ECPN Committee Seeks Communications Officer

The Emerging Conservation Professionals Network (ECPN) is soliciting applications for the Communications Coordinator position.  The Communications Coordinator will serve a one-year term beginning just after the 2012 AIC Annual Meeting, with the option of renewal for a second year.

ECPN works to address the needs of conservation professionals with fewer than 7 years of experience, including pre-program students, graduate students, and recent graduates. The committee seeks to enhance the dialogue among emerging conservators and experienced conservators and between AIC and the conservation training programs and to increase emerging conservator participation in AIC.

The Communications Coordinator acts as the secretary for ECPN; works to raise awareness of the group and to attract new, active members; encourages involvement of emerging conservators in AIC communications and publications, including JAIC and Wikis; keeps the broader AIC membership apprised of ECPN activities by writing or soliciting columns, blog posts, and articles as appropriate; and works with the Outreach coordinators to investigate and encourage the use of social media, including recruitment of authors and solicitation of content for the blog.

The time commitment is roughly 6-9 hours per month, consisting of approximately 2-3 hours for monthly meetings and minutes, 1-2 hours writing for the blog and communicating with other AIC committee members, and 3-4 hours for other research, writing, and occasional graphic design.

The ECPN committee communicates primarily via email correspondence and monthly conference calls.  The committee meets in-person annually at AIC’s Annual Meeting.

To apply, please submit a brief statement of interest and your resume by April 6 to Molly Gleeson, Chair, AIC-ECPN:  mcgleeson [at] yahoo [dot] com.

Questions about committee activities can be directed to Molly, or ECPN’s current Communications Coordinator, Amy Brost: amybrost [at] yahoo [dot] com. The full position description can be requested from either Molly or Amy.