Join the Romanian United Foundation as an Online Community Manager

We’re looking for an Online Community Manager to help grow GlobalRomania into a highly active, trusted space where Romanians around the world connect and collaborate. You’ll spark conversations, onboard members, and design engagement that turns participation into real outcomes like jobs, partnerships, and projects. This is a hands-on, creative role for someone who thrives on building meaningful communities and creating momentum that compounds over time.

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Platform: GlobalRomania

About the Role

We are building something ambitious: a global, vetted community of Romanians who connect, collaborate, and create opportunities across borders.

As the Online Community Manager, you are not just managing a platform, you are shaping a living ecosystem. Your role is to turn members into contributors, conversations into collaborations, and a network into a true community.

Core Mission

Turn GlobalRomania into a highly active, trusted, and self-sustaining community.

Key Responsibilities (Focus Areas)

  • Activate the community – spark daily interactions, conversations, and connections
  • Onboard and guide members – ensure every new member finds value fast
  • Design engagement loops – create discussions, events, and formats that solve real needs
  • Improve the platform – continuously refine the experience based on member behavior
  • Leverage agentic AI – use and experiment with AI tools to scale engagement and personalization

What Success Looks Like

  • Members don’t just read, they participate
  • People start conversations without being prompted
  • Connections lead to real outcomes (jobs, partnerships, projects)
  • The platform becomes a go-to resource for the diaspora

Who This Role is For

  • You understand our vision toward 2030 and are aligned with the mission behind it.
  • You are passionate about building a real community, not just managing one.
  • You create both content and connections, and you know connection is what matters long term.
  • You think beyond short-term activity and focus on building something that grows and compounds over time.
  • You don’t wait for direction, you create momentum.
  • You see what needs to happen, and you make it happen.

Mindset

Building a community takes time, consistency, and intent. The goal is not activity, it’s meaningful interaction.

Community Management

Building a global community step-by-step

We Create a community-building app called GlobalRomania: a platform where Romanian diaspora can connect, share ideas, and collaborate.

GlobalRomania is launched and functions. We are welcoming our members on an invitation
basis. GlobalRomania community is a vetted community.

Growing a community is a great challenge and opportunity for everyone, who is passionate in this field.


Community Engagement: GlobalRomania

To keep your new members engaged and ensure they have a meaningful and rewarding experience, follow concrete steps and best practices.

Understand the community: Before you start building, it's important to understand the Romanian community in various parts of the world: culture, traditions, challenges, and aspirations. This will help you serve the community better. Research about where the Romanian diaspora is located and what common needs or interests they might have

The KEY POINT is to get people to interact at each step

  1. Set monthly targets
  2. Focus on member’s needs/pain points
  3. Brainstorm interaction events (solve the pain points)
    a. kickoff a discussion
    b. get people interacting in solving that pain point
  4. Track what works and what doesn’t

How to Engage Your Community

  1. Share content regularly (original: focus on what is unique/shared content)
  2. Kick-off weekly chats
  3. Run group chats/meetings (topic & outcome)
  4. Respond to everything (like/comment/be supportive)

We Create a community-building app and we are growing it.

Online community manager should:

  1. Welcome members
  2. Community orientation
  3. Engagement and Participation
  4. Develop community strategy
  5. Community engagement - engage the community
  6. Partnerships and collaborations
  7. Evaluation and improvement

Community Culture: Set Community Standards and Encourage Collaboration

Remember, building a community takes time, patience, and consistent effort. It's important to stay committed and keep the interests of the community at the heart of all decisions. Good luck!