Lead, Community Building & Engagement

Job Location:

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION - WASHINGTON, DC 20009, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: None, Salary Range: $75,000.00 - $ Salary/year, Travel Percentage:
None, Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Science. The Community Building and Engagement Lead is a full-time, term-limited position funded through a one-year grant award. Employment is expected to continue for up to twelve (12) months from the date of hire and is contingent upon the availability of grant funding. While there may be opportunities for extension should additional funding become available, continuation of employment beyond the initial term is not guaranteed.

Our employees are our most valuable assets! You will feel welcomed and supported from the moment you join our team, and you will take part in strengthening and evolving our workplace culture. We offer work-life balance and innovative benefits.

• Work-life balance: remote-first organization, flexible work hours, unlimited PTO, Flexible Fridays, paid holidays, military leave, parental leave.
• Benefits:
  Medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, wellness, tuition reimbursement, 403(b) retirement plan, FSA, HSA, theft protection, personal and professional development, and much more.

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) supports a global community of more than half a million professionals and advocates in the Earth and space sciences. Through broad and inclusive partnerships, AGU aims to advance discovery and solution science that accelerates knowledge and creates solutions that are ethical, unbiased, and respectful of communities and their values. Our programs include serving as a scholarly publisher, convening virtual and in-person events, and providing career support.

We live our values in everything we do, such as our net-zero energy renovated building in Washington, D.C., and our Ethics and Equity Center, which fosters a diverse and inclusive geoscience community to ensure responsible conduct. This is an exciting time to work ry day we approach our work with a sense of purpose, and we look for others who share that passion and desire for a career with impact.

As the Lead for Engagement and Community Building you are a core member of the SAI staff team and the organizational lead for all engagement, participant development, and community-building functions of the Initiative. This position is responsible for the full lifecycle of volunteer and stakeholder engagement-from identifying and recruiting the scientific experts who build USSAI’s assessment products, to sustaining the relationships that keep them engaged over time, to developing the broader community infrastructure that connects authors, reviewers, stakeholders, and organizational partners across the SAI network.

SAI’s model depends entirely on the willingness of experts- scientists, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers- to contribute their time and knowledge to a shared mission. The Engagement Lead is the organizational steward of that human capital. The success of this role is not measured in events held or newsletters sent; it is measured in whether the right people show up, stay engaged, and want to come back.

This is a relationship-intensive, strategically demanding position that requires equal comfort with high-level community architecture and hands-on operational execution. In the early stages of the organization, the Engagement Lead will build foundational systems and infrastructure largely from scratch. As SAI grows, this role will shift progressively toward managing and improving those systems and the communities they support.

• Lead recruitment and selection of volunteer…