OWASP Request for Proposals/Training Manager/Independent Contractor

Submission Deadline	15 August 2010
Type of Contract	Independent Contractor.
Job Title	Training Manager.
Location	Must be based in London or Lisbon.
Length of Contract	3 months.
Position reports to	Will be managed by OWASP Board Member Dinis Cruz and reports directly to the OWASP Board.
Job Purpose Summary	To manage OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ Training activities and to operationalise the concept of 'OWASP Academies'.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities	Normalization and ‘packaging’ of the OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ events so that they can easily be executed by the local OWASP Chapters: Creation of the ‘OWASP Training Pack’ (book + pdf + dvd) with the materials developed by successful deliveries of OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ events. Establishment of working relationships with ‘OWASP friendly’ Universities: Starting with the OWASP Chapter-lead training courses, but with a view to evolve those courses into OWASP ‘Academies’. Negotiate potential sponsorship opportunities for the OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ events. Logistical organization of OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ training activities: Multiple individual OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ training events; (Try to) Organize a ‘OWASP Tour’ of 20x training events in Oct/Nov 2010 (with US trainers). Work closely with multiple OWASP Committees, namely on: OWASP Chapters Committee: the ‘soft’ (for now) requirement to implement the OWASP ‘Chapter-lead’ training courses; OWASP Education Committee namely: development and packaging of OWASP Training materials and the development of the ‘OWASP Academies concept’; OWASP Connections Committee: namely with its efforts to expose the development community to OWASP Training materials; OWASP Projects Committee: creating Training materials from Key OWASP Projects.
Minimum Skills Requirements	Experience in wiki edition, project management, education, deal making, customer relationships. Should ideally be a senior professional.
Independent Contractor Payment	3,000 USD/month - 3 months contract.
Operational Budget	6,000 USD for conception and production of marketing materials and travel expenses.