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Intro

Welcome to the Civic Tech Jobs team! This guide will help you get up to speed with everything you need to know to get started as a project team member.

Let's go!

  1. Before proceeding, please confirm that you have reviewed and completed the steps outlined in Hack for LA’s Guide for New Volunteers
  2. Read Introduction to the Project if you haven't already read it.
  3. Check the Community of Practice -> Open Roles for current open roles in the Civic Tech Jobs project. Please follow the steps outlined in the respective open role issue.
  4. Attend our monthly all team meeting on the third Tuesday at 5pm PST. You can find the link pinned in our Civic Tech Jobs slack channel.

Who are you?

Click the link that applies to you to find a sequence of immediate action steps:

Web Developer

UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Researcher

Product Manager/Owner

Other Volunteer


Accessibility standards

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that all sites be accessible to people with disabilities. The World Wide Web (W3C) Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA function as the current legal standard for site accessibility.

Get acquainted with accessibility: https://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm