Lead Officer, Liaison

**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)

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**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.

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