Project Liaison Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX)

About AGU

Home to more than 60,000 scientists from 139 countries, AGU provides a dynamic forum for Earth and Space scientists to advance research, collaborate across disciplines, and communicate the importance and impact of science to society. Through top-ranked scientific journals, scientific meetings and conferences, and other educational and scientific programs, AGU offers opportunities to present and publish research, gain leadership experience, mentor, and freely exchange knowledge.

Purpose & Responsibilities

Currently, AGU has an excellent career opportunity in our dynamic Science Department. One role of the Projects Liaison, Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) is to ensure the success of individual TEX community science projects. This includes meeting with community leaders to understand their priorities, scoping projects that use ESS to address community priorities, recruiting and finding ESS scientists to work on those projects, and guiding and mentoring community-scientist teams to ensure they develop impactful solutions. We anticipate the position will be equally split between developing new projects and shepherding existing projects.

These projects will include projects that are part of the new Resilience Exchange. This is a service that provides consultative dialog for community leaders interested in exploring climate change adaptation. This position will help recruit climate scientists and practitioners to participate in those dialogs and help facilitate those dialogs.

The Projects Liaison, TEX will also manage the implementation of TEX communications and engagement strategy, working closely with the TEX team and with partners inside and outside of AGU. This will include ensuring an up-to-date website with information about active TEX projects, overseeing regular communications to TEX registrants, and coordinating with AGU marketing and engaging to ensure periodic communication about TEX to AGU’s broader membership. They will be assisted by a TEX intern and have materials prepared by external journalists.

The incumbent will also develop and manage approximately 10 individual TEX projects, including projects with strategic partners. This entails developing relationships with community leaders, identifying the connection between community issues and Earth and Space science, and building and teams of scientists and community leaders to produce local impact; and facilitate 5 online resilience dialogs between climate scientists, climate practitioners and community leaders. This includes recruiting relevant scientists and practitioners based on community priorities, guiding them through a structured dialog, and synthesizing the themes of that dialog so that the community leaders are ready to launch local resilience and adaptation planning efforts.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 5-7 years with BS/BA; 3-5 years with MS/MA; 1-2 years with PhD
• Experience and credibility in leading hands-on community inspired science projects, demonstrated skill working with diverse communities, a strong foundation in research, an ability to see the potential connection between myriad community priorities and Earth and Space Science, and the ability to coach others through a defined process while remaining responsive to individual and local differences.
• Demonstrated project management skills and success in leading programmatic activities to successful completion.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate easily and effectively with both internal and external audiences.
• Demonstrated customer service skills.
• Strong computer skills to include word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with constituents at many levels, such as the AGU Council, program committees, members and all levels of staff in a professional and courteous manner; and communicate effectively with Ph.D. scientists, particularly those who native language may not be English.
• Ability to interpret, analyze, organize and apply program policies, and make good decisions without direct daily oversight.
• Ability to assist with follow through on commitments and accept ownership of responsibilities and with utmost professionalism.
• Must be able to perform responsibilities with composure under the stress of deadlines / requirements for accuracy and quality and / or fast pace.
• Must be able to represent AGU’s organizational culture of honesty and transparency in operations.
• Must be capable of exercising highest level of discretion on both internal and external confidential matters.
• Knowledge of AGU science is required, experience in climate change adaptation and or resilience planning are preferred.

The successful candidate for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

AGU proudly offers a casual work environment, excellent compensation, generous work-life opportunities, and an outstanding benefits package.

AGU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.