• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary: 2/27/2027
• Hours Per Week: 15
• Salary Range: $30/hour -$30/hour

Position Summary

The position is for a Training and Education coordinator (TEC) who will serve as the central personnel responsible for training and education for the VICTOR platform. This role will include the creation of educational materials, including tutorials, videos, and documentation, the organization of grant-funded workshops, and interaction with scientists, code developers, and course instructors who use the platform. The audience for the materials and activities will include students at the college level and higher, researchers at academic institutions, and personnel at volcano observatories in the US and abroad. Many of the target user communities are located in Spanish-speaking countries, and thus the content will need to be produced in both English and Spanish. This position is subject to grant funding.

Responsibilities

• Organize training workshops (in-person and virtual) on the topic of computational volcanology using the VICTOR platform.

• Develop webinars and tutorials based on the VICTOR platform and codes. 

• Create teaching modules for college-level courses using VICTOR tools. 

• Work with partners at other universities and colleges to integrate teaching modules into courses and training. 

• Assist with the production of documentation for technical tools on the platform.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in the earth sciences, science education, or a related discipline (or its equivalent) and 0-2 years of related experience.
• Strong organizational skills, excellent written and oral communication skills, along with the capacity to initiate and effectively follow through on project activities.
• Familiarity with Python programming language or similar (e.g., MATLAB, R, Java) 
• Must be bilingual in English and Spanish to be able to produce educational materials in both languages and communicate with Spanish-speaking users and participants.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of adult learning theories for instructional design.
• Experience teaching science/coding in formal or informal settings is preferred.
• Experience in event organizing is a plus. 

Other Requirements

• The position will be located at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, NY and the selectee will need to live within commuting distance of campus. 
• Some travel will be required, including to workshops and collaborative project meetings at partner institutions in Boston/Tampa/Idaho and collaboration and training workshops (less than 20 percent of the time).

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