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Intro

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Introduction

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


Let's go!

If you have not read the Guide for New Volunteers, please do so.

  1. Check the Community of Practice -> Open Roles Board for current open roles in the Civic Tech Jobs project.
  2. Read Introduction to the Project if you haven't already read it.
  3. If interested in joining the team, complete this form Team Roster Onboarding Form.
  4. Join the Civic Tech Jobs Slack channel and introduce yourself and mention the role you are interested in. Our PM's will help you get onboarded with the following steps.
  5. Accept your Google Drive invite to access the shared folder.
  6. Review the Glossary.
  7. Attend our monthly all team meeting on the third Tuesday at 5pm PST. You can find the link pinned in our 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

Data Scientist

Content Writer

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