Follow us on LinkedIn Job Type: Employee Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): 24 Job Family: Event Management # of Open Positions: 1 Faculty/Service - Department: AEL-AMS Laboratory, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Campus: Main Campus Union Affiliation: N/A Date Posted: June 20, 2025 Applications must be received BEFORE: July 07, 2025 Hours per week: 35 Salary Grade: Non-Union Grade NC6 - 35 hrs Salary Range: $75,007.00 - $93,759.00 Position Purpose The Andre E. Lalonde Facility in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AEL-AMS) at the University of Ottawa is Canada’s national AMS laboratory, specializing in high-precision radiocarbon dating, environmental isotope analysis, and applied research in geosciences, archaeology, climate studies, and biofuels. Our world-class instrumentation, including a 3MV HVEE AMS system and a MICADAS AMS, enables collaborations with academic institutions, government agencies, and industry partners worldwide. The Science Liaison Officer promotes research, supports partnerships and client outreach, and shares the impact of the AMS lab and Isotope science with a broader audience. In this role, your responsibilities will include: Develop scientific and social media content (LinkedIn, Blog posts, news articles) to promote research, partnerships, clients, and facility activities. Track and report engagement metrics for online content and outreach activities. Support the development of scientific and promotional publications, including media and information reports, brochures, research impact summaries, and outreach materials. Maintain and update the facility’s website, ensuring clear and engaging communication of projects and services. Act as a point of contact for academic, government, and industry partners, facilitating collaboration and engagement. Coordinates meetings, lab tours and other activities on behalf of the facility manager. Assist in organizing and executing internal and external outreach events such as scientific workshops, posters, conferences, and networking events. Supports the creation of presentations and promotional materials. Supports researchers to simplify scientific topics for broader audiences and assists in branding efforts (online and print) to increase awareness of the facility’s work. What you will bring: Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or a related field (scientific background or experience in earth sciences, chemistry, or physics is an asset). Minimum 2 years of outreach or liaison experience Understanding of scientific terminology, publications, reports Experience with LinkedIn and social media platforms; familiarity with website content management is an asset. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for client and institutional engagement. Event planning and organizational experience, particularly in workshops, conferences, or public outreach. Experience with graphic design, video editing, or web development an asset). Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a research-driven environment. Bilingualism – French and English (spoken and written) #LI-GC1 Key Competencies at uOttawa: Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities. Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible. Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them. Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team. The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more. If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute. Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. 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