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Education and Outreach Specialist: Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast NMS, Sheboygan, Wisconsin  

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What We Need 

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is a leading voice for U.S. protected waters, is seeking an Education and Outreach Specialist, a position responsible for developing and implementing education and outreach initiatives at the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (WSCNMS).  

Specifically, the Education and Outreach Specialist will support work that is part of the scope of a cooperative agreement between the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries focused on engaging the public, through education and outreach at WSCNMS. 

The Education and Outreach Specialist will play a key role in supporting WSCNMS on behalf of the Foundation by updating and implementing the sanctuary’s Education and Outreach Action Plan. The selected candidate will work with local communities, educators, students, and the public to increase the reach and relevance of the sanctuary. The successful candidate will have a passion for formal and informal education, strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects. The Education and Outreach Specialist will work day-to-day as a member of the WSCNMS staff. 

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is committed to a culture of inclusion, equity, and belonging. We are dedicated to attracting and retaining a diverse staff. We honor experiences, perspectives, and unique identities, and welcome the contributions that you can bring to the dedicated team. With a diverse team of employees, we can grow and learn better together and achieve our mission to protect the health of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes for current and future generations. 

Designated in 2021, Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary provides stewardship for our nation’s maritime heritage in Lake Michigan, including 40 historic shipwreck sites. Co-managed by NOAA and the state of Wisconsin, the sanctuary promotes Great Lakes conservation through research, education, and public engagement. In partnership with local communities, the sanctuary provides a national stage for promoting recreation and heritage tourism. 

The sanctuary is part of NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System, an over 620,000 square mile network of underwater parks. These special places protect some of the most iconic underwater areas in the United States. 

What You’ll Do 

The person in this role will be a creative, self-motivated thinker, with strong organizational skills and a passion for formal and informal education. As the Education and Outreach Specialist, you’ll be embedded with NOAA’s Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and be responsible for: 

  • Enhancing the sanctuary’s ability to inspire Great Lakes conservation and literacy.
  • Developing and implementing WSCNMS education and outreach action plans. 
  • Day-to-day management of WSCNMS education and outreach programs.
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of education and outreach programs.
  • Establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with K-12 and higher education educators. 
  • Establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with federal, state, local, academic, and non-profit organizations.  
  • Developing education, outreach, marketing, and communication materials, programs, and tools for both heritage and STEM-related topics.
  • Developing and leading teacher workshops to promote use of science-based lesson plans in classrooms.
  • Conducting sanctuary outreach and education in visitors’ centers, partner facilities, and at special events. 
  • Day-to-day management of WSCNMS website and social media channels.
  • Supporting the development of brochures, signs, exhibits, web content, and social media content
  • Supporting the writing and implementation of education related grants.
  • Coordinating sanctuary volunteer program and assisting with sanctuary advisory council.
  • Perform other duties, as required.

Who You Are 

As the Education and Outreach Specialist, you’re a mission-driven individual who can develop and implement education and outreach strategies that bring the wonder and value of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary to life for your audiences. You have a strong sense of initiative and work well both independently and as part of a team. You’ll have: 

Required Qualifications: 

  • A degree that included or was supplemented by study in education or a combination of education and experience equivalent to a degree in education.
  • Minimum of two years of specialized experience in education, public outreach and/or science communication for general audiences. 
  • Experience in developing K-12 activities, curriculum, or training for educators.
  • Experience producing plain-language communications materials
  • A demonstrated ability to forge partnerships with diverse communities and organizations. 
  • Excellent communication, organizational, writing, and project management skills.
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Ability to perform under tight deadlines and juggle multiple tasks and projects.
  • Demonstrated initiative, ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment.
  • Proficiency with video and image editing software
  • Adept with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace.
  • Willingness and ability to travel in support of sanctuary activities when needed.
  • Regular attendance required.

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Experience in environmental and Great Lakes sciences and heritage
  • Proficiency with video and image editing software, preferably with the Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience working for or with federal or state agencies.
  • Experience and/or knowledge of national marine sanctuaries.
  • Certified SCUBA credentials and experience.

Why You Will Love Us 

  • Dedicated and passionate staff committed to the conservation of the sites throughout the National Marine Sanctuary System.
  • Generous leave policy, plus paid time off the week between December 25 and January 1; and 12 paid federal holidays.
  • Health Benefits: Medical with an FSA option; dental, and vision.
  • Foundation paid Life and Disability Insurance.
  • Transportation subsidy
  • Preparing for the Future: 403(B) with employer contribution after one year of service.

Compensation and Benefits: $58K-68K annually, based on experience. The Foundation offers a competitive benefits package.  

Applications must include a cover letter, resume, and at least three professional references. 
Applications received by October 31, 2025 will be preferred. 

Location: Sheboygan, WI 

CFP: Exploration and Preservation of Historical Shipwrecks and Maritime Heritage

A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408). This special issue belongs to the section “Underwater Heritage“.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 425

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage/special_issues/V44C852S23?

Dear Colleagues,

In light of changing climate and geopolitical priorities, the preservation of submerged cultural heritage remains in limbo as coastal sites are threatened by storms and construction, and deep-water sites are threatened by salvors, corrosion, and even tourists. Efforts to protect shipwrecks and other maritime cultural heritage sites require tools and technology to access them, often in deep water, and funds and resources to conduct this work, as we cannot protect what has never been found. Wrecks have also been found to pose their own unique environmental threats in the form of oil pollution and chemical munitions. In addition to increased ocean exploration to locate wrecks, advances in 3D documentation provide a means of digitally preserving heritage sites and sharing these hard to access places with the public. Ashore historic ships, and the raised and preserved wrecks of ancient and historic craft also face significant challenges and some have been lost. The articles in this special issue on maritime heritage should address any number of methods and case studies involving the preservation, documentation or exploration of shipwreck sites, shipwrecks displayed in museums, and historic ships afloat and ashore.

Dr. Michael L. Brennan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • historical shipwrecks
  • maritime heritage
  • deep-water shipwrecks
  • ocean exploration
  • ocean heritage

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Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Geography

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Position Summary

The Earth and Ocean Lab at the Department of Geography, University College Cork wishes to appoint a Post-Doctoral Researcher to undertake the I-POINT project. Shipwrecks are anthropogenically derived seafloor features with important cultural heritage that may form biodiversity ‘hotspots’ in otherwise barren parts of the seabed. In recent times, their presence has typically been considered a hazard to trade and navigation (shipping routes), energy (renewable energy development) and marine resources (trawling). However, a relatively lesser studied hazard is the pollution potential of shipwrecks given their composition, cargo and long-term exposure to the marine environment that can up-concentrate shipwreck-derived pollutants akin to placer deposits. The I-POINT project is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research project that: i) identifies, maps and ranks the distribution of polluting shipwrecks around Ireland, and ii) quantifies the impacts of the most intensely polluting shipwrecks. To do this, we propose a data-driven assessment of online archives, historical records, peer-reviewed literature using a Python-based automatic web-scraping method (or suitable alternative). Key wrecks from this assessment will be analysed and surveyed (multibeam, magnetometry, side scan sonar, sediment sampling and ROV-based photogrammetry). The resulting survey data will be processed and used in hydrodynamic modelling using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. This assessment will determine the controls on pollution, the distribution of pollutants and their variance under changing marine environmental conditions. On a broader scale, the real impact of this research will be the creation of a legacy report aimed at informing policy makers and other stakeholders at how to best manage and remedy shipwreck-based pollution on the short (5 years) and long term (50 years). The project is funded through the Marine Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The appointed candidate will take a lead role on this project from all aspects of the research through to project logistics and administration. Post-Doctoral researchers within the Earth and Ocean lab typically gain experience in student supervision, grant writing and teaching as part of their career development.

The candidate should have a PhD in a closely related discipline or subject area (essential). They should be able to demonstrate experience with managing a research project. They should have experience and knowledge in at least one of the following: seafloor mapping and imaging (ROV-derived photogrammetry; multibeam sonar or side scan sonar); Python programming; sedimentology and sediment analysis (geochemical and particle size); marine CFD modelling; Irish shipwrecks (heritage and policy). The appointee will work directly with PI’s at University College Cork and University College Dublin, and will be expected to engage with a range of external stakeholder organisations.

Project Title: Instability and Pollution Potential Mapping of Irish Shipwreck Sites for a National Risk Assessment Database (I-PoINt) 

Post Duration: 3.5 Years

Salary: €44,847 – €51,313 p.a. IUA PD1 Scale   

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr Aaron Lim, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of Geography Tel: + 353 (0) 21 4903842; Email: aaron.lim@ucc.ie 

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie, quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday 31st January 2025

No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

UCC is committed to creating and fully embracing an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated.  As a University we strive to create a workplace that reflects the diversity of our student population where people from a wide variety of backgrounds learn from one another, share ideas, and work collaboratively. UCC is committed to being an employer that recognises the value of diversity amongst its staff.  We encourage applicants to consult our policies at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/policies and initiatives at https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/implementation and we welcome applications of everyone, including those who are underrepresented in the protected characteristics set out in our Equal Opportunities & Diversity Policy. 

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Request for Proposal: Project Manager to Lead Work on Potentially Polluting Wrecks

https://oceanfdn.org/request-for-proposals-project-manager/

The Ocean Foundation (TOF) is seeking a Project Manager to lead work on Potentially Polluting Wrecks (PPW). The details are below:

Scope of Work:

The consultant will work with the current team supporting the work on PPW, which consists of Ole Varmer (Sr. Adviser on Ocean Heritage); Charlotte Jarvis (lead on the books on Threats to Our Ocean Heritage from Trawling on Deep Seabed Mining); Dr. Mike Brennan (lead on the book on PPWs) and Robert Glover (Research Assistant on PPWs) to accomplish the following:

  • Operate as primary point of contact with the Waves Group (Secretariat for the PPWs workshop), the International Committee on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), International Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH) (partners on the books and the PPWs Workshops), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (partners in the PPWs book)
  • Operate as primary point of contact with Lloyds Register Foundation for the existing grant and any future opportunities
  • Coordinate and lead partnership development and partnership management activities, such as regular working group meetings with regional partners or listening sessions with new partners.
  • Along with other members of the team, develop and deliver training and support materials, such as written guides, online modules, and in-person workshop agendas.
  • Prepare both internally and externally facing written materials that summarize activities and accomplishments, such as formal grant reports, internal reports to the board and President, blog posts, and website language.
  • Participate in international and domestic events, meetings, and conferences to build partnerships and advance progress on ocean science capacity sharing, including through preparation of presentation materials based on existing templates.
  • Draft, revise, finalize, and track contracts and grants with partners.
  • Oversee and track progress against a subset of funded programs to ensure all deliverables and milestones are met according to timelines and budgets, in coordination with the team.
  • Lead the strategic planning to advance the PPWs project goals and targets.
  • Support the President, the Senior Adviser on Ocean Heritage and other team members in preparing written materials, budgets, log frames, and other materials required for funding opportunities.
  • Suggest improvements for internal processes/procedures that create efficiencies or best meet the needs of partners and contribute to written guides for these processes when relevant.

Requirements:

Successful proposals will demonstrate the following about the consultant:

  • The capacity to work effectively with diverse teams in a variety of time zones; integrate across disciplines; and work collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders and communicate about complex ocean science issues
  • Program management skills, including the ability to manage or participate in multi-year and/or multi-partner activities.
  • Experience supporting complex projects or strategic initiatives in an unstructured environment.
  • Ability to quickly explore and provide recommendations on solutions to complex issues which may arise.
  • Show clear evidence of detailed knowledge of the PPW challenge and key stakeholders.
  • Track record of successful negotiation with private sector, NGOs, Government agencies etc..
  • Track record of advocacy and influencing public awareness of related issues.

All proposals must be submitted to ovarmer@oceanfdn.org, Attn: Project Manager PPWs

Proposed Deadline:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until May 20, 2024

Proposed Budget:

Not to exceed $80,000 (USD)

Call for Papers | Panel on Ships at ASPHS 2024 in Lisbon

The Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies annual conference will be held in Lisbon, 8–12 July 2024.

Ships and Their Contents: Shipbuilding, Shipwrecks, and Global Circulation in the Iberian World, 1600–1800
Chaired by Sabina de Cavi and Luis Gordo Peláez

Proposals due by 21 January 2024

In a recent talk organized by the Getty Research Institute, Mirko Sardelić (Senior Research Associate of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts / The University of Western Australia) theorized about Renaissance ships as mobile cross-cultural systems. In response to the increasing academic interest in maritime history, ars navigandi, and maritime archaeology, this panel aims at discussing the materiality of ships and their role as cultural and artistic media in a transoceanic context. It focuses on the global trade in the Iberian World that was dominated by the two main urban centers and port cities of Seville and Lisbon and often interacted and clashed with English and Dutch interests.

We welcome contributions on topics such as: the materiality and daily life on the early modern ship; economic partnerships for shipbuilding; shipwrecks, their representation and remains; the iconography of transatlantic cargo ships and the global trade (cartography); cargoes of art and precious goods; smuggling, docks and customs across the globe; marines and the maritime society in the broadest sense (gente di mare).

Please submit a 300-word proposal, 5 keywords and a one-page CV before 21 January 2024 to Sabina de Cavi (scavi@fcsh.unl.pt) and Luis Gordo Peláez (luisgordopelaez@csufresno.edu).