From the international team to membership

At the time of my last post I had just returned from an exciting trip to Brazil and had been busy helping to plan a PACN event in Nigeria.  Moving to the membership team I was expecting a much more relaxed rotation. I was wrong. Over the last two and a half months I have been travelling all over the UK visiting universities and talking to students about the benefits of membership.  I’ve been on buses, trains, planes, taxis and cars, travelling everywhere from Wales to Aberdeen to Plymouth.

Every day is different and sometimes things don’t go to plan, trains get cancelled, post goes missing, but that’s just part of the challenge. You quickly learn to be confident working independently and to solve any problems that arise.

One of the great things about this rotation has been meeting so many new people and learning about their experiences in the chemical sciences as well as their involvement with the RSC. I now have a much better appreciation of all the work our members contribute to the society.

At the beginning of December I will be moving to the science team and I’m excited to find out what projects I will be working on there.

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Laura Smart is a Graduate working in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Science, Education and Industry Department. To see if there are any current vacancies go to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' Blog or subscribe to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' by Email