Treat everyone who encounters Dojo4 with respect and kindness.
Take responsibility for your own professional development – seek
opportunities to grow your skills and make better work product.
Help find potential clients for Dojo4: Look for opportunities to
talk about Dojo4, invite people to discuss projects with us.
Take ownership of your work and deliver it to the satisfaction of
its budgetary stakeholders.
Contribute to internal projects and endeavors.
Make things and put them in the public domain. Talk about them.
Roles
Contractor
Dojo4 contractors are hired to work on Dojo4 client projects according
to the terms of the Dojo4 subcontractor
agreement. Expectations
regarding their responsibilities are listed
below.
Contractor Privileges and Responsibilities
The Dojo4 community has
always been comprised of independent self-starters who hold themselves
to a high degree of excellence in their field and stand out as creatives
and creative problem solvers. We aim to make Dojo4 a home-away-from-home
for our subcontractors and are always open to feedback as to how we can
best organize our work flows and environment to facilitate productive
relationships throughout our team.
First and foremost, we extend to you an unlimited coffee tab at the
inimitable Boxcar, because caffeinated contractors are happy
contractors. There are several other benefits described in this handbook
Dojo4 extends to our subcontractor community:
On-site chair massage once a month.
Lunch every Friday
In exchange for these benefits and the twice monthly payment for all
your Dojo4 work, we ask that you:
Produce excellent work product befitting a professional in your
field.
Participate in established Dojo4 processes; work to improve them if
they need improvement.
Respond to requests from the Dojo4 members, particularly Project
Leads.
Be available to communication when you are working (by smartphone,
IM, and Flowdock), unless you have made it clear that you are heads
down.
Try to make everyone’s job easier and more fun. Take things off of
your coworker’s plates.
Be generous with your help.
Treat everyone who encounters Dojo4 with respect and kindness.
Take ownership of your work and deliver it to the satisfaction of
its budgetary stakeholders.
Operations Manager
The operations manager is a part-time employee of Dojo4 who is
responsible for the day-to-day operations of Dojo4, particularly the
payroll.
Project Lead
A Project Lead is chosen
for each Dojo4 project and is responsible for the health and success of
that project. They are responsible for making decisions that support the
well-being of their project, with support from the Technical and
Managing Director. They choose who will work on the project and assign
tasks accordingly.
Currently, the Technical Director role is shared by all technical Dojo4
member-owners. Generally, this role is tasked with maintaining the
overall cohesion of Dojo4’s technical approach to client work. The
technical tooling needed and it’s upkeep and support is the
responsibility of the Technical Director, along with decision-making
regarding high-level, cross-project technical decisions. The Technical
Director acts as an advisor to each project lead.
CTO job description
hold and document the vision for dojo4’s tooling and stack
provide documented policies and procedures for consistency and
re-usability across projects
provide consistent guidance, support and mentorship to project leads
provide technology expertise to cultivate new client relationships
and sell projects
performs ongoing research and knowledge maintenance about emerging
technologies
provide learning opportunities and challenges for dojo4 co-op
members re: new technologies and use cases
manage / track technical subscriptions / SaaS products used & paid
for by dojo4
cultivate and maintain relationships within relevant technical
communities
innovate technical generative technology initiatives for the company
Managing Director / CEO
The Managing Director is the head of the Dojo4 organization and
responsible for supporting the members and contractors, and promoting
leadership of the project leads. All major decisions regarding
operations and business development are the duty of the Managing
Direction. The financial and social well-being of the organization, as
well as visioning for the business is the Managing Director’s function.
CEO job description
enshrine and promote dojo4 mission and protocols
hold fiduciary responsibility to make Dojo4 profitable
hold and promote dojo4’s corporate responsibility toward making
positive environmental & social impact
contract negotiation
accounts receivable: interpret hours into invoices for clients
business development:
maintain and develop social capital in the form of networks and
relationships
cultivate sales
maintain pipeline
PR:
publish
public speaking
events
cultivate and steward client relationships
cultivate and maintain relationships within business and social
networks for the benefit of the company
HR:
draft and maintain dojo4 ‘employee’ handbook
hire / fire contractors at the direction of the a co-op vote
attend to the psychological and physical well-being of dojo4
co-op members
high-level management:
make sure every project has a lead and support that lead
support dojo4 processes and roles
coordinate efforts between projects
operations:
identify and assign tasks that support dojo4 e.g. website, PR,
tooling, physical plant, etc.
taxes
oversee major expenditures
instigate and oversee special projects
maintain and steward improvements for ongoing certifications, such
as B Corp certification