ESSENZ Exec Member: Secretary

ESSENZ is looking to appoint a Secretary on the Executive Committee as required by the  Constitution. This is a voting position and should be a member of ESSENZ. Duties will involve 

• Being responsible for organising exec meetings, including minutes

• Managing ESSENZ membership

• Other duties by agreement

This needs to be someone who can oversee the administration of the organisation and has a sense of the rhythm of the year. 

ESSENZ Regional Rep

ESSENZ is looking for Regional Reps in Wellington and various parts of the South Island. This job involves builing a network of Earth and Space Science teachers in your region.  You will be the first point of contact for teachers in your area, providing information about upcoming events, answering questions, helping with sourcing assessments and resources, and where confident helping with moderation. You will also complete a number of other tasks aimed at contributing to ESSENZ as a whole. 

You will meet with the ESSENZ Regional Reps from across the country and share knowledge / have training that can be taken back and shared with teachers in your region.  Most meetings will be online with some training days in one of the main centers.  You will also be involved in specific work such as running Professional Development and resource development as required by Network of Expertise and other contract funding. 

Regional Representatives who wish to attend conferences that relate to ESS may apply to the Executive Committee for their conference fees, transport and accommodation to be paid for. Where Regional representives have to travel to an ESSENZ meeting their transport (and where needed accomodation) costs will be reimbursed.

For further information, please contact president@earthspacescience.org.nz

Resource Developers

ESSENZ is looking for people to develop our pool of resources to support the teaching of Earth and Space Science. We are interested in people with experience teaching Earth and Space Science to develop resources at any Level, from Primary through to Level 3 and Scholarship. 

Requirements

• At least 3 years experience teaching Earth and Space Science

• Experience developing teaching and learning resources

• Experience using Google Docs and Drive would be beneficial

• Availability for at least 10 hours development work within an agreed timeline.

For more information, please contact justin@earthspacescience.org.nz