We are advertising THREE posts to be part of the GCYFRG Committee

• Early Career Officer

• Postgraduate Officer

• Social Media Officer

Application process:

-Please send us your expression of interest via email (no more than 150 words) on why you would like the role and what you could offer the GCYFRG

-Each application needs to be nominated by another colleague who knows you and your work.  They will need to send us a statement of 100 words by the closing date, please ask them to do this. 

-The roles will be confirmed via email, and an online vote will be held if necessary.

Send expressions of interest and nominations to our current

Chair, Dr Helena Pimlott-Wilson (h.pimlott-wilson@lboro.ac.uk) and

Secretary, Sophie Milnes (s.a.milnes@lboro.ac.uk)

For an informal chat about any of these roles please do get in touch with Helena or anyone from the committee.

Deadline Friday 22nd August 2025, 12noon BST.

EARLY CAREER OFFICER (three year post)

• Early career interests within the wider research group;

• Lead initiatives related to the support and development of early career scholars in our field;

• Support with wider research group initiatives such as dissertation marking;

• Attend committee meetings, typically two per semester.

POSTGRADUATE OFFICER (one year post)

• Promoting postgraduate interests and the needs of the wider Research Group;

• Leading the Researcher in the Spotlight initiative;

• Maintaining connection with the wider postgraduate community through the Postgraduate Forum and potential blog posts;

• Advocating for the wider postgraduate community;

• Support with wider research group initiatives (such as marking an undergraduate dissertation as part of our annual prize);

• Attending committee meetings, typically two per semester.

SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER (three year post)

• Being reactive to requests to add content to the LinkedIn and BlueSky accounts;

• Support the Website Officer as necessary;

• Support with wider Research Group initiatives;

• Attending committee meetings, typically two per semester.

As a research group we are keen to reflect the diversity of our community and we encourage anyone researching in the sub-discipline to apply for any of the roles.