We are
inviting interested individuals to consider a range of exciting and flexible
leadership opportunities to ensure the NSMNSS platforms remain active and
informative to our 400+ members. Without your
support we would be unable to continue this vibrant and engaged community of cross-discipline
practitioners and researchers.
Please
share, tweet, shout this news to anybody who you think may be interested in the
opportunities outlined below.
Please get
in touch by Monday, 2 September if you can commit to any of the
opportunities described below, indicating your preference and confirming your
availability to meet the requirements of the role. You can contact Jerome (jerome.finnegan@natcen.ac.uk) or Kelsey (kelsey.beninger@natcen.ac.uk).
Leadership Opportunities
- X1 Blog Editor
- Time Commitment: 3 hours a
month, from September 2nd – January 1st
- Key Role: Support the overall
development of the blog by sourcing and publishing new posts,
occasionally drafting your own post, co-ordinating the publishing
timetable and liaising with the
PhD bloggers, guest bloggers and the Twitter Account Manager.
- Requirements:
- Network member with an
interest in the range of opportunities and challenges provided by new
social media research.
- Write 1 new substantive blog
a month (300-500 words)
- Source and post 1 new blog a
week (300-500 words; could include event ad, event review, guest blog,
sharing links)
- Prepare a short handover
report documenting your time as Blog Editor, to support the next Blog
Editor.
- X2 PhD Bloggers
- Time Commitment: 1 hour a
month, from September 2nd – January 1st
- Key Role: Publicise your
research and share your experiences as a researcher of new social media
in short blog posts, including the
challenges you encounter, the solutions you develop, the tools you use
and the topics you are researching.
- Requirements:
- PhD student
- X1 post every 4 weeks, between 300 and 500
words long
- Prepare a short handover
report documenting your time as a PhD Blogger, to support the next PhD
Blogger.
- x1 Twitter Manager
- Time Commitment: 1 hour a
week, from September 2nd – January 1st
- Key Role: To maintain and enhance the very popular NSMNSS twitter
account.
- Requirements:
- Network member with an
interest in the range of opportunities and challenges provided by new
social media research.
- Login to NSMNSS twitter
account at least x2 a week, respond to tweets and tweet no more than x3 tweets
of new content a day.
- Respond to all tweets within 5
days.
- Develop, promote and host x1
tweetchat
- Prepare a short handover
report documenting your time as Twitter Manager, to support the next
Twitter Manager.
Available Support
Detailed
written guidance for the Blog Editor, PhD Bloggers and Twitter Manager will be
provided, and NatCen Social Research will remain a point of contact for these
individuals should they have any questions or require support.
The above
role descriptions are a suggestion; we are happy to discuss ideas for different
ways of working.
Thank you.
We look forward to hearing from you!
