Job Posting - Senior Education Specialist at UNAVCO

Senior Education Specialist

UNAVCO, a Boulder based company, is seeking a Senior Education Specialist whose portfolio covers assisting in the development and implementation of 1) RESESS, a summer internship program and 2) leading the UNAVCO community in development of undergraduate curricular materials. RESESS (Research Experiences in Solid Earth Sciences) has been funded for the next five years to build upon the past 5-year pilot project to broaden participation in geology and geophysics. The new Senior Education Specialist will be the RESESS Associate Director and will be responsible for implementation of the project as well as serving on the RESESS management team. The UNAVCO Strategic Plan 2009-2013 calls for development of a coherent geodesy curriculum. Responsibilities also include developing an involved professoriate to interact with Education and Outreach staff and other geosciences education organizations (e.g. NAGT Cutting Edge) to write, test, and implement undergraduate materials highlighting 21st Century Geodesy science and applications to human interactions with our planet.

The successful candidate must have experience in college-level teaching, PhD level knowledge of solid earth geosciences, and experience and success in working toward broadening diversity in the geosciences or elsewhere. As a member of UNAVCO's Education and Outreach program, the individual must be able to successfully interact with many types of people and have high level organizational and project management skills. This person will report to the Director of UNAVCO Education and Outreach.

This position may be filled as a full time position or two half-time positions, depending on the pool of candidates. Faculty interested in leading the college level curriculum development for a sabbatical period may apply. We will start reviewing applications November 1. For more information, please contact Susan Eriksson, eriksson@unavco.org.

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UNAVCO (www.unavco.org) is a non-profit membership-governed consortium funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). UNAVCO's mission is to support and promote high-precision measurement techniques for the advancement of Earth Sciences. Member organizations are primarily research universities who study deformation of the Earth's crust, addressing mechanisms for large and small scale tectonic features and processes, such as earthquakes,
volcanoes, plate motion, faulting and folding, and mountain building.

UNAVCO offers a very competitive set of benefits including medical,
dental/vision insurance, STD, LTD, Life insurance, and TIAA-CREF.
Salary will be commensurate with responsibilities and experience.
UNAVCO is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering diversity in the workplace.
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