Specialist – Outreach-Fixed Term

### Working/Functional Title

Specialist – Fixed Term – Outreach

### Position Summary

The Program in Mathematics Educations invites applicants to fill the position of Specialist – Outreach for the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP).? The successful candidate will have: the ability to work well independently and effectively as a team member; excellent writing and listening skills with colleagues and CMP audiences (K-12 math teachers, math education community, math researchers, families and interested public); quantitative and analytical skills necessary to foster effective online website and social media engagement; and a solid understanding of web-based technologies in service of math education.  

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:?  

– Promote, write, and edit general and topic-specific CMP newsletters; work with project staff to plan ideas for articles; write and edit articles to meet the knowledge needs of CMP audiences
– Edit a broad variety of internal and external documents (e.g., recruitment emails for projects and proposals, poster presentations, curriculum documents, job descriptions, and other HR communications)
– Design and produce content, marketing and promotional materials, and graphic elements for the projects website
– Create graphic elements for web purposes using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
– Communicate CMP information effectively with teachers, teacher supervisors, school leaders, math educators, math education researchers, mathematicians, media etc.
– Author, monitor, and respond to social media posts for CMPs Facebook, Facebook Discussion Group, Instagram, and Twitter accounts
– Create, edit, and publish blog posts and podcasts for audiences of CMP research (K-12 math teachers, math education community, math researchers, families and interested public)
– Edit National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals, and assist with uploading documents to Fastlane and Research.gov
– Assist with CMP conferences and workshops in a variety of ways with technology tools such as Eventbrite, WordPress, Google Drive, and MailChimp, Dropbox.

### Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

### Required Degree

Masters

### Minimum Requirements

– Master
s degree
and an
interest
in
math, math ed, science, and/or K-12 schools
 
 
– Knowledge of math, math ed, sciences, and/or K-12 schools
– Experience with
web design
and
communication
s
 
– Ability to
design, write
,
and edit materials for communications
?
 
– Writing and editing experience as well as dynamic presentation/communication skills
– Strong organizational skills with an emphasis on long
–
term planning and implementation
?
 

Competency with t

echn

ologies

such as

word-processing, database management,

presentations

, spreadsheets,

social media

Adept at working collaboratively and building rapport with a divers