Position Lecturer in Science Communication at University College London

The Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at University College London is searching a full time Science Communication Lecturer.

STS is an inter-disciplinary department which is active in teaching and research in contemporary science and technology studies including science policy and governance, science communication, engagement, and evaluation, and sociology of science, as well as integrated history and philosophy of science.

5 free places for the social media at WCSJ2013

Science Journalists and professional communicators are invited one more time to participate in the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ2013) that will be held in Helsinki, Finland, from June 24-28th, 2013.

WCSJ2013 offers 5 free places for the social media and citizen journalists. Interested candidates have to send an application via twitter or Facebook  and write a message(s) about “how you’ll report from the conference and why you should be selected to this privileged group of only five”. Deadline for applications is April 15 2013.

Students Internship in Sanofi Pasteur MSD Health Policy Department, Lyon – France

Sanofi Pasteur MSD a joint venture between Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccine division of Sanofi, and Merck (known as MSD outside the US and Canada), is offering an internship opportunity in its Health Policy Department for Europe located in Lyon (France).

The internship could be 3 months or 6 months, starting on March/April 2013, and the salary is 1200€/month.

Main duties: Better understand the civil society actors and propose innovative partnerships in Western Europe.

Position Science Communication Officer at University of Cambridge

.Department of Earth Sciences, a long-established Department within the University of Cambridge, is searching a Science Communication Officer, a full-time post connected with a project in evolutionary biology funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF)

SEO/BirdLife busca un periodista para su oficina de Madrid

.SEO/BirdLife, la organización pionera de la conservación de la naturaleza y la biodiversidad en España, fundada en 1954 y con delegaciones en Andalucía, Aragón, Canarias, Cantabria, Cataluña, la Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura y el País Vasco, busca incorporar a un periodista para coordinar la comunicación externa de su oficina central de Madrid.

Freelancing opportunity for science writing students at European Geoscience Union

.The European Geosciences Union (EGU), dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the geosciences and the planetary and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, is searching for a freelance science writer.

Seeking External Evaluator for KiiCS Project: deadline June 20,2012

.KiiCS – Knowledge Incubation in Innovation and Creation for Science, a three-year European Commission-funded project (2012-2014) coordinated by Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums, is seeking an external evaluator.

PLACES is looking for an external evaluator

.PLACES, a four-year European project coordinated by Ecsite (European network of science centres and museums), is looking for an external evaluator that should look for the effectiveness of the project regarding its main objectives.

PLACES started in June 2010 and it aims to establish and develop the concept of the European City of Scientific Culture.

Main duties:
* To build a community of actors dealing in Science in Society issues.

Position: Senior Science Communications Manager (UK)

.Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest charity dedicated to beating cancer through research, is looking for a Senior Science Communications Manager for its Angel Head Office in Islington (Greater London, UK) for a 12 months maternity cover.

Key description:
To develop and deliver a strategy for the collation, management and use of portofolio information in support of the fundraising strategy for Major Giving and Appeals and to develop mechanisms to ensure delivery of information solutions that support and drive high-value funding according to ongoing and changing needs.

Position: Science Communication Officer (Islington, UK)

.Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest charity dedicated to beating cancer through research, is looking for a Science Communications Officer for its Angel Head Office in Islington (Greater London, UK).

Key description:
Responsible for delivering creative and engaging copy about the Charity’s research portfolio to meet the bespoke needs of fundraising teams and build deeper supporter relationships. As well as researching and translating science content for fundraising teams.