As we have mentioned on our main website, we are searching for a new GARNet Coordinator. Until now, the job has been advertised for internal Cardiff University applications only, but as of today, anyone is eligible to apply. Would you like to work for GARNet? You can find the job advertisement here: Research Associate, GARNet Coordinator.
What does a GARNet Coordinator do?
Lots of things! The GARNet Coordinator is responsible for managing the day-to-day running of the network – you can find a full job specification on the Cardiff website, but practically, the job includes things like:
- Maintaining the GARNet website, mailing list, Twitter account and blog;
- Organising regular meetings with our Committee, including meeting room bookings, catering and logistics, taking minutes and ensuring actions from the last meeting are completed;
- Identifying opportunities for workshops and events that will benefit the plant science community, and then organising those events – recent past examples include the GARNet Conference, Software Carpentry workshops at Liverpool and Warwick, and an iPlant workshop. You’ll need to find sponsorship, book event space and hotel rooms, organise transport and catering, prepare delegate information packs, and so on;
- Staying abreast of what’s currently happening in Arabidopsis and basic plant science research, and networking and liaising with members of the plant science community by attending national and international conferences such as ICAR, SEB or UKPSF;
- Writing – we have written a number of papers published in peer reviewed journals, as well as meeting reports, contributions to consultations, guest blog posts and articles, our Arabidopsis Research Round-up, and the twice-yearly GARNish newsletter;
- Planning and developing grant applications for resources or projects identified by the plant science community as being of value – we recently secured renewed funding for GARNet itself, and we were heavily involved with putting together the application for iPlant UK.
The GARNet Coordinator needs to be a plant scientist who is well organised, a good writer, communicator and networker. You will, on occasion, need to travel nationally and internationally, and good computer skills are a must – experience with website management, blog platforms and creative publishing software such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop are ideal.
If you’d like any more information about the GARNet Coordinator vacancy, please feel free to submit informal enquiries to Ruth Bastow.
The closing date for applications is 19 March 2015.
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