Carpentries Clippings, 4 August 2021

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Community News & Updates from Our Committees / Task Forces

The Carpentries Code of Conduct Committee is Recruiting New Members
Are you interested in helping The Carpentries ensure a welcoming and safe environment for all?
The Carpentries Code of Conduct Committee has extended its call for new members!
The new deadline is 20 August. More information can be found in this blog post.

Thank you from The Carpentries Workshop Administration Team!
The Workshop Administration Team would like to say thank you to everyone who has responded to the In-Person Workshop Survey that launched on Monday, July 12th.

We currently have over 400 responses!

Introducing The Carpentries Director of Community, Alycia Crall
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Alycia Crall to The Carpentries Core Team! Alycia is our new Director of Community and has extensive experience serving diverse communities. We asked Alycia to share a bit about herself, read her introductory blog post to learn more!

What You May Have Missed on The Carpentries Blog

The Carpentries Community Facilitators Program: 6-months in
This blog post is about the work of the first 6 months of the Carpentries Community Facilitators program.

Highlighting our Strategic Plan Efforts to Support Local Community Building
This blog post highlights significant milestones towards the Carpentries 2020-2025 Strategic Plan in the past quarter.

Welcome to Our New Instructor Trainers
This blog post introduces the 14 new Instructor Trainers along with some information about each of them. Congratulations to all the new Trainers!

Introducing the New Executive Council Standing Committees
This blog post highlights the context and responsibilities of the new Carpentries Executive Council Standing Committees.

New book: Research Software Engineering with Python
Written by Carpentries community members, Research Software Engineering with Python covers several topics related to organising data science projects, testing software and more

Community Opportunity Postings

• The University of North Texas Libraries in the US is hiring a Software Developer

• The Alan Turing Institute is hiring a Senior Community Manager – Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN)

• NC State University in North Carolina, USA is hiring a Research Facilitator

• The Digital Libraries Division of UNT Libraries in Denton, Texas is hiring a Software Developer (entry level) to work primarily in Python and with the Django Web framework.

• University College, London is hiring a Research Software Developer: Imaging Specialist 

• The Carpentries is looking for a contract Web Developer and Accessibility Specialist to work on the next iteration of the lesson template

• Code for Science & Society is hiring for the role of Technical Support Manager - OpenReview

• Open Research Funders Group seeks a Civic Science Fellow to help develop, launch, and oversee an Open & Equitable Model Funding Program to address inequities in the research community.

• Stanford University in the US is hiring a Cartographic Project Metadata Librarian

• Clark Atlanta University in the US is hiring for the following positions:

  • Assistant/Associate Professor of Machine Learning(007-21)

  • Assistant/Associate Professor: Cyber Physical Systems(085-20)

  • Assistant Professor: Math(035-21)

  • Assistant Professor: Math II(036-21)

  • Assistant/Associate Professor of Decision Science and Supply Chain Management(022-20)

• Morehouse College in the US is hiring an Assistant Professor of Data Science/Analytics (Tenure Track)

• The Morehouse School of Medicine is hiring a Director I, Data Analytics and Integrity

• North Carolina State University in the US is hiring a Research Solutions Consultant.

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