Position Overview The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland CISSM and the Center for Governance of Technology and Systems GoTech are research education and outreach units of the University of Marylands School of Public Policy SPP Over three decades CISSM has established a strong international and national reputation for innovative policy research on complex global security challenges broadly defined and a set of signature activities including the biweekly CISSM forum speaker series and the quarterly CISSM update Several new faculty and research associates have joined CISSM in recent years so we are looking for a communications and events coordinator who will take the initiative to refine and implement our strategy for elevating and broadening CISSMs engagement with audiences from the local to the globalGoTech is newly established as an independent research and policy engagement center with a close working relationship with CISSM It is looking for a communications and events coordinator who will help it forge a clear identity raise awareness of its activities and outputs and build a reputation for tackling complex technology governance issues creatively rigorously and practically This is initially structured as a half time position with the potential to grow into full time