Biaza Research Committee Member

3 weeks ago

South East, United Kingdom BIAZA Full time

BIAZA

**Sector**:

- BIAZA Committee/Working Group Vacancies**Type**:

- Volunteer**Contract type**:

- Part-timeBIAZA’s Research Committee is one of six key standing Committees that works to achieve BIAZA’s mission aims.

The RC’s objectives are as follows:

- To encourage, facilitate and monitor research being carried out in BIAZA member collections and related field research.
- To promote and communicate research within the zoo and aquarium community, to academic colleagues, the general public and other external bodies
- To increase both the capacity for and quality of research in zoos, aquariums and in the field.
- To assist in the prioritizing of research in BIAZA zoos, aquariums and in the field.
- To achieve realistic growth in conservation research and knowledge in specialist areas.
- To develop partnerships with higher and further education.

BIAZA’s RC members work together to lead our collections in achieving these principles.

Full members of the Research Committee are those colleagues employed by a zoological collection with BIAZA membership. Co-opted members are those colleagues with specific skills or expertise useful to the running of the Research Committee but who are not employed in a BIAZA member zoological collection.

Committee Member Role Description (full and co-opted members)

RC Committee members contribute to the objectives of the Committee in the following ways:

- Attending the two yearly meetings of the Committee. The main annual business meeting is usually held in early December and is used to set objectives for the coming year and assign actions. A second meeting is held in early-mid July, usually the evening before the annual Research Conference and mainly consists of a review of progress against the year’s objectives and last minute arrangements for the conference. Meetings of the Committee may be in person or held virtually.
- Assisting in the organisation and running of the annual BIAZA Research Conference. This is a two day meeting (plus the committee meeting the evening before) and is normally held at a different zoo/aquarium each year. It includes a research specific workshop which includes a half-day methods workshop which provides the basis for producing new or updating chapters in the Handbook of Zoo Research.
- Assisting with virtual events (such as online activities for the Research Conference) as and when the current situation requires.
- Assisting with regular review of the BIAZA Research Handbook.
- Supporting the BIAZA office, contributing to relevant new resources wherever possible and assisting with responding to queries from BIAZA members and other interested parties.
- Contributing to Research Committee campaigns and communications, e.g. participation with social media events on the BIAZA Research Committee Facebook page, content for BIAZA publications and outputs, presenting at regional meetings etc.
- Reviewing BIAZA awards criteria and assessing submissions.
- Assisting in the annual review of relevant annual questionnaire content.
- Participate in other working groups of the Committee where relevant, e.g. Animal Welfare Working Group or with tasks to help the running of taxon-specific working groups.

Roles specific to Full Members of the Research Committee only
- Voting on applicants for new membership of the Committee.
- Eligibility for standing for the positions of (co)Chair(s) and Vice-Chair(s)

Full Committee members stand on the committee for three years. After this period, if they wish to remain on the committee they may be voted on for a further 3 years. At this point they must stand down for at least one year, before they may be voted back onto the committee.

Co-opted member positions are reviewed annually.

The Research Committee is particularly interested in applicants with the following areas of expertise:

- Keeping/animal staff with an interest in research
- Non-mammal taxa expertise
- Social science
- Aquariums
- Laboratory work (partiularly physiology and molecular ecology)
- Conservation technology

RC Committee Vice Chair Role Description

The Vice Chair works with the Co-Chairs to support these objectives by:

- Working with the BIAZA Office to create and review progress towards an RC action plan or strategy following the BIAZA strategy.
- Organising, attending and chairing twice yearly meetings. The main annual business meeting is usually held in early December at ZSL and is used to set objectives for the coming year and assign actions. A second meeting is held in early-mid July, usually the evening before the Annual Research Conference and mainly consists of a review of progress against the year’s objectives and last minute arrangements for the conference.
- Assisting where needed alongside the co-chairs with supporting the host organisation with the organising and running of the annual BIAZA Research Conference. This is a 2 day meeting (plus the committee meeting the evening before) held at a different zoo/aquarium ea

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