Early career ‘Council’ representative (co-opted)
The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences is continuously striving to ensure it supports its members across the entire forensic community. To this end the Council of the Society wish to include within its number an ‘early career’ representative. The aim of the role is to represent the early career Affiliate members.
This role would be as a co-opted member of Council, for up to 2 years. The role would not have any rights or responsibilities as a Trustee (for the purposes of the Charter and Bye Laws), but would carry voting rights on substantive issues.
The ‘early career’ representative would be required to attend the 3 Council meetings per year. They would also be required to work with CSFS Council and office staff to develop strategies to engage with members of CSFS not currently represented on Council (particularly with a view to raising membership and increasing engagement), for example through online surveys, marketing materials, email campaigns etc. They would be expected to report their progress at each Council meeting and raise any relevant issues.
Those eligible for the role must be:
- An Affiliate member of CSFS (for at least 2 years)
- Have a maximum of 5 years’ experience in the Forensic Sciences
- Be employed in a forensic science role currently
Those interested in the role should email a notification of interest to Nicola.schumacher@csofs.org detailing the following items; name, membership number, current employment, relevant undergraduate/post graduate education, brief description of their experience within the forensic science field, why they wish to take up this position. Only notifications with this information included will be accepted.
Notifications of interest should be sent by Friday 15th May 2020. After this time all notifications will be reviewed and should there be multiple applications an electronic ballot of Affiliate and Student members will be held.