Nominations now being received for CGWG Committee and Advisory Board

Nominations for vacancies on the CGWG Committee and Advisory Board are now open. Nominations must be in writing to the Chair (Dr Jennifer Turner – jennifer.turner@uni-oldenburg.de) and Secretary (Dr Lauren Martin – lauren.martin@durham.ac.uk) with the name of two nominators (these need not be Fellows of the RGS-IBG or existing committee members). Please also include a statement (up to 200 words) outlining your interest in the position and any relevant skills/experience. Nominations can be made until 8th September 2023. If you are unable to attend the meeting (due to time-zone, diary conflicts, etc), please let us know and we will act on your behalf. A vote will be used to make decisions.

Vacant positions:

Chair (3 year term)

Responsibilities

  • Co-ordinating meetings of the committee and Advisory Board to develop CGWG activities (2 per year, ad hoc meetings with activity co-ordinators as needed)
  • Overseeing activities in relation to events, publications and networking and delegating tasks to appropriate committee/advisory board members (approx. 1 hour (averaged) per week)
  • Preparing for and chairing the AGM (4 hours, annually)
  • Preparing the Annual Reporting documents for the RGS (2 hours, annually)
  • Attending RGS sub-committee meetings (2-3 per year, online)

Secretary and Communications Lead (3 year term)

Responsibilities:

  • Membership recruitment activities and managing member lists (e.g. adding new members to our master spreadsheet, adding emails to Jiscmail, sending a welcome email to new members/goodbye emails to leaving members) (30 minutes, monthly)
  • Maintain the CGWG website and other digital communications (e.g. updating new member bios, supporting uploading of new content) (as needed)
  • Produce communications to support the delivery of CGWG events (as needed, templates available)
  • Preparing the membership report for the AGM (1 hour, annually)
  • Taking and preparing minutes from the AGM (3 hours, annually)

Candidates for the Chair or Secretary positions must be a Fellow or Postgraduate Fellow of the RGS-IBG. Financial support for Fellowship is available for eligible candidates via the RGS-IBG. If you are interested in this committee position but would require this support, details are available here.

Early Career Representative (3 year term)

Responsibilities:

  • Attend AGM and one-other dedicated Advisory Board meeting per year to offer opinions/suggestions for the development of CGWG activities, with particular focus on the position point of ECR members (4 hours per year)
  • Help co-organise the Early Career Perspective Seminar Series (2 events per year) in support of existing events team.

Ordinary member (Open-ended)

Responsibilities:

  • Attend AGM and one-other dedicated Advisory Board meeting per year to offer opinions/suggestions for the development of CGWG activities (4 hours per year)
  • Circulate CGWG events/information via personal and professional networks (as needed)
  • Offer additional support (as appropriate to experience and availability, as necessary) for tasks such as attending/chairing events; abstract selection; CGWG prize assessment; ECR programme development; support for non-academic engagement (1-2 hours per month).

We also have vacancies for our Advisory Board (Open-ended) for those who wish to be involved with the CGWG but who may not wish to take on an executive committee position.

Responsibilities:

  • Attend AGM and one-other dedicated Advisory Board meeting per year to offer opinions/suggestions for the development of CGWG activities (4 hours per year)
  • Circulate CGWG events/information via personal and professional networks (as needed)
  • Offer additional support for the committee (as appropriate to experience and availability, as necessary) for tasks such as attending/chairing events; abstract selection; CGWG prize assessment; ECR programme development; support for non-academic engagement (1-2 hours per month).

If you have any questions about what the roles involve, don’t hesitate to get in contact. We would gladly discuss them with you!

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