Adler Planetarium
Community Builder
The Adler Planetarium (Chicago, IL) has an opportunity available in the Citizen Science department for a Community Builder. The Community Builder will liaise with Zooniverse web development and education teams to ensure that the needs of the citizen science volunteers are effectively met so that they can take ownership of the platform using a set of custom built online tools. For more information about Zooniverse and Citizen Science, please visit www.zooniverse.org or www.adlerplanetarium.org
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Working with the Zooniverse education team to ensure that educational interventions designed to inform volunteers about the process of citizen science meet the needs of the community
• Communicating with the Zooniverse community through talk discussion tool, social media, and other means as appropriate, as well as seeking out new audiences for Zooniverse projects
• Selecting and designing appropriate evaluation tools, such as online surveys and focus groups to ensure that online tools are being developed to meet the needs of the Zooniverse volunteers
• Working with the Zooniverse development team to ensure that the online tools developed for the volunteers meet the needs of the community
• Identifying best practice for developing and sustaining online communities through academic literature and in consultation with social science partners. Communicating this best practice to the entire Zooniverse team
• Liaising with the Zooniverse Community Manager and Communications Lead at Oxford University.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree
• PhD in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) field preferred
• Professional or personal experience of using a variety of social media tools to communicate with a large audience
• Experience of building and sustaining a community group or organization
• Experience of evaluating an education or community project
• Ability to regularly communicate in person and online with web developers, educators, volunteers and scientists
• Ability to manage own time and coordinate with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Proficient with Google Docs and social media tools
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
REQ: ZOO200
July 16, 2014
*NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
*NO RECRUITERS PLEASE
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