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URB.IM, the global community working for just and inclusive cities, propagates innovation and connects all members of the ecosystem working on urban poverty alleviation.

A project of Dallant Networks and the Ford Foundation, this new online platform establishes an international community of practice and learning, sharing ideas and experiences in order to innovate, replicate, and scale working solutions to the problem of urban poverty.

It is currently focused on six cities: Mumbai, Jakarta, Nairobi, Lagos, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.

We are now looking for a Content Coordinator for the city of Lagos.

The Content Coordinator for the Lagos node of the urb.im network will:

• Produce and aggregate news, events, projects and other developments of interest to members of the community of practitioners and program leaders working in urban poverty alleviation in Lagos

• Recruit bloggers and other volunteer contributors for the urb.im/lagos platform and coordinate all content traffic

• Initiate and moderate online discussions happening on the urb.im/lagos platform

• Be an active participant in the overall urb.im network and interact on a regular basis with other Content Coordinators in the network

This position is ideal for urban-planning students and graduates, journalists and social activists working in urban poverty alleviation. In addition to receiving extensive visibility on an important social media platform, the ideal candidate will receive a monthly stipend.

Qualified candidates should send their detailed information to urbim@dallant.net.