Visiting Scientific Outreach Specialist

🔥 12 hours ago

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $80k - $90k / year

⏰ Full 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 and, when necessary, from other sources, and vet those experts’ scientific expertise and communication skills for possible referral to journalists seeking sources on deadline • As a peer-to-peer science professional, reach out to scientific experts to recruit them to participate in interviews with journalists from local and national media outlets for specific stories • Partner with SciLine’s Scientific Outreach Managers to expand SciLine’s database of experts, including through recruitment of scientific experts who are bilingual and/or who come from a diversity of personal and professional backgrounds • As time allows, help analyze quantitative and qualitative data collected by SciLine to assess the efficacy and value of its services for journalists and scientists • Depending on the skills and interests of the successful candidate and the needs of the organization, there may also be opportunities to participate in other SciLine activities, such as organizing media briefings, arranging one-on-one interviews with scientists, teaching media communication to scientists or science to reporters, or other activities.

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a scientific discipline, in social sciences a plus • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Spanish • 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 clean, analyze, and extract conclusions from large qualitative and quantitative datasets • proficiency with Tableau, Power BI, R, and/or Salesforce a plus • Ability to balance short- and long-term deadlines simultaneously • 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• paid vacation leave • paid sick leave • paid holidays • health insurance • flexible spending account • dental insurance • life insurance • vision insurance • retirement benefits • short- and long-term disability