Recruit volunteers for team open roles

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Dependency

• need to recruit new team members to Home Unite Us team

Overview

We need volunteer(s) to work on the open issues we have so that we can move the project forward.

Action Items

Creating a new role post

Draft post from template and add as comment on this issue

• Copy the template post from the Community of Practice WIKI, Open Roles Templates (Resource 1.01)
• Paste the template in a comment below
• Customize the comment to reflect your open role

Copy comment to new issue on HUU board

• Open a new issue by using the Open Role template (Resource 1.02)
• Copy and Paste your customized comment to the new issue
• Add the label for the role that you are recruiting for
• Submit the new issue
• Assign yourself to the new issue

Cross-post issue to Open Roles board

• Add the issue to the HfLA: Open Roles project board (Resource 1.03)
• add the link of the new issue to the related comment on this issue
• keep yourself assigned to this issue until the role is filled

Marketing the new role post

• Post a link to the new issue in the Slack channel for the related Practice Area
  • Copy the Slack message (Resource 1.04)
  • Copy the message into the Slack Channel for the relevant Community of Practice (The Slack channels can be found on Resource 1.01)
    • Replace the text [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE] with link to the issue
  • check your team Slack channel for people reaching out after every onboarding and at least every other day

Once Filled

• Hide the comment on this issue for the role you just filled
• Add the following comment to the role posting issue

  This role has been filled by @[Replace with GITHUB HANDLE OF PERSON WHO IS TAKING ROLE]
  

• Close the role posting issue
• Unassign yourself from this issue
• If there are no open roles on this issue (i.e., if there are open roles, there will be unclosed comments)
  • Add the label: Dependency and uncheck the dependency on top of this issue
  • Move this issue to the icebox, on the project board

Resources/Instructions

• 1.01 Community of Practice WIKI, Open Roles Templates, Secondary Issue

• 1.02 Post Open Roles Issue Template

• 1.03 HfLA: Open Roles board

• 1.04 Copy to post in CoP Slack Channels when there is an open role

  Hi, the Home Unite Us has a volunteer posting, which includes details of how to get in touch with us if you are interested. [Replace with LINK TO NEW ISSUE]
  

• Click on the link below to view step by step "how to" video
  https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/68AyOdbzguSsKT_JvTdvEXSYjNSOwknyK1Ebvk05Qem5d5L4D9IUS7Xn6QRPurfV.YKt2hLyNWUo4F-Ji

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[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Title

HUU: Open Role for: Product Manager

Issue

• HUU: Open Role for: Product Manager #725

Body

Project Name: Home Unite Us

About the Project: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community non-profits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives. Host Home programs are centered around housing 18-25 years old by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.

Volunteer Opportunity: Looking for a PM to take over Coordinator persona stories as current PM will be leaving soon. Huge plus if you have enterprise experience

Duration: Ongoing

Meeting Times:

• Product Owner meeting: Tues 6pm PST
• Team meetings: Tues 6:30pm PST
• PM meetings: Thurs 7pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #home-unite-us-pm
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Post from previous UI/UX Design open roles board, Filled column

Post 1

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**Project Name**: Home Unite Us

**About the Project**: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community non-profits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives. Host Home programs are centered around housing 18-25 years old by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.

**Volunteer Opportunity:** We are looking for UX/UI designer to join our current team to help us finish creating our MVP! Huge plus if you have enterprise experience

**Duration**: Min 2 months

**Meeting Times**: 
- Team meetings: Tuesdays 6pm PST
- Design meetings: Ad hoc as needed

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#home-unite-us](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/CRWUG7X0C)
- Person: Sanya Nijhaw

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Project Name: Home Unite Us

About the Project: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community non-profits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives. Host Home programs are centered around housing 18-25 years old by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for UX/UI designer to join our current team to help us finish creating our MVP! Huge plus if you have enterprise experience

Duration: Min 2 months

Meeting Times:

• Team meetings: Tuesdays 6pm PST
• Design meetings: Ad hoc as needed

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #home-unite-us
• Person: Sanya Nijhaw

Post 2

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<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26660349/114799694-38cb3a80-9d66-11eb-8b08-78bdc1b653b3.png" />

**Project Name**: Home Unite Us 

**About the Project**: 

**Volunteer Opportunity**: Home Unite Us 
is looking for a Design Team Lead to facilitate the work of our UI/UX Team. Role will manage design systems and provide design review to ensure consistent branding and UX across different parts of the site, as well as external communications. Role will interface with the project PM team to establish priorities and gain consensus on design direction. Role will manage design systems 

[Project Overview On Github](https://github.com/hackforla/HomeUniteUs/blob/main/README.md)

Duration: Open Ended (3-6 hrs / week)
Team Meetings: 7PM Pacific every other Tuesday
Design Team Meetings: 5PM Pacific every other Wednesday

Who to communicate your interest to:
Slack Channel: [#home-unite-us](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/CRWUG7X0C)
Contact Regan

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Project Name: Home Unite Us

About the Project:

Volunteer Opportunity: Home Unite Us
is looking for a Design Team Lead to facilitate the work of our UI/UX Team. Role will manage design systems and provide design review to ensure consistent branding and UX across different parts of the site, as well as external communications. Role will interface with the project PM team to establish priorities and gain consensus on design direction. Role will manage design systems

Project Overview On Github

Duration: Open Ended (3-6 hrs / week)
Team Meetings: 7PM Pacific every other Tuesday
Design Team Meetings: 5PM Pacific every other Wednesday

Who to communicate your interest to:
Slack Channel: #home-unite-us
Contact Regan

[lasryariel]

Note: Role is posted in open role board. All steps completed through "Once Filled" from instructions above.

Title

HUU: Open Role for: UI/UX Researcher

Issue

Issue

Body

Project Name: Home Unite Us

Name of Role: UI/UX Researcher

Volunteer Opportunity: We are looking for UI/UX Researcher to join our current team to help us finish creating our MVP!

Duration: On-going

Meeting Times:

• Team meetings: Tuesdays 6:30pm PST
• Design meetings: Monday 7:00pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: home-unite-us-design
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[lola3736]

Title

HUU: Open Role for: Designers and Lead Design

Issue

• HUU: Open Role for: UI/UX Designers and Lead #738

Body

Project Name: Home Unite Us

About the Project: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community non-profits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives. Host Home programs are centered around housing 18-25 years old by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.

Volunteer Opportunity Home Unite Us project currently has needs for the following roles:

• A UI/UX Design Lead for the design team and collaborating with the Product and Engineering team. Huge plus if you have enterprise experience.
• 2 Design Product team members to collaborate with Product Manager and Engineering on finalizing automated workflow tool for MVP

Duration: Ongoing

Meeting Times:

• Design meeting: Mon 7:00pm PST
• Team meetings: Tues 6:30pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #home-unite-us-design
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[lola3736]

Title

HUU: Open Role for: 1 Designer and 3 User Research

Issue

• HUU: Open Role for: UI/UX Designer #794
• HUU: Open Role for: UX Researcher team members #795

Body

Project Name: Home Unite Us

About the Project: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community non-profits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives. Host Home programs are centered around housing 18-25 years old by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.

Volunteer Opportunity Home Unite Us project currently has needs for the following roles:

1 UI/UX Designer
To assist with design concept development, interaction and visual design and collaborating with the Product and Engineering team. Huge plus if you have enterprise experience, had worked with design systems before. You must have experience designing and prototyping using Figma.

What You’ll Do:

• Attend our weekly meetings and get familiarized with our product and users.
• Be involved at every stage of design work, from mapping user flows and wireframes to high fidelity mockups
• Help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature in assigned user stories
• Execute on a crisp and effective visual design.
• Document your work and contribute to our design system

3 UX Researcher team members
To assist with conducting user research, informing design decisions, enhancing usability, and communicate findings to Product and Engineering. Experience performing these activities below is a huge plus.

What You’ll Do:

• Attend our weekly meetings and get familiarized with our product and users.
• Assess a project’s scope, brainstorm appropriate research questions, and identify appropriate research method/s.
• Run research studies from start to finish, including developing a realistic research plan and materials, recruiting participants, and synthesizing data into findings.
• Advocate for the users by articulating your research findings and product ideas through clear and insightful presentations.
• Build partnerships with different roles across the team to understand and influence business goals and product designs.

Duration: Ongoing

Meeting Times:

• Design meeting: Mon 6:30pm PST
• Team meetings: Tues 6:30pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #home-unite-us-design
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project

[lola3736]

@nlvan please review draft job post for 1 designer and 3 researcher and update accordingly, once complete I will open and issue and post for recruitment. Thanks much.

[nlvan]

@lola3736 Hi, I'd like to add these copies under Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunity Home Unite Us project currently has needs for the following roles:

1 UI/UX Designer
To assist with design concept development, interaction and visual design and collaborating with the Product and Engineering team. Huge plus if you have enterprise experience, had worked with design systems before. You must have experience designing and prototyping using Figma.

What You’ll Do:

• Attend our weekly meetings and get familiarized with our product and users.
• Be involved at every stage of design work, from mapping userflows and wireframes to high fidelity mockups
• Help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions of a feature in assigned user stories
• Execute on a crisp and effective visual design.
• Document your work and contribute to our design system

3 UX Researcher team members
To assist with conducting user research, informing design decisions, enhancing usability, and communicate findings to Product and Engineering. Experience performing these activities below is a huge plus.

What You’ll Do:

• Attend our weekly meetings and get familiarized with our product and users.
• Assess a project’s scope, brainstorm appropriate research questions, and identify appropriate research method/s.
• Run research studies from start to finish, including; developing a realistic research plan and materials, recruiting participants, and synthesizing data into findings.
• Advocate for the users by articulating your research findings and product ideas through clear and insightful presentations.
• Build partnerships with different roles across the team to understand and influence business goals and product designs.

[lola3736]

@nlvan the above changes have been incorporated and the volunteer recruitment posted

[lola3736]

Title

HUU: Open Role for: Senior Front End Developer

Issue

• HUU: Open Role for: Senior Front End Developer #801

Body

Project Name: Home Unite Us

About the Project: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community non-profits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives. Host Home programs are centered around housing 18-25 years old by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.

Volunteer Opportunity Home Unite Us project currently has needs for the following roles:

Senior Front End Developer

What You’ll Do:
Lead our front end development team in tandem with our Lead Developer, including researching more complex issues, guiding our front end development strategy, breaking down complex issues into smaller issues for junior developers to deliver, and mentoring junior developers.

Here is a list of technologies that we are using:

• React: The project uses React for building the front-end components.
• TypeScript: Present throughout the codebase for ensuring type safety.
• Redux & Redux Toolkit: Used for managing application state.
• Material UI: Employed for consistent styling and UI components.
• Vite: Utilized as the modern build tool for faster development.
• Docker: Integrated into the development environment for containerization.

Duration: Ongoing

Meeting Times:

• Team meetings: Tues 6:30pm PST
• Dev team meeting: Mon 5:00pm PST

Who to communicate your interest to

• Slack channel link: #home-unite-us-dev
• Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above

Read more about the project