At ChickTech, we believe every girl and woman has the right to fulfill their true potential. Through a variety of confidence and skill building experiences, we uplift and empower girls and women through the lens of technology. In the end, our goal is to get and keep girls and women in high tech and show them they are capable of doing - and being - anything they desire. Through service across the country, community members of all types are joining us to bring these experiences to the girls and women who need them the most.

The Career Events Director is an integral role within the ChickTech New Orleans chapter. This position supports and assists the chapter leadership in managing all career development events and manages the ChickTech New Orleans Meetup group. More importantly, this person will help meet the needs of the women in tech community within New Orleans, assist in educating and developing tech talent, and understand the importance of using feedback to develop the career development program. Some resources will be available for training within the role and experienced chapter leaders to offer mentorship/assistance.

The perfect candidate for the Career Events Director will be community connected, outgoing, encouraging, communicative, has previous personal volunteer experience, is passionate about empowering girls and women in technology, and is able to make a sustained, long-term commitment. Preferably this individual will have some exposure to event planning though this is not required as long as you are willing to learn.

The benefits: an opportunity to have leadership experience to put on your resume. Opportunities to network directly with ChickTech Headquarters’ executive staff. Extensive networking opportunities at a local level with a wide diversity of tech companies and other organizations. Having a direct impact on the ability of the local ChickTech chapter to be able to enact its mission. Having a positive, direct impact in the lives of girls and women.