Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

 

APECS logoAPECS is looking for a new Project Officer for the APECS International Directorate Office based at the Research Centre of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Potsdam, Germany!

Application deadline is 7 December 2020.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is an international and interdisciplinary organization for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early faculty members, educators and others with interests in the polar and alpine regions and the wider cryosphere.

INTERACT is an EU Horizon 2020-funded infrastructure project of terrestrial research stations throughout the Arctic and adjoining forest and alpine regions. The project specifically seeks to build capacity for research and monitoring all over the Arctic, and is offering access to currently 88 research stations through the Transnational Access Program. INTERACT also aims to provide a long-term legacy by mentoring and educating the next generation of researchers.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a project partner and involved in creating educational resources for INTERACT.

Tasks
You will...

  • be a member of the APECS International Directorate Office at AWI and will be coordinating the APECS tasks in INTERACT III which include but are not limited to the development of educational information material (organising, coordination, content development), evaluate surveys and assessments and participating in project meetings.
  • support and work with a group of volunteers as part of the project tasks.
  • fascilitate APECS activities and support the APECS International Directorate Office in its daily routine including preparation of newsletters and reports, website posting, fascilitating teleconferences and support project groups in the APECS Council where needed.

To find out more about the requirements for the position and how to apply, please see the full announcement on the AWI webiste or download the announcement here.

Contact APECS

APECS International Directorate
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Huginbakken 14
9019 Tromsø
Norway
Email: info(at)apecs.is

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