Multiple Positions Available
Past Global Changes seeks Project and Communications Officer
Bern, SwitzerlandResilience and Adaptation Program seeks Graduate Fellows
Fairbanks, Alaska
- Past Global Changes seeks Project and Communications Officer
Bern, Switzerland
Past Global Changes (PAGES) seeks a Project and Communications Officer.
The position is based at the PAGES International Project Office in Bern,
Switzerland.
PAGES is an international program that coordinates and promotes research
on past changes of climate and the environment. The successful applicant
will take over project organization and coordination, as well as some
science communication and office management.
The ideal candidate will be a motivated individual with a background in
project management and/or science communication, good communication and
organizational skills, and a general appreciation for climatic and
environmental science. Native speaker level of written and spoken
English is required, German is considered an advantage.
Primary responsibilities will include:
- Planning and organization of meetings;
- Preparation of meeting documents;
- Organization and maintenance of hardcopy and digital project files;
- Editing English text for publications and correspondence;
- Acting as point of contact for PAGES members and updating the
member database;
- Developing and editing content for PAGES website; and
- Communicating PAGES science and news to the community and general
public.
This position is part-time, and expected to start Monday, 1 February 2010.
To apply, please email a PDF attachment of your cover letter and
curriculum vitae to Thorsten Kiefer at: kiefer [at] pages.unibe.ch.
Application Deadline: Monday, 14 December 2009
For further information, please click on the 'Position at PAGES IPO'
link at: http://www.pages-igbp.org/.
Or contact:
Thorsten Kiefer
Email: kiefer [at] pages.unibe.ch
Leah Witton
Email: witton [at] pages.unibe.ch
- Resilience and Adaptation Program seeks Graduate Fellows
Fairbanks, Alaska
The Resilience and Adaptation Program (RAP) at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks (UAF) seeks applications for PhD and Master's degree
fellowships in sustainability science. The fellowship opportunities are
based in Fairbanks, Alaska.
RAP is an interdisciplinary graduate program, focusing on
global-to-local sustainability in times of rapid change. Resilience,
vulnerability, adaptation, and transformation of social-ecological
systems serve as central concepts in exploring societal challenges in a
changing world. RAP integrates natural and social sciences, engineering,
and medicine to discover innovative and effective strategies for
adaptation. Alaska, northern regions, and other areas provide the basis
for "basic" and "applied" research in climate change, food security,
adaptive co-management of ecosystem services, indigenous resilience,
alternative energy, and rural-urban issues. The program currently
includes a community of 45 graduate students and faculty from across the
UAF campus.
RAP prepares students for positions of leadership in academia, research
institutes, government agencies, non-government organizations, and
indigenous organizations. The core curriculum of RAP involves coursework
in theory and methods, an international internship experience, thesis
research, and participation in special seminars, workshops, and
conferences. RAP builds on existing graduate programs at UAF in ecology,
biology and wildlife, natural resources management, indigenous studies,
anthropology, resource economics, political science, geology,
geophysics, engineering, interdisciplinary studies, and other relevant
disciplines to address sustainability using a systems framework.
RAP offers:
- IGERT Fellowships available only to U.S. PhD students;
- Other PhD and Masters fellowships through various UAF programs;
- Teaching and research assistantships for PhD and Masters students;
- Funding for an international internship experience to broaden
disciplinary perspectives;
- Student offices with other RAP students; and
- Interaction and learning in a community of students and faculty
from different disciplines interested in sustainability and rapid
change.
RAP PhD fellowships are funded through the Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program of the US National
Science Foundation.
The target date for applications is Monday, 1 February 2010.
For further information, please go to:
www.uaf.edu/rap.
Or email:
fyrap [at] uaf.edu