Employment

AAFS Employment Opportunities


Welcome to the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Employment Website. AAFS has created this new system whereby employers can post forensic science related employment positions on the AAFS website. There is no charge for this service.

This system will allow an employer to:

  • • Enter the position information
  • • Submit/save it for approval of the AAFS Website Coordinator,
  • • Update the position to reflect changes in duties, requirements, or even an application deadline. In order to be able to return to the employment site make changes, the employer will need to create a user id and password to access the system.

Once submitted, the AAFS Website Coordinator will review each position posting request:

  • • To ensure adequate information is provided;
  • • To check spelling and grammar; and
  • • To review the application deadline/60-day limit

When the review is complete, the AAFS Website Coordinator will approve the position to be posted to the website. Posting requests will be approved at least once a day. However, depending on the time of year (times when publication deadlines are eminent - i.e., immediately before, during, or after the AAFS Annual Scientific Meeting, etc.) this approval process may take up to ten days. An email confirmation indicating your request has been completed will be emailed on the same day the posting is uploaded to the AAFS website.

Positions with application deadlines of less than sixty days will automatically be removed from the website immediately after the deadline has passed. Positions which do not have specific application deadline dates may remain on the website for sixty days. The system will allow you to set a deadline date of more than sixty days; however, the AAFS Website Coordinator will review the date entered to ensure the posting does not remain on the site for an indefinite amount of time. Employers will need to resubmit the position should the system remove the posting because the application deadline passed and the employer did not update the posting to reflect the new application deadline.

Any questions on posting a position on the AAFS Employment Website should be directed to Nancy Jackson at njackson@aafs.org or (719) 636-1100.

To view current positions - Current Job Openings

To create a new account and/or post a job - Post a Job

 

To post a job on the AAFS website:

To view these instructions in pdf format, click HERE.

1. To post a position on the AAFS website you must first establish an account on the AAFS Employment User System. An account consists of a username and password. This account (user name and password) is not associated with the AAFS Member Section log in or the AAFS Abstract Submission System. You may create a username by entering a username and an email address in the appropriate box. The user name and email address must be unique in order for the system to create an account. In addition, the email address should be a valid address. The system will send to the email address you provided, a temporary password as well as a one-time only access link.

2. To create a new account, click the "create new account" link.

3. Enter a username and email address and click "Create new Account".

4. Once your account is created, the system will send the temporary account password to the email address you provided in the "Create New Account" process and redirect you to the AAFS home page. Go to the AAFS login screen at: http://aafs.org/user.

5. Go to your email account (you may find the email in your "Junk" email inbox. The email will come from AAFS Website (noreply@aafs.org). The system provides two ways to access your newly created account:

  • a. Click on the http://aafs.org/user link and enter the username and password provided; or,
  • b. Click on the one-time use link that will take you directly to your account page.  This link provided in the email can only be used one time!

 

NOTE:

6. Enter you new password in the two boxes provided (Password & Confirm Password). You may also elect to change the Default time zone box. At this time, there are no pre-set requirements for password length or security. However, the system will grade you on these two factors. Once the system indicates that the passwords match in both boxes, click "Save" to change your account Password.

Once changed, you will be able to use the account to make changes to your current posting or to add any future posting your organization may have.


Information needed/required to post a position:

1. AAFS requires that the following information be submitted when posting a position:

  • a. Job title,
  • b. Organization name, and
  • c. Application deadline date
  • NOTE:  Should an employer enter an application deadline date of more than sixty days, AAFS reserves the right to change this to meet the sixty day limit.

2. Qualifications - Enter any job specific qualifications in this block.

3. Responsibilities - Information entered into the "Responsibilities" block will show up in part on the main AAFS Current Openings webpage. You may want to add a sentence similar to the following in this block:

  • <Organization Name> is seeking applicants for the position of <position name>. This position is located in location name>.  Responsibilities include:
  • a. Also enter the job specific responsibilities and/or duties in this block.

4. Other Information/How to Apply

  • a. Enter any additional information specific to the position in this block.
  • b. Enter the "How to Apply" information in this block.

5. Application Deadline - this is a required field. The system will provide a default date sixty days from the day the post is submitted. This date information will be reviewed to ensure the sixty day maximum is met. In the event an employer needs to extend the deadline date, you may update the position information and resubmit it for approval or contact the AAFS Website Coordinator Nancy Jackson at njackson@aafs.org.

6. Salary - if applicable, enter the salary information.

  • NOTE: If you enter information in the "Salary Minimum" and "Salary Maximum" boxes, you must enter the data as a number without any currency signs, commas, and/or periods (i.e. $4,538.00 should be entered as 4538, $19.00 should be entered as 19).

6. Pay Type - You may elect to enter the "Pay Type" as Annual, Monthly, or Per Hour.

7. Salary/Other - If you have a salary or salary range that includes cent values (i.e., $70,168.99, $4,538.89, $19.50 per hour), you will need to enter this in the "Salary/Other" box. Here you can enter a range as $4,538.89 to $6,815.00 or $19.50 – $26.75 and select the "Pay type" that corresponds with the pay.

8. Contact Name - Enter your contact information or the contact information of the person who may best answer questions about the position. This information will be included in the online website posting.

9. Contact Address - Enter your address. This information will be included in the online website posting.

10. Contact Phone - If applicable, enter your telephone number. This information will be included in the online website posting.

11. Contact Fax - if applicable, enter your fax number. This information will be included in the online website posting.

12. Contact Email - if applicable, enter your email address. The email address provided here will be used to send a confirmation email address that the position has been approved. This information will be included in the online website posting.

13. Website - if applicable, enter a website address. This information will be included in the online website posting.

14. Once you have entered all of the information pertinent to the position, click the save button. The information is then sent to the AAFS website Coordinator for approval and the following message will appear:

  • "The information will be submitted for moderation (to the AAFS website Coordinator) and it will not be accessible to others until it has been approved (by the AAFS Website Coordinator).

15. If an email address has been provided in the posting, an email will be sent once the position has been approved and posted to the AAFS website.

AAFS MISSION

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a multi-disciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system. The objectives of the Academy are to promote professionalism, integrity, competency, education, foster research, improve practice, and encourage collaboration in the forensic sciences. 

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