Head of Public Outreach

American Physical Society (APS) seeks a PhD Physicist with solid public outreach experience to lead our public outreach department. Qualified candidates will have a creative, self-starting and interactive personality, excellent communication and organizational skills; the ability to work with deadlines; and, strong proficiency in utilizing the Internet in the area of web page maintenance.

Responsibilities include maintaining the APS public outreach web site, PhysicsCentral; overseeing APS middle school outreach activity, PhysicsQuest; collaborating on other APS outreach initiatives; and, supervising a public outreach specialist.

This position is based at APS headquarters in College Park, MD (within walking distance of the College Park Metro station).

More information about current and recent APS outreach programs can be obtained from PhysicsCentral or the APS web site. Competitive starting salary and outstanding benefits package offered

To apply, email a cover letter (include salary requirement), résumé, and reference contact information to Director of Human Resources.

EOE M/F/D/V