Slack ahead of major conference deadlines
Triage incoming review requests via the team Slack channel, checking deadline, language and gender preferences
Match each request to suitable volunteer reviewers (aim for three) using the Airtable volunteers list
Email reviewers using the standard template and follow up if they don’t respond
Keep the Airtable abstracts and volunteers tables up to date (status, reviews requested, reviews completed)

Weekly time commitment

Variable; spikes around major conference deadlines. Typically a handful of requests per month, each needing 15-30 minutes to triage and assign.

Useful skills

Comfortable with Airtable (filtering, updating linked records)
Email and Slack communication
No prior R or coding experience needed

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Blog administration

Seeking 1 member

Serve as editor for incoming guest blog posts, reviewing drafts and shepherding them to publication
Recruit and support guest authors (cross-posting from their own blogs is welcome)
Triage proposals in the Airtable Request inbox, accepting or rejecting submissions
Track posts through the Airtable workflow (Post Status, Tasks, Kanban) and follow up on stalled posts
Coordinate with the website and translation teams when PRs are blocked
Label finished posts as pending on GitHub so they auto-merge on the scheduled date

Weekly time commitment

~30 minutes per week in steady state, more when actively recruiting authors or editing several drafts in parallel.

Useful skills

Not necessary to begin with, but should be willing to learn:

git/GitHub (PR reviews, labels, merging)
Airtable (interfaces, linked records)
Reviewing PRs without breaking the site

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Campaign

Seeking 2 members

Recruit a team of volunteers (a great first open-source project)
Decide the campaign theme and goal — see the IWD repo for past ideas (directory features, chapter features, lesson materials, blog/package round-ups)
Build the R scripts and assets needed to run the campaign
Schedule posts on the rladies_iwd social account
Monitor during the campaign window to retweet, reply and engage
Prepare pre- and post-campaign communications, and obtain permission for any third-party content used

Weekly time commitment

The 3 days (7,8,9) are really bussy days. You have to be on watch. The weeks before the 8 with the tweetdeck schedulle are also bussy, 4 hours a day during 4-8 days, depending on the number of tweets. The previws week, starting on January, 2 hours a week.

Useful skills

R scripting for content generation and scheduling
Familiarity with social media scheduling tools
Project planning (clear task list, automated where useful)
Access to the rladies_iwd social account (granted on approval)

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Chapter Activity

Seeking 2 members

Identify inactive chapters (no events in past 6 months, none scheduled) and update the Inactive Chapters spreadsheet
Contact inactive chapters using the standard email templates to offer help
Refer organisers wanting support to the mentoring programme
Escalate to the Global Team Slack channel when a case is tricky
Send a monthly update to chapters@rladies.org summarising contacts, responses and chapters due for retirement
Coordinate chapter retirement with the Meetup, email/social media, and GitHub teams (retire 9 months to 1 year after last event)

Weekly time commitment

A few hours per month, with monthly email update plus follow-ups. Heavier when handling retirement coordination.

Useful skills

Comfortable with Google Sheets and email templates
GitHub (submitting a PR to update chapter status in data/chapters)
Diplomatic written communication

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Chapter Mentoring

Seeking 1 member

Promote the mentoring programme to recruit mentors and mentees via the sign-up form
Match mentees with mentors based on language, region and topic preferences
Serve as the global team point of contact throughout each pairing, making introductions and helping agree mode/frequency of contact
Mediate when a pairing isn’t working and offer to reassign
Conclude programmes when the mentee’s checklist is complete, their first meetup runs, or the chapter retires
Collect feedback at the end of each pairing and uphold confidentiality, especially in unsuccessful cases

Weekly time commitment

30 min - 1h depending on the tasks. Some tasks are done monthly.

Useful skills

No technical skills required. We use Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Google Forms and HackMD. Strong listening and people skills are valuable; everything else can be learned on the job.

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CoC enforcement

Seeking 2 members

Receive, review and resolve Code of Conduct reports sent to reporting@rladies.org
Periodically revise the Code of Conduct (with global leadership agreement) and the reporting process
Keep the published CoC in sync with the source at rladies/.github (including translations and any embedded copies on R-Ladies+ sites)
Support organisers and moderators in maintaining a safe, friendly space across chapters and online channels

Weekly time commitment

~1 hour per CoC review cycle. Handling an individual report can take significantly longer depending on its complexity.

Useful skills

Discretion and confidentiality
Familiarity with GitHub (the CoC source lives there, including translation workflow)
Helpful to understand Hugo build hooks if maintaining embedded CoC copies on chapter sites

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Community slack management

Seeking 1 member

Monitor Slack daily for inappropriate content and remove it
Block bots and spammers from the workspace
Process invite requests via the Community Slack invites Airtable base, screening responses to the form
Respond to confirmation/notification automations triggered when a new request is submitted

Weekly time commitment

~ 30 min, I try and check every day or so what has been posted to try and stay on top of what is going on in the channel.

Useful skills

Slack workspace admin
Airtable (form submissions, status fields)
Comfortable enforcing community guidelines tactfully

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Conferences liaison and Metameetups

Seeking 1 member

Review and approve R-Ladies+ branded conference events submitted via info@rladies.org
Help conference organisers identify R-Ladies+ speakers, panellists and committee members from the directory
Liaise with the abstract review network on calls for papers
Support social gatherings and the R-Ladies+ presence at affiliate conferences
Ensure speakers’ fees are waived/reimbursed and travel costs covered where applicable
Run metameetups: identify topics relevant to multiple chapters, recruit them, and help coordinate joint events
Maintain records of past events (see rladies_global_presentations)

Weekly time commitment

Highly variable depending on conference involvement. For a major conference like useR!, expect ~8 hours per week across the year, ramping to ~16 hours in the two months before, full-time during the event, and ~4 hours per week for two months after. Quieter periods can be minimal.

Useful skills

Familiarity with the R-Ladies+ directory and review network
Email and committee coordination
Optional: experience organising or speaking at R/data conferences

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Social Media

Seeking 1 member

Post regularly across our platforms (Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, etc.) — content stays R-focused
Produce a regular newsletter
Like and reshare chapter posts about past events (favouring those with photos or shared resources)
Reshare the weekly WeAreRLadies curator hand-off and relevant curator posts
Monitor mentions; redirect R questions to the community Slack rather than answering
Ignore or mute trolls and irrelevant tags; escalate to leadership before posting on anything contentious
Forward job mentions to the community Slack jobs channel rather than reposting

Weekly time commitment

Light daily check-ins (15-30 minutes) plus newsletter cycle.

Useful skills

Familiatiry with at leat one of our major platforms (bluesky/mastodon/linkedin)

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Translation

Seeking 2 members

Translate the Hugo website using the i18n (UI strings), content (pages and posts) and data (months, language strings) folders
Identify template sections with hard-coded English and flag/fix them
Translate other key documentation such as the R-Ladies+ Guide
Coordinate with the website team when translation PRs intersect with site changes
Help refine the translation review process (still a work in progress)

Weekly time commitment

Self-paced; depends on how much content the volunteer takes on per cycle.

Useful skills

Git/GitHub novice experience preferrable, but not necessary
Should be comfortable running Hugo locally

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Website

Seeking 1 member

Maintain and develop the R-Ladies+ website (everything from minor fixes to whole-section rewrites)
Review incoming pull requests, including translations and JSON data updates, and ensure CI checks pass
Use the auto-assignment workflow — review your assigned PRs or hand them off in #team-website if you can’t
Enforce branch protection: no direct pushes to main, all changes via reviewed PRs, rebase merges by default
Triage GitHub issues and coordinate with codeowner teams (translation, blog, CoC, directory, mentoring) for their content areas
Support team members who want to learn Hugo, GitHub Actions, and blogdown workflows

Weekly time commitment

~30 minutes per week in normal service mode. More when translation work or feature development is in flight. Members shape their own contribution level.

Useful skills

Not necessary to begin with, but should be willing to learn:

git/GitHub (branches, PRs, code review)
Reviewing PRs without breaking the site
Validating data JSON files when added or updated
Hugo basics (and advanced Hugo if developing new features)
GitHub Actions (the site has CI checks for builds)
Optional: blogdown for local R-based authoring

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YouTube

Seeking 1 member

Respond to incoming form requests in the YouTube Airtable base to add videos or managers to the global channel
Manage the submission_table records (chapter, event, video URL, language, playlist info)
Triage Slack notifications when new submissions arrive
Add new languages to the form when “Other language” is submitted

Weekly time commitment

~ 10 minutes, if just responding to forms.

Useful skills

YouTube channel management (adding videos, managers, playlists)
Airtable (form responses, automations)
No prior video editing skills needed

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Don't see a team that fits, or want to put your name forward for the future? We always welcome a hello.