Campus Environmental Center Coordinator

Job Posting Title:

Campus Environmental Center Coordinator

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Hiring Department:

Sustainability

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt from FLSA

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employee without sponsorship.

Purpose

To assist with decisions related to sustainability goals and manage Campus Environmental Center (CEC) operations. Supervise student staff and volunteers as needed. Responsible for implementing project criteria, procedures and standards for sustainability projects.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains relationships with on and off campus stakeholders, including the UT Sustainability Living Learning Community and Texas Regional Alliance for Campus Sustainability. Advocates for student involvement in sustainability decision making on campus. Serves as requested on cross-campus committees and task forces to advance sustainability mission at UT Austin, including but not limited to Sustainability Living Learning Community, Introduction to Sustainability class instruction, supporting student coalition building, participating in staff roundtables, and engaging in mission-aligned events.

• Creates periodic reports on CEC activities and shares with internal and external stakeholders. Creates presentations as requested. Assists with sustainability reporting for the University. Maintains income and expense records and annual budget for CEC. Monitors CEC contractual relationships.

• Manage CEC operations, student staff, and volunteers as needed. Manages a leadership program for undergraduate students focused on professional development and career skills. Assists CEC leaders in achieving success on organizational initiatives. Reviews projects for feasibility and compliance with UT policy and procedures. Ensures each project meets formal CEC goals as outlined by student organizational bylaws. Initiates administrative procedures of student hires and onboarding. Facilitates the annual transition of student leaders and communicates CEC structure and planned activities.

• Manage student-focused sustainability programming including New Student Orientation initiatives, sustainability careers programming and resources, and other sustainability outreach and education events for undergraduate and graduate students. Assists in identifying and shaping new programs that meet organizational mission and goals.

• Manage CEC office space and affiliated student-use spaces. Responsible for acquisition of all needed physical resources, tracking visitors, monitoring space usage, and overseeing operations and management of shared spaces.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of responsible level experience in program administration or program coordination, or master's degree and one year of experience.

• Three years minimum experience in a professional environment related to recycling and/or sustainability, with the ability to cross-communicate with student organizations, academia, industry, state, and other higher education institutions.

• Current Class "C" Operator Driver License required. Prior to date of hire, applicant selected must provide a Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) showing a driving history going back 36 months.

• This includes all states resided in for the past 36 months.

• MVR will be evaluated to determine eligibility to drive a University-owned vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of Bachelor's degree in Sustainability or Program Management.

• Demonstrated experience with youth development and coordination of recycling and/or sustainability projects involving higher education students.

• Five to seven years of experience in a professional environment related to recycling and/or sustainability, preferably in a higher education surrounding.

Driving Required

This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three-year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Employees who are required to have a CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing (pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, random, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol