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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hello,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are recruiting new steering committee members for the Geosciences Education & Mentorship Support (GEMS) program!
You can learn more about GEMS and current steering committee </span><a href="https://gems-program.org/"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
We are looking for three additional members (see descriptions below) starting in May 2022 with a minimum commitment through the 2023-2024 academic year. Please note these are volunteer positions and thus unpaid.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">If you are interested, please apply using the following application form by April 8</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">,
2022 (</span><a href="https://forms.gle/22uJF2jgoLwghu4C7"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">Application Form</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
We will contact candidates by mid-April.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic;">(1) Marketing/Social Media Specialist:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Interest and background in social media platforms (Twitter, other platforms may be beneficial), availability to post
weekly (minimum) and adjust as needed depending on time of year, posting/interactions with other posts, communicating social media needs with the steering committee</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic;">(2) Matching Specialist:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Experience in mentorship programs, refining mentee and mentor matching criteria, attention to detail, coding experience
not required but may be beneficial</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic;">(3) Recruitment Specialist:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Recruiting mentors and mentees, willing to build relationships with specific institutions or groups of institutions
(e.g., MSIs, Tribal Colleges), experience with outreach efforts</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic;">Additional information:
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The steering committee meets twice a month (via Zoom) and commits to an additional 1-2 hours/week outside meeting times to do work in the offseason. During our primary matching season
(September 9-16, 2022 and October 14-24, 2022) steering committee members commit to 8-10 hours/week. Steering committee members primarily communicate via Slack.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The GEMS steering committee</span></p>
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