Call for Applications – WCA Competition Announcement Team Leader (October 2025)

Dear WCA Community,

There will be an appointment of a new WCA Competition Announcement Team (WCAT) Leader, as Zeke Mackay’s term is ending. We would like to thank Zeke for the work he has done leading the Team.

Candidates are expected to fulfill their terms (24 months) and to spend at least 8 hours per week on average to work for the Team. The qualities expected of candidates are:

  • Strong leadership skills to provide guidance, support, and direction to WCAT members
  • High level of attention to detail to ensure accurate and compliant competition announcement
  • Strong decision making abilities
  • Very good knowledge of the relevant policies, particularly the Competition Requirements Policy
  • Excellent communication skills with an ability to convey information clearly and professionally

The application period for candidates to submit their candidacy documents is from now until November 15th, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Interested candidates can send the application privately to the Executive Assistant Team (assistants@worldcubeassociation.org), CC’ing the WCA Board (board@worldcubeassociation.org).

The candidacy documents must be in PDF format, and must include:

  1. Brief personal introduction
  2. Summary of activities done for the WCA
  3. Ambitions as the WCAT Leader

Candidates are additionally asked to send a copy of their applications which can be made public at the end of the application period.

The rights and duties of the WCAT can be found in WCA Motion 10.2024.2.

After the application period, the WCA Board will make a selection by voting and will announce the new Leader, as described in Section 5 of WCA Motion 10.2025.0.

Thanks for your candidacies and support!

Source:: worldcubeassociation