The IASA exists to promote research relating to the Arabian Peninsula and, in particular, its archaeology, history, epigraphy, languages, literature, art, culture, ethnography, geography, geology and natural history.
It does this by…

– Awarding research grants,
– Producing its own publications and supporting others,
– Disseminating news of new research and events connected with Arabia, and
– Organizing lectures and conferences, in particular the annual Seminar for Arabian Studies.

IASA is seeking to contract a freelance Outreach Consultant

IASA wishes to contract a freelance Outreach Consultant to work with its trustees to develop and then implement an Outreach strategy designed to inform an international audience about its annual Seminar and other activities as well as providing information on new developments, discoveries, research and events across its range of activities. IASA wants to enhance its presence and profile in the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and ensure that its social media, E-Bulletin and website are devoted to this purpose. IASA will pay a fee (to be agreed). The contract is for one year but is renewable. Ideally the consultant would start on 1 June.

The IASA exists to promote research relating to the Arabian Peninsula and, in particular, its archaeology, history, epigraphy, languages, literature, art, culture, ethnography, geography, geology and natural history from the earliest times to the present day (or, in the case of political and social history, to the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1922). IASA aspires to maintain its Seminar for Arabian Studies as the only annual international forum for the presentation of the latest academic research on the Arabian Peninsula across the range of IASA’s research interests. In addition, IASA also fulfils its aims by awarding research grants, producing its own publications and supporting others, disseminating news of new research and events connected with Arabia and organizing lectures and events. (Further details can be found at https://iasarabia.org/

The Outreach Consultant’s main priority is to enhance our social media in both English and Arabic. He or she would oversee the IASA’s Outreach by managing the postings on Social Media sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram and other channels in both English and Arabic. Postings should cover the full range of IASA’s field of interest.  Some familiarity and experience in using social media would be essential.  Knowledge of one of subjects covered by IASA would be highly desirable.

The Consultant would also edit the IASA biannual E-Bulletin – for an example please go to https://iasarabia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IASA-Bulletin-spring-low-res.pdf. In addition to contributions received in response to the call for submissions, content is collected by the Editor throughout the year and solicited from regular contributors. The editor is responsible for coordinating the contributions to the Bulletin of the Book Review Editor and a Research Editor The editor will also work with the Outreach Committee whose function is to support and advise the editor.  It would be an advantage if the consultant had some previous experience of editing similar publications and some knowledge of the In-Design system used though we would open to ideas for changing the designs and look of the E-Bulletin in line with a broad outreach strategy.

The consultant would also be responsible for updating the website (and recommending any changes to it) using Word Press and for assisting the Events committee in the organisation of lectures and events.

We anticipate that the consultant would need to devote 25% of his or her time on these tasks in the contract period. He or she would report to the IASA Outreach Committee. He or she should be able to operate in both English and Arabic.

We would welcome expressions of interest and we would be happy to discuss the requirements in greater detail.  Please get in touch with us via contact@theiasa.com

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