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Flexible Tech Support

Help JerseySTEM with critical technological needs over the course of 4 weeks, in areas like tools set up and implementation, systems auditing, or process updates.
JerseySTEM
Chatham, NJ, USA
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Chatham, NJ, USA

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Posted March 18th

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Project details

What we need
  • Ongoing technological advisory for 10-15 hours over the course of 4 weeks
  • Support may include: tools set up and implementation, systems auditing, process updates
  • Note: We devised this project to connect nonprofits and volunteers for more flexible, more immediate impact. We strongly suggest you start with 4 weeks and decide from there if you'd like to continue working.
Additional details

JerseySTEM is migrating from flat files/spreadsheets to mySQL hosted on DigitalOcean. We plan to connect the MySQL database to Wordpress instance and uses HTML/CSS/PHP.
you role will be to research, investigate, test, teach us and deploy the tech stack.

What we have in place
  • FRaft
How this will help
This project will save us $2,355 , allowing us to provide instruction to additional 20 kids.

Building a data warehouse on MySQL will allow us to run analytics we need in order to understand and improve our processes.

Project plan

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Prep: Information Sharing & Goal Setting
  • Volunteer Manager provides an outline of current state of tech capacity and needs at the organization
  • Volunteer Manager provides overview of an ongoing tech capacity and need they have over the next 2-4 weeks
  • Volunteer and Volunteer Manager align on the scope of ongoing support that the Volunteer will provide to address this need
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Step 1: Ongoing Support
  • Volunteer delivers ongoing support according to determined outline
  • Weekly check-ins to ensure support is being offered as agreed upon by both parties
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Step 2: Training & Offboarding
  • Volunteer provides any relevant training to the Volunteer Manager to help them continue work, as necessary, after 4 weeks
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About the org

JerseySTEM
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Nabil M
Nabil M.

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Our mission

If your address is in the US or Canada, pls read below. If you are not, we apologize but we are not able to enroll non US/Canada located volunteers.

JerseySTEM is a grassroots 501(c) nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math ("STEM") education to 5th-8th grade girls in New Jersey underserved communities

We partner with socially responsible companies and their employees, youth organizations in underserved communities, and civic-minded college students and universities.

Together we develop and deliver innovative, hands-on, and online afterschool projects and inquiry-based learning opportunities that develop teamwork, 21st-century problem-solving skills, and self-esteem.

What we do

Reduce the gender gap in STEM participation;

Bridge the innovation gap in STEM education by introducing novel formats for teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math;

Address the opportunity gap by expanding access to STEM programs in underserved communities.