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Begin forwarded message: > From: Joshua Rosenau <[log in to unmask]> > Date: June 15, 2011 9:10:47 PM EDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CLN Members] National Center for Science Education seeks to hire climate education specialist > > Help wanted: Climate Change Programs and Policy Director > > NCSE seeks candidates for our Climate Change Programs and Policy Director. > > The Climate Change Programs and Policy Director’s duties will include: > > * counseling teachers, administrators, parents, and other > concerned citizens facing challenges to climate change education; > * providing information on climate change, climate literacy, and > related issues to the general public, the press, and allied > educational, scientific, and environmental organizations; > * developing materials pertaining to climate change education for > print and web; > * speaking to the press and general public > * representing NCSE to the climate science, climate literacy, and > environmental education communities; > * coordinating with policymakers, advocacy groups, educators, and > scientists regarding policies which could harm or benefit accurate > climate science education. > > Candidates must have at least a college degree; advanced degrees in > climate science or climate science education are pluses. A record of > involvement in climate literacy efforts, and of addressing attacks on > the scientific consensus about climate change, is also a plus. > Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, are necessary, > as are a high degree of computer literacy (including the use of social > media) and the ability to work cooperatively. Travel and public > speaking will be required. > > This is a full-time permanent position with medical, dental, and > retirement benefits in Oakland, California, to start as soon as > possible. Telecommuting is not an option. Salary will be commensurate > with skills and experience and comparable with similar positions in > similarly sized non-profits in the Bay Area. > > Send c.v., brief writing sample, and the names of three references to > NCSE, either by mail to NCSE, 420 40th Street, Suite 2, Oakland CA > 94609-2509, by fax to (510) 601-7204, or by e-mail to > [log in to unmask] No calls, please. Materials must arrive by August > 15, to be considered. Anticipated start date is mid-September. NCSE is > an equal opportunity employer. > > Web announcement: http://ncse.com/about/jobs/cc > > Please pass this along to others who might be interested. This is a > new position, and a new program for NCSE (our historic focus has been > on defending evolution), and whoever is hired will have significant > opportunities to shape the position and the program, building on > NCSE's long-standing and award-winning work defending science > teachers, students, and the integrity of science. > > -- > Josh Rosenau > Programs and Policy Director > National Center for Science Education, Inc. > 420 40th Street, Suite 2 > Oakland, CA 94609-2509 > Phone: (510) 601-7203 x307 > Fax: (510) 601-7204 > Toll-free: 1-800-290-6006 > [log in to unmask] > http://ncse.com > _______________________________________________ > Climateliteracynetwork mailing list > [log in to unmask] > https://list.terc.edu/mailman/listinfo/climateliteracynetwork Julie Libarkin Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-355-8369 https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Geoscience Education Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning