On-Call Scientific Outreach Support Specialist

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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $38 / hour

⏱ Part Time

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AAAS

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1848

🤝 Non-profit

🔬 Science

📚 Education

Non-profit • Science • Education

AAAS is the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a nonprofit organization that promotes the development and application of science and engineering worldwide. It operates publications (including the journal Science), convenes meetings and awards, provides science policy analysis and advocacy, supports careers and education in STEM, and runs programs in public engagement, diplomacy, and ethics. AAAS serves researchers, educators, policymakers, and the public to advance scientific communication and evidence-based decision making.

📋 Description

• Identify scientific experts from SciLine’s internal database or other sources, and vet their scientific expertise and communication skills for possible referral to journalists; • Reach out to scientific experts to recruit them to participate in interviews with same-day deadlines; • Add to SciLine’s database of experts.

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a scientific discipline; • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency in Spanish a plus • Excellent research skills and commitment to scientific rigor; • Ability to build trusting relationships with scientists, research institutions, and scientific organizations; • Ability to read, digest, and quickly extract meaning from scientific and technical papers across a wide range of scientific domains; • Ability to identify and assess scientific communications skills using a diverse range of potential resources; • Ability to work quickly on short deadlines; • Ability to work independently, but appreciative of collaborative inputs; • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the scientific and journalistic enterprises—themes central to SciLine’s mission and success; • Sensitivity to social and ethical issues relevant to science, science communication, and journalism; • Appreciation for SciLine’s overarching mission of enhancing journalism with scientific expertise and context and leveraging journalism in support of evidence-based decision-making.