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!