[AstroNet] Vacancy in Leiden: Education & Public Outreach Officer

[Kevin Govender]

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Education & Public Outreach Officer

Faculty of Science, Leiden Observatory, vacancy 14-251

Are you an internationally oriented graduate with a degree in
astronomy or science communication and a passion for education and
public engagement? The University has the right job for you.

*Education & Public Outreach Officer (full time)*

*Vacancy number: 14-251*

Leiden Observatory, the astronomy department of Leiden University, is
involved in several important European and global educational
programmes in astronomy at the elementary and secondary school level.
These include *Universe Awareness* (www.unawe.org), *Teaching Enquiry
with Mysteries Incorporated* (www.teachingmysteries.eu) and the IAU
*astroEDU*(www.astroedu.iau.org). Funds are likely to be available to
initiate a new European *EU Space Awareness* programme early in 2015.
We seek an Education and Outreach Officer to support the
implementation of these projects.

The main duties and responsibilities will include:

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   Developing educational and outreach content for various media and
target groups;
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   Supporting the Project Manager in the development and
implementation of projects;
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   Monitoring the progress of the technical and scientific aspects of
the projects, including budgets and quality assurance;
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   Evaluating the projects performance estimators;
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   Representing the projects occasionally at national, European and
international conferences;
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   Developing collaborations and communication with partner
institutions, astronomical researchers, the space industry and
policy-makers.

Your profile


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   A Masters degree in astronomy, science communication or another
related study;
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   Experience with pre-tertiary education and/or communicating
astronomy with the public;
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   Knowledge of principles and models of public engagement with science;
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   Knowledgeable of digital technologies and open science frameworks;
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   Complete fluency in English and preferably an excellent knowledge
of additional languages;
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   Proven skills in written, visual and verbal communications;
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   Proven skills with project management;
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   Excellent computer skills (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint or similar).



What do we offer?

A fascinating job in a scientific environment of an internationally
renowned research institute. Appointment will be according to the
terms of the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO
*Nederlandse Universiteiten*), for the initial duration of one year.
The salary will be set, depending on education and work experience,
between the gross minimum of EURO 2379,- and gross maximum of EURO 3755 per
month, based on full-time employment (salary scale: 10). In addition,
Leiden University offers an annual holiday premium of 8% and an
end-of-year premium of 8.3%.

Further information and applications

Please contact Pedro Russo (UNAWE International Project Manager) for
more information about the vacancy: russo at strw.leidenuniv.nl

Additionally, you can check the websites of the Faculty of Science,
the Observatory:www.science.leidenuniv.nl and
http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl

Further information on employment at Leiden University can be
found:http://workingat.leiden.edu  <http://workingat.leiden.edu/>

Review on applications and candidates will start on *15th November
2014.* Please submit your application at
<http://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2014/strw_epo/>http://jobs.strw.leidenuniv.nl/2014/strw_epo/.
You will be asked to fill in a web form, to provide contact
information for three referees, and to upload a cover letter, a
curriculum vitae, a brief statement of research experience and
interests and a publication list for those seeking a research
allocation.

*Expected Starting date:* February-March 2015




-- 
Kevin Govender
IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
www.astro4dev.org
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