Science Communication Jobs / Vacancies etc

[CLOSED] Target Ovarian Cancer, Communications Mgr, £28-30k, closed 27 Jan 2012

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:59:26 -0800

Target Ovarian Cancer

Communications Manager

http://www.targetovariancancer.org.uk/jobs <-- an organisation to add to my list of organisations that make it easy to find their vacancies (because you can just add /jobs to the end of their main website and you'll find their vacancies page).

Target Ovarian Cancer values diversity in our organisation and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

Hours: Full time. 37.5 (5 days per week)

Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 depending on experience

Location: Angel, Islington, London

Closing Date: Friday 27th January 2012

APPLY

To apply, please email CV and letter demonstrating how you meet this job description and person specification to Alex Smith, Head of Communications, by 5.30pm on Friday 27th January 2012. We would be grateful if you could also complete the equal opportunities monitoring form which is downloadable from our website and return this tormclean@targetovarian.org.uk. We are afraid that late applications will not be accepted. Only those candidates clearly demonstrating how their skills and experience meet the criteria required for the role in their covering letter will be considered.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

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[Resource] The Information Standard's members list - plenty look likely to employ science communicators #scicomm

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:46:04 -0800

The NHS, medical research charities and patient groups are examples of organisations which produce information aimed at patients about health and medical conditions. People have to source and check factual information (statistics, statements, evidence) and people have to write text that's understandable by non-specialists. All would seem to afford opportunities for science communicators who have an interest in health communication.

I'm always on the look out for new organisations to add to my list of orgs that might employ science communicators or list of orgs that have a vacancies page and I've found that the Information Standard website has two nice big lists of potentials to look through. See what you think.

The Information Standard's website says...

What is The Information Standard?

There’s a lot of health and social care information out there, but how can you tell which information can be trusted? The Information Standard helps the public and patients quickly identify reliable sources of quality, evidence-based information through the use of an easily recognised quality mark.

Certified members

http://www.theinformationstandard.org/members/members-list

Organisations undergoing certification

http://www.theinformationstandard.org/prospect-members

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[Job] Science Museum, PA to @RogerHighfield (COO & Dir, External Affairs), £25-27k, clos 13 Feb 2012

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:50 -0800

This is a PA job so there might not be much direct science communication for the post-holder but you'll be working with Roger Highfield (formerly New Scientist's editor) at the Science Museum, so not too shabby :)

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Science Museum

PA to Chief Operating Officer & Director, External Affairs

https://vacancies.nmsi.ac.uk/VacancyDetails.aspx?FromSearch=True&MenuID=6Dqy3cKIDOg=&VacancyID=97

Posted: 03/02/2012 17:12	Deadline: 13/02/2012 23:59
Salary: £25,000 - £27,000 per annum	Hours: 35.00
Location: Science Museum - London	Benefits: BUPA Medical Cover
Level: Administration	Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

Are you an experienced and talented PA with the ability to support two busy company directors?

If so, this is a wonderful opportunity to work for one of the world's most prestigious museums, London's Science Museum. Our vision is to be the best place in the world for people to enjoy science, and we are seeking an experienced and talented Personal Assistant who wants to be part of our ongoing success.

You will provide dedicated support to the Director of External Affairs and the Chief Operating Officer, ensuring the best use of their time and resources. The Science Museum is part of a family of museums called NMSI, which includes the National Railway Museum (York), Museum of Science & Industry (Manchester) and National Media Museum (Bradford). Since both Directors have responsibilities which range across NMSI’s four museums, you must be adept in supporting their activities and stakeholders across different sites.

Your ability to manage multiple Outlook diaries, and co-ordinate busy schedules without foot-fault, must be second-to-none. There are a great many calls in the Directors’ time and attention and you must be able to exercise judgement and tact in monitoring and prioritising these. You will also have access to many diaries and need a good grasp of the Directors’ priorities and the organisational skills to schedule things appropriately.

You will also deal with influential people outside the museum and must be capable of representing the museum in a professional and positive manner and adept at building strong and confident relationships with a wide variety of key stakeholders. Due to the requirement to handle sensitive and confidential issues, you must understand the importance of discretion, and keep the highest level of confidentiality at all times.

Please take care to read the full job description before you apply.

CLOSING DATE: 23:59 on Monday 13th February 2012

IMPORTANT: KEY DATES

We are working to a tight schedule. Before you apply, please make sure that you will be available on the dates below, since we will not be able to provide alternatives.

The selection process will be as follows:

Stage 1: Short work-related written test, Monday 20th February
Stage 2: Short interview, Thursday 23rd or Friday 24th February
Stage 3: Second interview, week commencing 27th February, dates to be confirmed

Please note that we will inform you by Friday 17th February if you have been shortlisted to attend Stage 1 on Monday 20th February.

After each stage, you will be informed promptly if you have been shortlisted for the next stage.

We offer excellent benefits. These include 33 days’ annual leave (including public holidays), BUPA dental and medical cover, an interest-free annual season ticket or bicycle loan and a generous defined-contribution company pension scheme.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community in which we work. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and we guarantee interviews to suitably qualified disabled applicants. If you believe that you have the skills and ability to perform well in this role, then you are encouraged to apply. Appointments will be made solely on the basis of a fair selection process.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Purpose of the Job

To provide dedicated support to multiple named Directors (currently Director of External Affairs and Chief Operating Officer), ensuring the best use of their time and effective communications. The Directors supported by the post-holder may be changed when required by operational needs.

There are a great many calls in the Directors’ time and attention and their PA must exercise judgement and tact in monitoring and prioritising these. They also have access to many diaries and need a good grasp of the Directors’ priorities and the organisational skills to schedule things appropriately.

The job holder will also deal with influential people outside the museum and must be capable of representing the museum in a professional and positive manner and adept at building strong and confident relationships with a range of important external stakeholders, including media, sponsors and donors, trustees. They will also be handling sensitive and confidential issues and must keep the highest level of confidentiality at all times.

To work as a member of the Executive support team to provide continuity of services for the Executive Team and Executive Office.

2. Key Deliverables / Accountabilities

· Organise complex diaries, meetings, events, tours and visits to ensure a smooth running itinerary for the Directors and cost effective hotel and travel arrangements, including overseas travel.

· Manage the Directors’ correspondence and paperwork (paper and electronic). Draft and prepare outgoing communications. Maintain Directors’ contacts information and filing systems.

· Organise paperwork for major meetings ensuring the Directors are fully prepared for all meetings and events and has a full understanding of the relevant circumstances.

· To respond professionally to incoming calls dealing with as many as possible directly to free up Executive time, presenting a positive image to callers.

· Assist with the organisation of VIP meetings liaising with offices of senior leaders and external stakeholders, such as trustees, donors and DCMS to ensure the events go smoothly.

· Provide administrative and budget/finance support screening and processing invoices, purchase orders and monitoring and reporting on budgets to ensure that costs are on track.

· Format, and as directed prepare reports, spreadsheets, presentations and communications to support meetings, events, announcements, roadshows or other initiatives.

· Welcome to visitors to the Executive office, ensuring their needs are catered for.

· Edit and disseminate internal communications on behalf of Director through various channels including the NMSI intranet.

· Collaborate with colleagues to ensure cover for the Executive Office during office hours and the efficient running of the office (e.g. filing systems, stationery, room bookings, incoming mail or calls, and literature) and support other Directors as required. Organising or preparing refreshments for visitors and colleagues when required.

· Attend and minute meetings and committees as directed, to provide a record of proceedings. Follows up on actions to ensure they have been taken

· Support Directors with ad-hoc duties e.g. typing reports / letters from manual copy.

· Take care of your personal health and safety and that of others and report any health and safety concerns. Ensure proactive compliance with NMSI H&S Policies, including risk assessments and implementing safe systems of work.

3. Working Relationships and Contacts

This role is the first point of contact for all callers and visitors to the Director. A significant amount of contact will require information giving and receiving, but there will be co-ordinating, liaising, influencing and negotiation skills required depending on the request and the people involved.

Internal : all levels of colleagues across the organisation.

External : Trustees, Funders, Government Departments, Committee Members, Unions, professional bodies and the general public

4. Line Management and budget responsibility

This post does not have line or budget responsibility, but is responsible for monitoring the Directors’ budget including invoicing and purchase orders. This will include submitting purchase orders, submitting expenses and running reports from the Finance system Focal Point (with appropriate training).

5. Profile of candidate

Knowledge and associated qualifications

Excellent numeracy and written skills, good eye for detail e.g. able to track through schedules and budgets and spot problems ahead of time, as well as managing large volumes of material
Advanced user of ICT for report, spreadsheet and presentation preparation using the Microsoft Office software suite (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel and Word). Grasps new technology easily. Experience of using databases would also be an advantage.
Able to work independently but within a team framework.
Ability to undertake basic research and analysis in diverse fields.

Experience

Proven track record in working as PA or senior-level secretary to Directors
Experience dealing face-to-face with high-level stakeholders
Experience maintaining and monitoring complex diaries
Experience setting up and organising filing and office systems to permit access by multiple users and tracking of items.
Experience organising events and visits, including overseas travel and multiple stakeholders.
Experience in a similar role in a busy and demanding environment, preferably (but not necessarily) in the cultural/academic sector.

Technical/Work based Skills

Excellent communication skills, including very high standards of written and spoken English and a good telephone manner.
Adept at managing large volumes of information and at mastering the details ranging from financial to archival resources.
Excellent inter-personal skills: demonstrable experience of dealing with people at all levels, including creative colleagues, consistently maintaining a professional demeanour. Tact and discretion are important as some matters will be highly sensitive or confidential.
Excellent organisational and administrative skills, ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise correctly and respond flexibly to changing circumstances. Switches up a gear when needed and calm under pressure, does not loose track of the non-urgent.
Able to demonstrate an interest in, and appreciation of, the activities, purpose and ethos of the national function, NMSI and its family of museums

Behaviours

· Service orientated – keen to help others and is accommodating.

· Uses initiative and thinks ahead – be able to anticipate needs and identify issues early on

· Confident in working with senior level personnel

· Problem solver, focuses on outcomes

· Bases decisions on evidence

· Effective teamworker

· Excellent personal presentation

Please note:

· This job description is not exhaustive and amendments and additions may be required in line with future changes in policy, regulation or organisational requirements, it will be reviewed on a regular basis.

· This role is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Check.

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[Job] National Autistic Society, Snr PR & Media Officer, 27.4-32k, clos 27 Feb 2012 #autism

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:53:19 -0800

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From a quick glance of advert and job description I don't think this is a scicomm job in the classic sense... but autism and related conditions are laden with interesting 'science and the media' stuff (you might like @b_m_hughes' recent take on some guff that got into the Irish Examiner http://thesciencebit.net/2012/02/08/how-to-argue-illogically-tonys-ten-top-tips/)

Incidentally NAS has now been added to the list of shining beacons (organisations that make it easy to find out if they have any job vacancies) because they have the an URL that looks like this http://www.autism.org.uk/jobs - I found this by going to their homepage and adding /jobs at the end of it.

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National Autistic Society
Senior PR and Media Officer
http://www.autism.org.uk/working-with/job-vacancies/senior-pr-and-media-officer.aspx

Salary: £27,419 - £32,049
Contract: full-time, permanent
Location: Islington, London
Closing date: 27 February 2012

About the job

The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for people affected by autism providing advice, information, support and specialist services and campaigning and lobbying for lasting change for over two million people affected by autism in the UK.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Senior Press Officer capable of engaging staff and supporters alike. With responsibility for external PR for our corporate fundraising activity, you will have significant experience in press or public relations with excellent knowledge of UK press and media and a proven track record in handling reactive media enquiries and generating and selling in story ideas to a wide range of media.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please send your CV and a supporting statement to recruitment@nas.org.uk. The supporting statement should explain your experience and skills which are relevant to this position. You should refer to the job description below and ensure that you highlight any information that shows why you are suitable for the position.

Job description - Senior PR and Media Officer
Equal opportunities monitoring form
Completion of this form is optional

Closing date: Monday 27 February 2012

Interviews: Week commencing 5 March 2012

Applications are sought from all suitably qualified sections of the community but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism or Asperger syndrome.

The NAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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Blog stats for the ScicommJobs Posterous blog

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:50:00 -0800

One of the nice things about Posterous is that it tells how (in real time) how many times a particular post has been viewed - everyone can see this whenever they click on an individual post.

The numbers of 'hits' for the posts on this blog varies considerably and seems to go in cycles (possibly the more massive hit rates have something to do with Google indexing) varying from tens to hundreds up to several thousand. There are a few topping 5,500 in the list below but most are several hundred or much less.

Can't see much opportunity for any correlations to be drawn from these, either the nature of the job or the time of year it was published, or even the time of day I posted it to the blog. You might think that the longer a post has been there the more hits it might accrue - I think this explains some of it (some of the earlier posts have over 8,000 views) but not all as cleary some older ones have fewer hits than some more recent ones.

Blog stats from now until 7 September 2011 (going backwards). I wanted to pick enough to be illustrative and so just scrolled back for a few pages on the 'Manage' bit that only I can see.

The 'hits' is the number to the right of the timestamp in each case.

[Bloggers wanted] Do you want to join the Guardian's science blog network? via @alokjha h/t @annalewcock #scicomm
Feb 10 at 01:06:00 66

Science / science communication organisations that make it easy for you to find their job vacancies
Feb 09 at 11:55:26 88

[Job] Prostate Action, Research Co-ordinator, £25-30k, clos 15 Feb 2012 #scicomm ish jobs
Feb 09 at 08:55:12 65

[Job] Parliament, Campaigns & Events Officer, £28.4-35.7k, clos 28 Feb 2012
Feb 09 at 07:15:00 77

[Job] Editor in Chief, £40k as reimbursable honorarium, clos 17 Feb 2012 #scicomm jobs
Feb 09 at 06:40:10 73

[CLOSED] Crohn's and Colitis UK, Information Officer, £21.5-23.5k, closed 3 Feb 2012
Feb 09 at 05:58:59 62

[CLOSED] Crohn's and Colitis UK, Public Affairs Officer, £21.5-23.5, closed
Feb 09 at 05:57:52 61

[p/t Internship] Meningitis Research Foundation, Communications intern, £0, clos 17 Feb 2012
Feb 09 at 05:52:44 70

[Job, Amsterdam] WCRF, Manager: Health Information, possibly 3-4k euros a week / mth (?), clos ??
Feb 09 at 05:49:39 65

[Job] RSC, Features Editor #Chemistry World, £36.3-40.4k, clos 14 Feb 2012 #scicomm jobs
Feb 08 at 09:05:54 129

Dear companies / organisations everywhere - why not make it easier for people to find your jobs? A little bit ranty :)
Feb 08 at 08:57:00 178

[Job, Swansea] British Lung Fndtn, Communications Officer, £22-24k, clos 12 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 07:56:17 90

[Job] Breast Cancer Campaign, Head of Media, [12mo mat cover] £44.7k, clos 20 Feb 2012 #scicomm-ish jobs
Feb 08 at 07:38:13 94

[Job] Autistica, Head of Fundraising & Communications, £40-45k (f/t or p/t pro rata), clos 24 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 07:26:25 83

[Job, St Andrews] Assoc Intl Cancer Research, Scientific Communications Mgr, £25-35k, clos 10 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 07:08:23 86

[CLOSED] Arthritis Research UK, Health Communications Exec, £29-34k, closed
Feb 08 at 07:03:18 79

[CLOSED] Alzheimer's Society, Press Officer, £29.2k, CLOSED (today as it happens)
Feb 08 at 06:46:21 81

[Job] Age UK, Research Adviser: Knowledge Mgmt, £27-31k, clos 10 Feb
Feb 08 at 06:32:42 84

Note: sometimes the job description doesn't display correctly but should still download OK
Feb 08 at 05:56:10 93

[Job] Edinburgh Science Fest, Event Mgrs, £10p/h, clos 17 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 05:45:22 54

[Job] Edinburgh Science Fest, Front of House Supervisors, £7.14p/h, clos 17 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 05:44:46 41

[Job] Edinburgh Science Fest, Front of House team, £6.08p/h clos 17 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 05:43:23 36

[Job] Edinburgh Science Fest, Science Communicators, £6.71p/h, clos 17 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 05:39:02 55

[Job] Edinburgh Science Fest, Sci Events Developer, £22-24k, clos 17 Feb 2012 #scicomm jobs
Feb 08 at 05:37:44 41

[Job] Edinburgh Science Fest, Fundraising Mgr, £30-32k, clos 17 Feb 2012
Feb 08 at 05:36:25 35

[Job, Vienna] European Geosciences Union (EGU), Press Office Assistant at General Assembly, €8/hr plus some transport, closes 10 February 2012 #scicomm jobs
Feb 01 at 11:01:10 41

[Short course] Science Communication masterclass at UWE (30 April - 3 May 2012) #scicomm
Jan 23 at 04:13:39 882

[CLOSED] BHF Policy & Advocacy internship
Jan 15 at 11:52:14 1324

[Resource / course] UCL's Science in the mass media, taught by @alicebell #scicomm
Jan 15 at 11:47:18 1351

[Freelance blogging] with @proteintech, £?, clos? #scicomm jobs
Jan 05 at 07:51:08 1892

[Resource] Project Science Communication jobs: List of vacancies pages of organisations that employ science communicators
Dec 25 at 04:21:32 2139

[Closing soon] Linnean Society, Communications Mgr, £22-25k, clos 30 Dec 2011 #scicomm-ish jobs
Dec 25 at 03:17:21 2069

[Job] Kew Gardens, Community Outreach Mgr, £26k, clos 3 Jan 2012
Dec 25 at 02:38:52 2075

[Job] At-Bristol, Live Science team member p/t, £7ph, clos 12 Jan 2012 #scicomm jobs
Dec 25 at 02:15:12 2072

[Job] LSHTM, Communications Officer, £30.9-35.5k, clos 2 Jan 2012 #scicomm-ish jobs
Dec 25 at 02:01:12 2089

[Job] BPAS, Press & Policy Officer, £23.9-28.2k, clos 13 Jan 2012 scicomm-ish
Dec 25 at 01:51:39 2091

[Job] Royal Society of Chemistry, Parliamentary Affairs Mgr, c£53k, clos 14 Jan 2012 #scipolicy jobs
Dec 25 at 01:35:49 1306

[Closed] BBC, Deputy Editor (BBC Future site), £?, CLOSED 29 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Dec 25 at 01:12:22 871

[Job] Royal Society, ePublishing Mgr, £? competitive, clos ?? #scicomm jobs
Dec 25 at 01:04:54 874

[Job] Royal Society, Commissioning Editor, <£28k, clos 4 Jan 2012 #scicomm jobs
Dec 25 at 00:48:31 419

[Closed] Royal Academy of Engineering, Teacher Coordinator Post, £4.2k, CLOSED 7 Dec 2011 #scicomm jobs
Dec 25 at 00:33:47 157

[Job] National Autism Society, Corporate Communication Mgr, £30-34k, clos 6 Jan 2012
Dec 25 at 00:13:10 154

[Job, Amsterdam] WCRF, Manager (Health Information), assumed 3-4k euro/mth, clos ?
Dec 25 at 01:05:17 155

[Job] WCRF (World Cancer Research Fund), Head of Communications, £40-45k, clos 16 Jan 2012 #scicomm jobs
Dec 25 at 00:58:28 161

[Job] Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, PR Manager (mat cover), £?, clos 4 Jan 2011
Dec 24 at 11:50:18 154

[Case studies] Working at Multiple Sclerosis Society
Dec 24 at 11:27:56 157

[Job] JDRF, Public Affairs & Press Co-ordinator, £20.5k, clos 12 Jan 2012 #scicomm jobs
Dec 24 at 11:04:10 166

[Job] Arthritis Research UK, Policy Manager, £38k+, clos 5 Jan 2012 #scipolicy jobs
Dec 24 at 05:21:30 135

Manchester Science Festival, Project Manager (Freelance), £15K, clos 3 Jan 2012 #scicomm jobs
Dec 20 at 04:09:35 235

[Resource] SheTalks! Speakers' registry for women speakers via @Hayleystevens
Dec 06 at 07:47:05 597

[CLOSED] JDRF, Research Communication Officer, £26.4k, CLOSED #scicomm jobs
Dec 05 at 07:04:11 597

[Job] Full Fact / Straight Statistics, Statistician / Editor, £?, clos 6 Jan 2012 #scicomm jobs via @bengoldacre
Dec 04 at 04:18:37 642

For UCL people - Opportunities for early-career researchers and prizes for public engagement at all levels via @HilJacksonWorks
Nov 23 at 01:53:09 5540

[Job, Oxford p/t] OCDEM / #diabetes trials, Communications Mgr, £25.8-33.7 pro rata #scicomm jobs via @jme_c
Nov 23 at 00:56:38 5574

[Resource] "Women like us" aka @WomenLikeUsHQ - part time jobs for women in London
Nov 23 at 01:15:08 5603

[Job, p/t] Daphne Jackson Trust, Fellowship Advisor, £25k pro rata, clos 2 Dec 2011
Nov 23 at 00:38:24 5552

[Job, p/t] MRC Clinical Sciences, Communicator / Designer, £?, clos 6 Dec 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 23 at 00:12:05 5561

[Job] BMJ, Assistant Multimedia Producer, £competitive+bens, clos 2 Dec 2011 via @thomhoffman
Nov 22 at 11:09:19 5557

[Job] British Science Association, Regional Programmes Officer (Mktg), £21.2-23k, clos 7 Dec 2011
Nov 22 at 10:39:50 5490

[Job, Scotland] British Lung Foundation, Communications Officer Scot & NI, £22-24k, clos 2 Dec 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 20 at 07:35:26 5250

[Job] Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Snr Health Campaigns Officer, £27-32k, clos 27 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 20 at 02:38:12 5148

[CLOSED] Breast Cancer Campaign, Media Relations Mgr, £30.3k, closed 16 Nov 2011
Nov 20 at 02:23:04 5096

[Job] Breast Cancer Campaign, Research Grants Mgr, £34.3k, clos 9 Dec 2011
Nov 20 at 02:17:27 256

[Job, Scotland] Lab in a Lorry, Operations Co-ordinator, c£24k, clos 28 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 20 at 11:15:14 256

[Closing tomorrow] Royal Society, SCORE Assistant Mgr, <£30k, clos 21 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 20 at 10:37:54 238

[Job] Research Fortnight & Res Europe, Comment/analysis editor, £? Clos 30 Nov 2011 #scicomm #scipolicy jobs
Nov 20 at 10:28:51 264

[Job p/t] National Space Centre, Regional Project Mgr, £28k pro rata, clos 2 Dec 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 20 at 01:18:47 237

There are some jobs at the Society of Biology - free registration required to see them
Nov 20 at 00:12:00 260

[Job] QMUL, e-Science Impact Reporter, £30.3-35.6k, clos 7 Dec 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 19 at 10:53:22 266

[Job] Uni Hosp Southampton, Communications mgr, research & development, £30.4-40.1k, clos 27 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 19 at 10:07:47 157

[Job, Canada] IDRC-Nature, Science journalism fellowship, CAD$54,000, clos 2 December 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 19 at 09:53:18 150

[Job] Royal Geographical Society, Communications & Media Officer, £23.7-24.8k, clos 24 November 2011
Nov 19 at 08:56:08 144

[CLOSED] Glasgow Science Centre, Exhibition Development Officer, £22.5-25k, CLOSED 14 Nov 2011
Nov 19 at 08:36:55 95

[Closing soon] British Science Assoc, National Sci & Engineering Comp Proj Mgr, £27-33k, clos 21 Nov 2011 at 9am!
Nov 19 at 07:15:55 110

[Job] Glasgow Science Centre, Evaluation Co-ordinator, £22-25k, clos 2 Dec 2011
Nov 19 at 07:00:46 99

[Studentships] Wellcome Trust / Imperial, Science Media studentship, clos 24 Feb 2012 #scicomm training education
Nov 19 at 05:58:00 118

[Closing soon] IOP, Business & Innovation Policy Officer, c£26k, clos 21 Nov 2011 #scipolicy jobs via @AlexConnor
Nov 19 at 05:40:43 88

[Job, Cardiff] science made simple, STEM Communicator, £15.5K - £17K, clos 5 Dec 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 14 at 08:56:31 274

[Job, Cheshire] Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Education Manager, £23k - £26k, clos 28 November 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 08 at 04:28:00 444

[CLOSED] @AutisticaUK, Research Director, £50k+, CLOSED 3 Oct 2011
Nov 05 at 11:02:04 504

[Job] Action Medical Research, Interim Communications Mgr, £30-35k, clos 7 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Nov 05 at 00:14:29 527

[CLOSED] British Science Association, Web Editor, £18.6-21k, closed 31 Oct 2011
Nov 05 at 11:27:45 521

[Job] Academy of Medical Sciences, Programme Officer, £20-24k, clos 30 Nov
Nov 05 at 11:10:05 530

[Job] Prostate Cancer Charity, Snr Media & Public Affairs Officer, £36.1k, clos 18 Nov #scicomm jobs
Nov 01 at 00:28:20 668

[Job, California] Symmetry Magazine, Editor, $?, clos? #scicomm jobs via @twhyntie
Oct 31 at 11:45:23 679

[Job] Via Charity Job, Science Policy & Communications Officer, £35k, clos TOMORROW [1 Nov 2011]
Oct 31 at 11:12:42 706

[Job] Imperial College, Outreach Officer (Dept Physics), £40-49k, clos 14 Nov 2011 #scicomm jobs
Oct 31 at 10:44:59 844

[Job] UCL, Evaluation Officer, £31.9-38.5k, clos 14 Nov 2011 #publicengagement #pe
Oct 31 at 10:35:13 559

[Job] British Heart Foundation, Policy & Advocacy Administrator, c£22k, clos 29 September 2011
Sep 25 at 11:36:03 1832

[Job] Asthma UK, Policy Officer, £26.9-28.4k, clos 17 October 2011
Sep 25 at 11:27:46 1714

[Job] Arthritis Research Uk, Media Team Mgr, £35-45k, clos 2 October 2011
Sep 25 at 11:21:40 1688

[Job] Alzheimer's Research UK, Director of Research, <£80k, clos 3 Oct 2011
Sep 25 at 11:05:29 1691

[Job] Age UK, Head of Public Policy, c£55k, clos 13 October 2011
Sep 25 at 10:54:34 1693

[Job] Breast Cancer Care, Research Grants Officer, £24.9k, clos 24 Oct 2011
Sep 25 at 10:47:11 1567

[Job] Breast Cancer Campaign, Research Information Officer, £30.3k, clos 24 Oct 2011, #scicomm jobs
Sep 25 at 10:43:08 1621

[Job, Munich] European Geosciences Union, Science Communications Fellow, £German public service, clos 30 Oct 2011 #scicomm jobs
Sep 21 at 03:06:00 1501

[Job] Diabetes UK, Head of Content, £50-55k, clos 22 Sep 2011
Sep 19 at 06:02:15 1790

[Job] Diabetes UK, Head of Media, £50-55k, clos 22 Sep 2011
Sep 19 at 05:58:02 1776

[Job] Diabetes UK, Head of Research, c£41k, clos 28 Sep 2011 #scicomm jobs
Sep 19 at 05:51:11 545

[Job, London] The Royal Institution, Schools Account Coordinator, circa 25k pro rata, close 5pm 26 September 2011 #scicomm jobs
Sep 07 at 03:28:00 791

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[Bloggers wanted] Do you want to join the Guardian's science blog network? via @alokjha h/t @annalewcock #scicomm

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:06:00 -0800

Do you want to join the Guardian's science blog network?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/jan/27/guardian-science-blog-network?CMP=twt_gu
"We're expanding our network to cover more scientific fields and are seeking some of the UK's best science bloggers."

Note to non-UK / Ireland readers "We're only looking for bloggers based in the UK and Ireland for now" but take cheer from "Finally, if you're a blogger based outside the UK, then hold your fire for now. We have imminent plans for you, too."

"Our plan, to start with, is to find some of the best UK-based science bloggers and add them to the network. If you already run a blog or website and think it would fit well into our existing network, let us know by filling in the form below. We par ticularly want to encourage applications from women bloggers and people who write about subjects that are not already covered in our current mix. We're particularly interested in space, cosmology, palaeontology, Earth science, mathematics, chemistry and genomics, for example.

You might be a practising scientist, a journalist or just a fan of science. We want to hear from you. You may be an experienced blogger or someone who's just started. Either way we'd love to hear from you."

More science bloggers wanted, details in the link above. Woe is me for not being a science blogger but I'm keeping my beadies open in case they want either a patient information or Twitter hashtags blogger ;)

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Science / science communication organisations that make it easy for you to find their job vacancies

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:26 -0800

After yesterday's post on organisations that do or don't use a domain.com/jobs URL to redirect to their vacancies page (so that everyone could know where an organisation's job vacancies page can be found just by typing /jobs at the end of their homepage address) I thought I'd have a look and see how many organisations do this.

I know that a fair few do because noticing them made me wonder why they don't all do that. Taking around 100 vacancies pages (from the list I keep here) I found that about half of them do use /jobs (some use /careers or /vacancies).

But also half of them don't ;)

You can see the split here

http://brodiesnotes.blogspot.com/2012/02/organisations-that-make-it-easy-for-you.html

I would also like these pages to have RSS feeds and for individual jobs advertised to state if the organisation would be willing to employ two part-time people of if they insist on a single full-time person. But every organisation having a generic style for jobs pages would be a good start.

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[Job] Prostate Action, Research Co-ordinator, £25-30k, clos 15 Feb 2012 #scicomm ish jobs

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:55:12 -0800

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Generally these sorts of jobs are not your classic #scicomm job and are largely admin (although still great because you're involved in the process of funding science and it's cool job for sciencey types) but I spotted this "Act as main scientific spokesperson for the charity with regard to research stories, and carry out site visits to funded researchers."

You're also reporting directly to the Chief Exec. I declare this to be probably a fairly awesome post :)

Prostate Action
Research Co-ordinator
http://www.prostateaction.org.uk/node/719

Salary range: £25,000pa

Overview

Manage the annual grant round and act as point of contact for all Prostate Action funded researchers.

Main responsibilities

Plan and manage the annual grant round, including placing adverts, ensuring forms and the website are up to date and co-ordinating the scientific committee and peer review process
Act as main point of contact for all Prostate Action grant holders, ensuring reports are received in a timely manner and payments are made accordingly
Manage the training grants budget, including deciding with the CEO which small grants receive funding
Work with the CEO on research conferences, including the Young Prostate Researchers group
Act as main scientific spokesperson for the charity with regard to research stories, and carry out site visits to funded researchers.
Assist the fundraising departments with understanding the funded research projects so that funds can be raised directly for projects
Develop relationships with the research community, including other charities and also directly with researchers
Ensure Prostate Action adheres to AMRC guidance on the funding of research
Any other duties.

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please download the application pack and return your covering letter and CV application to emalcolm@prostateaction.org.uk, subject line ‘Research Co-ordinator application’ by Wednesday 15 February 2012.

Only successful candidates will be contacted for interview.

Interviews to be held w/c 27 February 2012.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Emma Malcolm on 020 8394 7961

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[Job] Parliament, Campaigns & Events Officer, £28.4-35.7k, clos 28 Feb 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:15:00 -0800

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The TEDx thing sounds fun, but not so much fun that I'd ever get over my dislike of websites with "apply online" buttons on them enough to apply myself. Oh no ;)

Doesn't seem very sciencey but mentions public engagement, and does look pretty cool.

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Parliament
Campaigns and Events Officer
http://www.houseofcommons-careers.org.uk/hoc/jobs.asp

Salary: £28,434 - £35,723 per annum
Salary Band: B2
Contract Type: 2 year fixed term

The Public Information Projects team (PIP) in the House of Commons seeks to appoint a Campaigns and Events Officer. The post holder will join an innovative and dynamic team to help co-ordinate and deliver a wide range of projects including Arts in Parliament (our contribution to the Cultural Olympiad), the annual Parliament Week initiative and a new TEDx event.

The successful candidate will design and deliver strategies that will ensure that stakeholders, partners and participants are informed about and involved with projects. You will work closely with internal teams and external agencies where needed; ensuring that media, internal communications, marketing and web communications are effective.

The ideal candidate will have recent experience of working on public engagement projects and/or campaigns, be well organised, and a clear understanding of appropriate tools and methodology. You will have experience of drafting and the implementation of communication strategies which target specific audiences with the ability to write for different non-expert audiences using a variety of media, including the web.

The ideal candidate will have a knowledge and understanding of project management, with excellent stakeholder management, team working and negotiation skills. They will also have experience of initiating projects and a demonstrable capacity for translating ideas from a variety of sources into coherent and achievable outcomes.

Excellent Benefits include:

annual leave starting at 28 days pro rata
interest-free season ticket loan
child care voucher scheme
discounted membership of the in-house gym

To apply and to access an information pack, please click on the ''Apply'' button below or to request an application pack in the post, please write to:

Campaign Management
Hays Public Services
Ebury Gate
23 Lower Belgrave Street
London SW1W ONT

Or email: Houseofcommons@hays.com

If you have any technical queries or question please call: 020 7259 8744

Please kindly note CVs are not accepted, to apply you must complete an application form.

Closing date: 28 February 2012
Reference number: 312010

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[Job] Editor in Chief, £40k as reimbursable honorarium, clos 17 Feb 2012 #scicomm jobs

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:40:10 -0800

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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists...

BJOG
Editor in Chief
http://www.rcog.org.uk/work-us/editor-chief-bjog

BJOG is inviting applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief as Professor Steer comes to the end of his 7 year term in October 2012.

The Editor-in-Chief's role is to lead on the strategic direction of the journal. They must also supervise and coach an excellent team of scientific editors with the support of three deputy editors-in-chief and take final responsibility for all published articles. The role requires a high level of expertise to oversee new developments and to provide intellectual input and experience. The role also requires someone who understands the business side to the extent that they can appreciate the publishing business model and how it is developing. Editorial and strategic experience is essential.

The Editor-in-Chief would need to share the values of BJOG: journal quality (selection, validation and improvement), influence and reputation.

Closing date for applications: 17th February 2012
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for interview in March 2012
Start Date as BJOG Scientific Editor: May 2012
Start Date as Editor-in-Chief: November 2012

Job description and Person specification can be downloaded here.

Applications should be sent directly to Elizabeth Hay, Managing Editor at the below address. This will include a CV, cover letter and supporting statement.

Elizabeth Hay, Managing Editor
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
27 Sussex Place
Regent's Park
London
NW1 4RG

Email: ehay@rcog.org.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7772 6440

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[CLOSED] Crohn's and Colitis UK, Information Officer, £21.5-23.5k, closed 3 Feb 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:58:59 -0800

Crohn's and Colitis UK

Information Officer

http://www.nacc.org.uk/content/home/jobs.asp

Closing date: Friday 3 February 2012

Interview: Friday 17 February 2012

We are seeking an experienced and confident person to answer and respond to queries on health and related issues from anyone affected by Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease.

Starting salary in the range of £21,500-£23,500

Enquires: Jan Lindeman 01727 734 479

CLOSING DATE: Friday 3 February 2012

Please email your completed application form to jan.lindeman@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, or send it by post to:

Jan Lindeman, Crohn's and Colitis UK (NACC), 4 Beaumont House, Sutton Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 5HH

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[CLOSED] Crohn's and Colitis UK, Public Affairs Officer, £21.5-23.5, closed

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:57:52 -0800

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Crohn's and Colitis UK
Policy and Public Affairs Officer
http://www.nacc.org.uk/content/home/jobs.asp

Closing date: Friday 27 January 2012

Interview: Tuesday 14 February 2012

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable person to support the Charity’s campaigning through an exciting period of growth and development.

Starting salary in the range of £21,500-£23,500

Enquires: Jan Lindeman 01727 734 479

CLOSING DATE: Friday 27 January 2012

Please email your completed application form to jan.lindeman@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, or send it by post to:

Jan Lindeman, Crohn's and Colitis UK (NACC), 4 Beaumont House, Sutton Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 5HH

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[p/t Internship] Meningitis Research Foundation, Communications intern, £0, clos 17 Feb 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:52:44 -0800

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Normally I don't post unpaid internships until after their closing date however this one is for three days which doesn't seem too awful as people may have the opportunity to take paid work for the other days.

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Meningitis Research Foundation

P/T Communications Intern

http://www.meningitis.org/jobs

Salary: unpaid Travel expenses reimbursed

The successful Communications candidate will be outgoing and IT literate. You will be involved in all aspects of internal and external comms, and keen to learn copy writing and other PR skills, analyse media coverage and perform general administration tasks. 3 days per week.

Closing date: 17 February

Interviews: 27 February

For more information contact Paul George on 01454 281811or info@meningitis.org

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[Job, Amsterdam] WCRF, Manager: Health Information, possibly 3-4k euros a week / mth (?), clos ??

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:49:39 -0800

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I've not spent hours looking for it but the basic glances I gave to the website and attached file have not furnished me with an obvious closing date so this may already have passed.

Hope your keener eyesight picks it up...

Can't make much sense of the salary, presume the 3.000 means 3,000. Also presume it's that a week, or maybe a month? Honestly haven't a clue ;)

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WCRF
Manager, Health Information
http://www.wcrf.org/about_us/jobs/current_vacancies.php

Amsterdam, One Year Fixed-term contract, with prospect of permanent employment
Full-time – 5 days a week (37.5 hours)
€3.000 – €4.000 (@ Full-time)

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Manager, Health
Information to be based in our offices in Amsterdam.

This challenging role will be reporting directly into the Operations Manager with the key purpose for leading, developing and implementing the education programmes and communication activities for World Cancer Research Fund Netherlands.

As Manager, Health Information you will bring your influence to bear on achieving our
mission to make as many people as possible aware that we can reduce cancer through healthy eating and living.

To be successful, you will have significant experience managing in health promotion,
health public relations or similar function in a health related organisation including
developing health information programmes with the ability in changing opinions or
behaviours in the general public.

You will need to be an experienced networker, able to develop effective relationships
required to ensure outcomes are maximized for World Cancer Research Fund.
Communications skills are, therefore, key to your success and you will be confident in all presentation mediums, particularly writing press releases, corporate publications, web content and engage with journalists and the media effectively.

Apply
Applications are by CV and covering letter in English. In your cover letter, you should
provide one or two specific examples of past achievements that demonstrate how you meet each listed criterion on the Person Specification.

A fully completed CV and Cover letter should be sent to hr@wcrf.org or HR, WCRF
International 22 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3HH.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your
application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide
feedback to shortlisted candidates.

For full details please Download full job pack (in English) [attached]

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[Job] RSC, Features Editor #Chemistry World, £36.3-40.4k, clos 14 Feb 2012 #scicomm jobs

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:05:54 -0800

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Royal Society of Chemistry
Features Editor - Chemistry World
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/rscwork/features-editor-chemistry-world.asp

We're looking for a Features Editor to join the team at Chemistry World. You'll be committed to commissioning and editing topical and accurate features that inform, engage and entertain our demanding readers who expect their intellectual buzz to come from the content, and not from having to unravel the language. You'll also need a passion for science, a nose for a good story and a flair for turning a phrase.

Day to day activities

Overall responsibility for researching, commissioning, editing and writing features on a wide range of chemical science related topics to a high level of quality and accuracy.
Build and use contacts - with members, the chemical industry, government departments, trade associations and the academic world - to source feature ideas for the magazine and website.
Attend conferences, press conferences, visit companies and institutions, conduct interviews.
Work with our Design team to create the cover of the magazine as well as generating ideas for images to be used with articles.
Work with our Commercial Sales team in the production of the editorial calendar and to ensure a proportion of the features are attractive to potential advertisers.
Proof-reading.
Participate in decision-making regarding the general direction, focus, scope and format of the magazine and website.
Keep abreast of current developments and trends in chemistry, the chemical industry, science policy and matters relating to chemists, using this knowledge to contribute ideas for daily news articles, comment pieces as well as for feature purposes.
Take responsibility for administration of Chemistry World podcasts as assigned.
Take responsibility for additional pages in the magazine as assigned.

Desirable skills and qualifications

Science graduate with experience of writing and editing features, for print, broadcast or online.
Broad knowledge of developments in the chemical and life sciences, and a working knowledge of magazine and online publishing.
Experience of working with freelance writers would be advantageous.
Self-starter, highly motivated and able to work well under pressure, to deadline and without constant supervision.

Based in Cambridge, UK. Salary £36,361 - £40,401. Closing date 14 February 2012. Vacancy reference no. 12-15

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Dear companies / organisations everywhere - why not make it easier for people to find your jobs? A little bit ranty :)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:57:00 -0800

Executive Summary

A. Add a job vacancies page to your site and point yoursite.com/ jobs to it
- if everyone does this then all job seekers will know where they can find an organisation's job information. See (1) below for more information.

If you don't offer new jobs frequently enough to warrant a dedicated page please see (2) below.

Don't force job seekers to log in to see your jobs. Ideally have a page listing all your jobs so visitors don't have to search by location or by keyword. See (4) for more information.

B. Let visitors subscribe to your jobs page updates with an RSS feed
This also lets you push your information out automatically to Twitter and other places, as well as to people's own RSS readers (eg Google reader). See (3) below for more info. Google likes pages that get refreshed.

C. For each new job ad consider if it could be done by two part-time people
If yes, or no, say so. This saves people having to ask you if you'd consider a part-time employee and saves you from having to answer. See (5) below for more.

Thanks!

Jo's job-related wishes for 2012 - the short version
1. All organisations point "ourwebsite.com/jobs" to wherever their job vacancies page is
2. All organisations have an RSS feed for their jobs page

UPDATE: I'm keeping a list of organisations that are doing the first part of this (/jobs) here http://brodiesnotes.blogspot.com/2012/02/organisations-that-make-it-easy-for-you.html

The long version...
Most of the posts on this blog are aimed at people looking for a job but I am now appealing to anyone who has control of the jobs section of an organisation's website. Hopefully anyone else reading this will send it to organisations and say "ooh isn't this a good idea."

1. OK where have you hidden your job vacancies this time?
Each website has its own site layout and one organisation might prefer to put its job vacancies under 'About Us' (I think that's a great place!) and others might prefer to put it somewhere else (I'd really rather you didn't but it's your site).

Jobs are not just known as jobs though. Your organisation might refer to all matter relating to 'jobs' by other terms such as employment, recruitment, work with us, work for us, vacancies, job vacancies, opportunities etc. If your search algorithm doesn't know to point these terms to wherever your vacancies are this makes it a bit harder to find them.

(The term 'employment' (particularly on a medical charity site) might be aimed at people with a health condition who might experience discrimination in the job market.)

I keep a list of vacancies pages for organisations that look like they'll employ science communicators of one form or another. Whenever I trawl through it to post jobs to this blog invariably a few of the pages will be 'not found'.

It's entirely up to you if you want to keep moving your jobs pages around when you've had a website facelift but why not set up a redirect so that anyone typing /jobs after your main website (domain) name will easily find jobs.

Lots of people are currently looking for jobs, let's see if we can make it a bit easier for them to find them by persuading all organisations to add a redirect to www.ourwebsite.com/jobs or www.ourwebsite.org.uk/jobs
- even if your jobs page is somewhere else on your site I'm pretty sure you can create a bespoke URL to point to it (someone tell me if I'm wrong).

Perhaps all the organisations that do this can add a badge to their site saying "we've made it easier for people to find jobs" :D

Can we make this a meme-type 'thing' on the internet? How do we do that then? Should I print banners and rustle up a hashtag? I'm only half-joking.

2. We don't have a vacancies page on our site - we're a small organisation with low staff turnover
Fine, up to you, but why not bung a vacancies page on there anyway and only update it when you do have a job? That way people can bookmark it.

If you feel a static page is going to wreck your standing in Google (I've no idea if it really does but fair enough it might) why not cheat and say "we've got no jobs at present but here's this interesting News feed RSS thingy we've got which updates content on this page at a delightful rate", or if you have a Twitter account ping a widget on and feed in your tweets (or your favourited tweets).

You could even ask staff to answer some questions about "why it's great to work here" and show off your talent. Or have information there about the organisational hierarchy and include some information about some of the roles you have (even if they're not available).

I don't think there's anything wrong with a page that just says "Sorry there are no vacancies at present" but you could decorate the page with other interesting information / content if you like.

And of course, wherever you position your page on your site remember to redirect /jobs to it point at it :)

3. Ha! We have a job vacancies page so there
Hooray. Lots of larger organisations do have these anyway because they naturally have a higher turnover of staff (or just more jobs) and so there are jobs appearing more regularly but unless my reasoning in point 2 is wrong I still think having such a page should be the 'industry standard'.

But returning to the title of this post - why not make it easier for people to find your jobs - by creating an RSS feed.

An RSS feed saves someone clicking on your jobs page to see if it's been updated with a new job. When you update your site the RSS that you've put in place sends a message to anyone who's subscribed to tell them. It really is a marvellous invention.

Of course you can set up the RSS to point to your Twitter account, there are a variety of ways to do this. Everything I email to this blog is published as a post and pinged out to the @ScicommJobs twitter feed automatically by the Posterous software but there are things like Twitterfeed and If This Then That (ifttt.com) which can do the same.

Tony Hirst (@psychemedia) helped me find some of the RSS feeds already available on organisations' vacancies pages - look out for the orange RSS icons on the list of vacancies pages.

4. You do have a jobs page but people have to log in to read it
If you have a jobs board where you advertise other organisations' jobs and make this available as a membership perk, fine. If you're also hiding your own jobs... all I can say is that I have my disappointed face on.

5. You've advertised a full-time post but would you accept two part-time people?
If 'yes' then do please say so explicitly. Some organisations are great at this and have a little addendum saying "we would also consider two people applying part-time" or something to that effect. Some organisations don't want to split their jobs into two, some are enthusiastic but those who are "OK" with it might need a bit of encouragement to make this more known. There are lots of good reasons why great people might prefer to work part-time. If your organisation has a checklist to go through when people bid for a new job, or when advertising a job after someone leaves, does it have anything about encouraging part-time workers? Diversity doesn't just have to mean gender or ethnicity and people who do other things when they're not working with you might bring something new ideas - invite them, don't wait for them to ask if they can apply as a part-time person :)

Thanks for reading, and please share.

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As if to prove that I really am a stuck record on this, here's a suspiciously similar post I blogged in December. You will even see a reference in this post to an earlier bleat on the same topic ;)

Thoughts on job vacancies pages part two
Saturday, 24 December 2011

I have a new plan. I am going to try and persuade all organisations to add a page - /jobs - to their website and for it to be the official page on which their jobs are posted. For some organisations new jobs will appear infrequently (some orgs are small and have a low turnover of staff) in which case it might say for several months in the year "there are no vacancies at present".

Not all organisations have a page like this, which would look something like http://website.org.uk/jobs or http://www.website.co.uk/jobs, presumably because they think it's pointless having a non-regularly updated page that doesn't have much on it.

I disagree.

1. If all organisations have such a page in existence (and we all agree to accept that some will be updated at slower rates than others) then it makes it an order of magnitude easier to find where that org keeps its jobs. Imagine if this was an industry standard. I've written about this before, sort of, in part one.

Also it would be very helpful if you could set your website search engine to point job, jobs, vacancy, vacancies, "work with us", "work for us", opportunities, recruitment, employment and any other synonyms you can think of to point to this /jobs page.

2. This adds an extra page to your website. By all means link it back to other pages in your site and do something clever with it for search engine optimisation.

3. You can add content about people you have working for you and what they do, thereby demonstrating that your organisation is a great place to work in.

4. Call me crazy but why not have some information about your jobs such as a few job descriptions, typical salaries and organisational structure, as well as copies of your application form and guidance on filling these in. I appreciate that job descriptions are very variable (as is organisational structure) but surely we can all agree that we won't hold it against you if you put this information there. Feel free to put a disclaimer.

5. If it's an organisation that is likely to employ science communicators then I'll list it on my great big list (two and a half years old and getting bigger) of 'places where science communicators might work'.

So, please add a page to your site and make it easier for people to bookmark / link to / look at when they want to come and work for you.

Thank you :)

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[Job, Swansea] British Lung Fndtn, Communications Officer, £22-24k, clos 12 Feb 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:56:17 -0800

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British Lung Foundation
Communications Officer - Wales
http://www.lunguk.org/about-us/workingfortheblf/Communications+Officer+-+Wales

Location: Swansea

Salary: £22,000 - £24,000

The British Lung Foundation is the only UK charity working for people with lung problems through research, education, support and care. Over the last 25 years we have developed programmes to support improvements in all areas of respiratory medicine, from funding world-class, independent research to pioneering end-of-life care programmes for people with lung disease.

We have a vacancy in our BLF Wales office, in Swansea, for a Communications Officer to raise the profile of the British Lung Foundation (BLF) and lung disease and deliver high impact campaigns that improve the lives of people with lung conditions.

Working closely with the Head and team of BLF Wales you will be responsible for delivering a communications strategy which identifies issues that affect people with lung disease and raises awareness amongst its many stakeholder audiences.

The ideal candidate will have broad communications experience, including press, web and social media. You will be assertive, creative and a good self- motivator.

You will possess strong writing, communication and organizational skills and an ability to plan and develop successful PR campaigns.

Closing date: 12pm Monday 13 February
Interviews are likely to take place in Cardiff on Wednesday 22 February
View the job description
Download an application pack from the related links section

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[Job] Breast Cancer Campaign, Head of Media, [12mo mat cover] £44.7k, clos 20 Feb 2012 #scicomm-ish jobs

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:38:13 -0800

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Breast Cancer Campaign
Head of Media - 12 month maternity cover
http://www.breastcancercampaign.org/page.aspx?pid=514

Salary: £44,787 plus benefits

We're looking for a creative and ambitious Head of Media to raise the profile of Breast Cancer Campaign.

Reporting to the Director of Communications and working with teams from across the organisation, you will lead a team to generate influential coverage of the charity among key target audiences. You will be equally at home working across the health, political, science and consumer media; bring a strong network of media relationships; and a strong track record of developing big PR ideas that translate into powerful word of mouth which inspires and influences.

Experience of managing a brand and design and print production processes, is highly desirable, as is excellent leadership skills. You’ll be an excellent negotiator and influencer, already working in the third sector, or in an agency or in-house.

Job description
Equal opportunities form

To apply, please email your CV, covering letter and completed equal opportunities form to Chris Beecham at cbeecham@breastcancercampaign.org

Closing date for applications is 20 February 2012. Interviews will be held w/c 27 February 2012.

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[Job] Autistica, Head of Fundraising & Communications, £40-45k (f/t or p/t pro rata), clos 24 Feb 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:26:25 -0800

I've included this because of the Comms component but the Fundraising makes it a smidge less scicomm than other jobs. Still, I keep seeing loads of nonsense claims about autism being made (and debunked) - one today is from @b_m_hughes blog which is worth a read http://thesciencebit.net/2012/02/08/how-to-argue-illogically-tonys-ten-top-tips/

Other jobs I've posted at this charity include
http://scicommjobs.posterous.com/closed-autisticauk-research-director-50k-clos

Autistica
Head of Fundraising and Communications
http://www.autistica.org.uk/about_autistica/recruitment.php

Full time or 4 days a week negotiable
Salary: circa £40,000 - £45,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Pro rata for part time.

Autistica is looking for an exceptional individual to join this small but growing charity at a pivotal point in our development. We are the UK’s leading charity working to improve the lives of people with autism spectrum disorders through funding high quality peer reviewed medical research.

This new role is designed to:

Bring leadership to our fundraising and deliver a major appeal that will enable the charity to achieve its vision of finding the causes of autism; and
Increase the charity’s visibility amongst its supporters, the research community and the hundreds of thousands of families affected by autism.

As part of a new and dynamic Executive Management Team, working closely with the Chief Executive, the Head of Fundraising and Communications will play a key role in delivering an ambitious agenda of development and actively provide support to 2 full time fundraisers.

This is an exciting time to join the charity against a backdrop of heightened public awareness of the condition and the increasing pace of discovery in the field of autism research. The post holder will have the scope to develop the role and will need excellent communication, networking and management skills.

View Job Description

View Job Specification

View our Organisational structure chart

View our Annual Review and 2011 highlights

View our Annual Report

Part-time working on a 4 day a week basis will be considered. Autistica is currently relocating to a central London location and it is anticipated the post holder will work from the new offices.

Applications should be made by sending your CV with a detailed covering letter outlining your interest in the position and your suitability for the post, to elinor.pritchard@autistica.org.uk. Interviews are expected to take place the week beginning 5 March.

Closing Date: 24 February 2012

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[Job, St Andrews] Assoc Intl Cancer Research, Scientific Communications Mgr, £25-35k, clos 10 Feb 2012

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:08:23 -0800

They're looking for someone with a PhD in a cancer-related field...

Association for International Cancer Research

Scientific Communication Manager
http://www.aicr.org.uk/vacancies.stm

Maternity Leave cover

Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience

Base: This post may be based either at our office in St Andrews or home-based with an expectation that the post holder will be flexible in attending meetings when required.

The Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) is an independent charity based in the historic town of St Andrews. For over 30 years we have been supporting high-quality fundamental and translational research with the aim of improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. AICR is now the leading charity funding cancer research anywhere in the world. For further information about AICR see www.aicr.org.uk.

We award grants for research projects of up to three years and are able to support innovative projects into less well-funded areas of cancer research. We are currently supporting 204 projects in 22 different countries at a cost of nearly £38.5 million.

This 12 month, fixed term post is to cover the maternity leave of the Scientific Communication Manager. The job will give you the opportunity to communicate to scientists and non-scientists on a wide range of materials and with different media. Experience of speaking to and writing for a wide range of people from scientists to fundraisers and members of the public is essential for this post.

You will need a minimum of a PhD in a cancer research field, preferably molecular biology or biochemistry, and at least 2 years relevant experience. You should also have excellent communication skills with a proven ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a wide range of audiences. In addition you must have good attention to detail, and the ability to work on your own initiative as well as being a team player. The ability to proof read and to retrieve information from a variety of sources will also be an advantage.

Download the Job Description here.

Download the Person Specification here.

For informal enquiries please contact Dr Lara Bennett, Scientific Communication Manager, on lara.bennett@aicr.org.uk or telephone (01334) 477910

If you wish to apply please send your CV with a covering letter outlining your particular skills and expertise that you will bring to this role to: AICR (fao Caroline Rochford), Madras House, South Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9EH.

Closing date for receipt of applications is: Friday 10th February 2012

Interviews will be held on Thursday 1st March in Edinburgh.

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