[Rdap] Job Posting: Project Coordinator in Geoscience Cyberinfrastructure at AZGS

[Kim Patten]

Hello and Happy Friday RDAP community!  We have just posted a few positions
that might be of interest to this listserv for project coordinators at the
Arizona Geological Survey in beautiful Tucson, AZ.  Please see below for
more information.

 

Thank you and feel free to contact me if there are any questions.

 

Kim Patten

Associate Director for Planning and Development

Arizona Geological Survey

416 W. Congress Street #100

Tucson, AZ 85701

520.209.4125

 

 

A full description is available here:
http://www.azgs.az.gov/employment_proj_coord.shtml 

Title: Project Coordinator

Location: Tucson, AZ

Salary Range: $33,535 to $41,995 DOE

 

Description: The Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) is seeking to hire Project
Coordinators to assist with a community building process, designed to
identify, test, and evaluate scenarios for governance for
cyberinfrastructure of the Geosciences as part of the EarthCube initiative.
More information on EarthCube is available at  <http://earthcube.ning.com/>
http://earthcube.ning.com and  <http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/>
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/. Governance Project Coordinators will be
assigned to work with and support a number of project members and
constituency groups, representing a diverse set of organizations and people
from across the country, in order to handle communication, meetings and
workshop organization, researching and preparation of reports), and other
tasks as assigned. In addition, Project Coordinators will assist in a large
crowd-sourced review of the governance scenarios and models developed within
this project. This will be a fast-paced environment, requiring flexibility,
team work, and innovation. The project has been described as having the
potential to change the way scientific bodies are organized. 

 

Coordinators will report to the Project Manager and Principal Investigator.
Employment is grant-funded and contingent upon the award of a two-year
National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement to the University of
Arizona, for which the AZGS is a subawardee. The position is benefits
eligible with the State of Arizona as an uncovered, time-specified
(temporary) employee at the Arizona Geological Survey, an agency of the
State of Arizona. Continued employment beyond the project completion is
dependent upon additional grant or contract funds. Expected start date is
September 1, 2013.

 

Responsibilities Include:

1.	Provide coordination and support for a diverse set of organizations
and individuals spanning the geosciences, computer and information sciences,
and social sciences
2.	Assist with the development of a prototype governance framework for
cyberinfrastructure in the geosciences by helping evaluate and test a
variety of governance models, charters, and scenarios with a range of
stakeholder groups
3.	Develop strategic objectives in coordination with the assigned team
members and groups
4.	Prepare and assist with the evaluation of the project progress and
lessons learned
5.	Organize and facilitate workshops and meetings, both virtual
(web-based) and in-person 
6.	Monitor and evaluate contract and project objectives compliance

 

Candidates should possess the following qualifications:

*	Education or experience relevant to carrying out the project duties
successfully  
*	Excellent written and verbal communications, with the ability to
establish and maintain working relationships with  project members and
stakeholder groups
*	Facilitation of diverse groups in workshops, conference calls, and
online forums
*	Ability to synthesize results from work groups, meetings, and
reports
*	Experience with  virtual communications, social media, and 
*	Expertise with MS Office is strongly desired

 

Travel: Candidates must be willing to travel nationally; between four and
seven trips per year are expected.

 

Submit applications to: 

Please send resumes and a cover letter to
<mailto:resumes at azgs.az.gov?subject=ProjectCoordinator-LASTNAME>
resumes at azgs.az.gov with the following heading:
"ProjectCoordinator-LASTNAME"; indicate whether you are interested in
full-time employment or part-time employment within the email. Resumes will
be reviewed beginning July 15, 2013, with an expected start date of
September 1, 2013. The positions are contingent upon receipt of the
Cooperative Agreement with NSF. 

 

Location: Tucson, Arizona 

 

About AZGS & the State of Arizona:
AZGS is Arizona's Earth Science agency ( <http://www.azgs.az.gov/>
http://azgs.az.gov). Based in Tucson, AZ, we are responsible for identifying
the state's natural resources and natural hazards and communicating the
results broadly. In order to meet these challenges, we employ an
interdisciplinary team of professionals including geologists,
geomorphologists, economic geologists, natural hazard specialists, GIS
specialists, Web developers, and science outreach and administrative
personnel. AZGS is an international leader in Geoinformatics as the lead
organization on the U.S. Geoscience Information Network (USGIN) and systems
architect on the National Geothermal Data System (NGDS).

Arizona State Government is an EOE/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer.

All newly hired employees will be subject to the E-Verify Employment
Eligibility Verification Program.

 

 

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