📣 BIDS is looking for a volunteer Communications Maintainer

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about community building and would like to help coordinate BIDS communications and community-facing activities.

This role would suit someone who communicates clearly and inclusively, enjoys connecting people and information, and is proactive about creating structure and following up so that important updates do not fall through the cracks. The Communications Maintainer's main areas of responsibility would be to:

• Coordinate and share announcements across BIDS channels (mailing lists, Mattermost, social media, and the website) about releases, community meetings, workshops, BEP review periods, elections, governance updates, and opportunities to contribute.
• Help coordinate the communications and community-events calendar, supporting activities such as meetings, town halls, workshops, elections, and the onboarding of new maintainers.
• Strengthen the flow of information between the BIDS community, Maintainers, Steering Committee, and BEP leads by surfacing questions and requests, sharing relevant updates, and helping ensure that contributors receive timely follow-up.

This is a collaborative coordination role, not a one-person communications team. The Communications Maintainer would work with current BIDS maintainers and help develop practical processes and tools for more consistent, timely, and transparent communication.

Interested, curious, or know someone who may be a good fit? Please contact Eric Earl eric.earl@nih.gov or Martin Norgaard martin.noergaard@di.ku.dk. We would also appreciate you sharing this call with your networks.