OCEANS Working Groups

1. International Coordinator

Role & Responsibilities (What help is needed):

Contact with universities (universities staff, international student clubs)
Contacting partner organizations for outreach and building relationships
Managing and contacting regional coordinators (country representatives)
Developing organizational strategies

About:

Are you passionate about OCEANS’ worldwide expansion, and already have good network with higher education institutions and potential partners around the world? Then join this team (Also called the National/Regional Representatives) and help raise awareness of OCEANS internationally.

2. Projects

Role & Responsibilities (What help is needed):

Be a point of contact where members can discuss potential ideas and act as a sounding board
Review applications and offer advice
Review which applications are successful and use this help guide other members
Organisation of webinars for ESAA project writing (Including FAQ)

About:

Join this group if you want support ESAA projects & AGM organization.

Application:

If you would like to volunteer and have questions, please contact Kapal Dev at Kapal.Dev@oceans-network.eu. And if you are ready to get involved with Projects WG click the here to volunteer.

3. Community Development

Role & Responsibilities (What help is needed):

Support OCEANS events, networking, and membership & volunteer trainings
Engage with members and find out what support they need
Contact Universities and other bodies to make them aware of us and recruit new members
Work with the board to organize AGM 2021

About:

Join this group if you believe in lifelong learning and have a passion for implementing different education & training programs for the network. This working group will plan different training workshops for OCEANS members in various subject areas and will also work closely with the board and manage OCEANS’ flagship event- Annual General Meeting(AGM).

Application:

If you would like to volunteer and have questions, please contact Scott Darby at scott.darby@oceans-network.eu. And if you are ready to get involved with Community Development WG click the here to volunteer.

4. Communications

Role & Responsibilities (What help is needed):

Promotion of OCEANS, Erasmus+, international mobility on social media
Manage membership requests at OCEANS going global Page-- check eligibility
Daily management of OCEANS social media channels
Promoting OCEANS events and activities via SNS
Manage visual (photo & video) assets of the network

About:

Passionate about creating engaging posts to promote OCEANS internationally? You’re interested in the latest social media tools and want to challenge yourself making OCEANS’ social media channel more visual and interactive, this working group is for you!

Application:

If you would like to volunteer and have questions, please contact Uswa Alhamid at uswa.alhamid@oceans-network.eu. And if you are ready to get involved with Communications WG click the here to volunteer.

5. Content Development

Role & Responsibilities (What help is needed):

Configure and manage content on the Oceans community website
Configure and manage the voting tools
Configure and manage the Newsletter tools
Create the Newsletter
Keep the Oceans website up to date, create new articles to be shared via social media channels by the communications work group
- This includes articles, photos, videos, as well as any other type of content
Scout for new tools

About:

As a newly developed working group, this team will be responsible for publishing webinars, streamed video, and written content (Called the OCEANS Docks) for the OCEANS website. We are looking for talented story-tellers to develop topics and ideas that will resonate with our members and help launch various digital led initiatives. You don’t need to be an IT expert to join. OCEANS website, community and all the tools connected to the organization are managed by this WG.

Application:

If you would like to volunteer and have questions, please contact Alexandra Coffman at alexandra.coffman@oceans-network.eu. And if you are ready to get involved with Content Development WG click the here to volunteer.