BlogTogether

A new job at the Museum of Life and Science, and working with our good friend Troy Livingston (he donated the science blogging grab bags this year):

Online Community Manager

This position supports the Museum’s mission by developing web-based opportunities for users to extend the Museum experience within and beyond the boundaries of our physical campus. This position is responsible for developing and supporting the http://www.lifeandscience.org and http://www.nisenet.org (sites) internal and external user communities, monitoring the discussion threads, expanding online participation and organically growing the site based on community feedback.

Additional duties include translation of online community requirements into business opportunities, working with the marketing team to develop traditional and e-marketing campaigns specific to the online community, update and maintain the sites and support other staff who contribute regularly to the sites, develop, monitor and report regularly on metrics that demonstrate satisfactory results from the sites, technical monitoring (keeping communities free from spam, perform statistical analysis, troubleshoot problems and work with technical support resources to create solutions) and maintain user/institutional profile data as needed.

The successful candidate will have:

• Broad understanding and enthusiasm for science and informal science education
• In-depth knowledge of modern online culture, including blogging, discussion forums, multimedia, and other web 2.0 vehicles
• Significant participation in online communities
• Ability to thrive with limited supervision while making progress on multiple goals that may be in conflict with one another
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed environment in which some team members live remotely and/or work at other institutions
• Strong verbal/written communication skills and the ability to translate scientific and technical jargon
• Proven ability to effectively analyze and communicate complicated technical and social issues to a management team
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills * Proven history of building consensus/collaboration across many diverse groups.
• Occasional travel is required A college degree, advanced education in science or science education, experience in a museum/non-profit setting, experience with Drupal and other open-source technology and good public speaking skills are preferred but not required.

This position is full-time exempt, 40 hours/week, with a hiring range of $32,000—$35,000/year plus full benefits.

At Fickle Creek Farm today, I looked over to see the executive director of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, sponsor of the 13th annual Piedmont Farm Tour. Here’s what Roland McReynolds had to say: Roland mentioned that the Eat Carolina Food Challenge, a week-long locavore activity that’s perfect for blogging.