The Communications Specialist will handle communications with data providers, the research community, and members of Testing and Advisory Group and FishNet 2 Steering Committee. The incumbent in this position will publicizing the progress and accomplishments of the project, help project personal with writing and editing project reports, monitoring the progress of completion project tasks. The Communications Specialist will manage information exchange among project personnel, the FN2-T&AG and FN2-SC committees via team communication platforms, email, text messages, social media, etc. The Communications Specialist will search for relevant information on the web, in books, scientific literature, and sharing the information with project personnel. The incumbent in this position will write, edit and language check project reports and other documents. The Communications Specialist will keep track of submission processes for project related scientific publications, funding opportunities, grant solicitations and deadlines and the dissemination of project information to scientific communities and the general public.