APNIC
The Opportunity
As a retained APNIC Community Trainer you’ll play a key role in the delivery of one of APNIC’s key missions, supporting Internet development in the Asia Pacific Region through the provision of vendor neutral Internet operations training.
Our trainings and workshops are run across the Asia Pacific Region and due to increased community demand we have expanded our Community Trainer Program both in scope and opportunity. In addition to our original voluntary community trainer program we now also have a “Retained” Community Trainer Program which allows us to provide more training and technical assistance at a local level!
As a retained Community Trainer, you’ll be a local champion in your economy or region contributing awareness of local operational issues and facilitating interactive discussion among participants to address local needs. Our ultimate goal is to have at least one retained community trainer per Economy APNIC serves and our initial target economies for application are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Samoa and Vanuatu.
In addition to delivering instructor-led training sessions to the community on relevant operational topics you’ll get the opportunity to:
- Identify potential opportunities for training in your Economy and, if relevant, neighbouring Economies
- Provide feedback to identify ways in which APNIC can improve our engagement in your Economy and neighbouring Economies
- Support to facilitate events and initiatives in your Economy
- Review and translate existing training materials to your local language
- Validate existing or new training content, and suggest, develop and deliver relevant operational content
- You may also be required to help with training event logistics like sourcing of suitable training venues
You’ll be engaged in this work for a minimum of 10 working days per month which will provide you with flexibility to continue your other commitments for the rest of the month!
About You
In order to be set up for success, we’ll expect you to have:
- A passion for and experience in network operations / security or similar
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage participants
- Ability to communicate technical concepts in a clear and easy-to-understand manner
- Fluency in your local language and in English
- Being active in your local network/operations community
- A pro-active, flexible attitude to work
- Passion and willingness to constantly improve
We don’t expect you to be an expert in everything and place a strong emphasis on learning and development. So whilst it would be nice if your background included the below, we’ll support you to grow and learn them.
- Previous training delivery experience
We Offer
This is YOUR opportunity to become our trusted partner of the Internet community, build your profile among your peers and help grow your fellow internet engineers through knowledge sharing and mentorship. In addition, we offer:
- A competitive and a fixed monthly pay rate in your local currency
- Opportunities for professional development to enhance audience engagement and trainer effectiveness
- A “Buddy” for your first 90 days who will welcome and integrate you into our culture and help you in the initial phases of settling in.
- A respectful and inclusive culture where you’ll work as part of and alongside highly talented, passionate and diverse teams working towards a common goal
Who are we and what do we do?
As the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific, we work for the good of the Internet and the 4.7 billion people who use it across the globe.
We’re an open, member-based Not-For-Profit and are responsible for distributing and managing Internet number resources (IP addresses and AS numbers) in 56 economies. These number resources are the building blocks for the Internet to operate and grow.
We also provide dedicated ongoing support to our 8,000+ members across Asia Pacific, and are invested in building essential technical skills in our region. We deliver training and technical assistance in multiple formats. We also develop and support open forums for Internet policy development, produce insightful research, and offer grants and fellowships.
Why is this so important?
The people who created the Internet decided right from the start that it should be a public resource that is managed and shared in a fair way. Today, that’s more important – and more challenging – than ever before.
Every day, we work to make it happen.
- By managing fair access to IP addresses…
- By delivering support and guidance to those who are using them…
- By leading and supporting open research, discussion and development across the globe…
We enable and promote an Internet that is a global, open, stable and secure for all.
Applications are open all year round and if you are shortlisted our recruitment process is an interview followed by a presentation and demonstration on a technical topic.
If you have an enquiry about the above advertised position, please email [email protected] with a subject title ‘Community Trainer (retained).’
To apply for this job please visit apnic-hr.secure.force.com.