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Daily Sustainability Job Post
Middlebury College
Sustainability Specialist
Middlebury, VT
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Position Overview:
This position provides leadership (creative thinking, guidance), support and action to advance Middlebury’s sustainability goals and initiatives. Communication and storytelling, strategy development and implementation are significant functions. Plays a central role in providing experiential learning opportunities for students through the Sustainability Solution Lab. Works closely with other team members of Environmental Affairs at the Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest (FECH) to advance the overall sustainability mission of Middlebury with a lens on social justice and equity.
The Sustainability Specialist serves as a forward-thinking sustainability advocate across the entire institution. This position initiates, designs, implements and maintains culture and behavior change programs to more effectively engage members of the Middlebury community in practices of sustainability.
The Sustainability Specialist evolves, oversees and manages the Sustainability Solutions Lab to ensure productive and positive experience for students and outcomes for the College, which involves hiring and working closely with student interns year round. Plans and coordinates Fall and February sustainability-related orientation programs for incoming students. Helps support the implementation and progress of Energy2028. Works closely with Dean of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability on the Environmental Council to strengthen its advisory and consultative role to the President.
A primary role of this position is developing and coordinating communication, messaging and storytelling strategy for Environmental Affairs. Also works closely with Communications to publicize sustainability efforts and progress, with news and stories about Middlebury’s sustainability efforts. Manages and maintains the Sustainability and Energy2028 websites and social media platforms.
Reports to Associate Director of FECH and works closely with Director of Programs at FECH.
This is considered a full-time salaried benefits eligible position. The salary range for the position is $44,600 – $66,800 per year.
Requirements
Essential Functions:
Sustainability Integration
• Stay abreast of changes in sustainability policies and practices in the field. Develop and maintain sustainability standards and practices across the institution with a particular lens on social justice and equity.
• Engage offices and departments across Middlebury to identify efforts to help achieve environmental and sustainability goals.
• Regularly assess these programs and work with the Environmental Affairs team to develop and implement creative adaptation to keep them relevant and impactful.
• Facilitate and manage sustainability assessments and reporting instruments such as AASHE’s STARS.
• Develop and implement opportunities for collaborating with the Sustainability Council at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey.
Project Management
• Provide crucial support for the Environmental Council and its committees to ensure it provides valuable advice and support to the President.
•Provide leadership, coordination, support and supervision of students and interns to build successful initiatives that advance sustainability on campus including Energy2028, the Sustainability Solutions Lab, Planet Forward, The Knoll, Solar Decathlon Houses, Global Partnership for Sustainability, Climate Action Capacity Program, and other FECH programs.
Communications
• Develop and provide relevant forms of communication between students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and Middlebury community members with sustainability interests and ideas.
• Design and produce visually stimulating materials for effective message communication in video, print advertising, online, posters, grassroots marketing, etc.
• Manage and regularly update the Sustainability and Energy2028 websites and social media platforms as programs and projects evolve over time.
• Collaborate closely with Communications staff to produce stories about the efforts of Middlebury students, faculty and staff that demonstrate leadership and learning about creating a sustainable future.
• Represent Middlebury externally at meetings and conferences.
Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check
General Responsibilities:
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or higher degree in an environmental or sustainability related field is preferred and at least five years’ related work experience and/or training required.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Candidate must be an extremely well-organized and self-directed individual who is a quick learner and team player; an intelligent and articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication skills; and is a good educator and mentor for students. Must be able to effectively collaborate with and contribute to a professional team of staff engaged in dynamic planning and action on a regular basis.
Must stay informed about current local and global sustainability developments and news and how it relates to Middlebury’s leadership. - Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to devise and carry out data collection and analysis methodology to demonstrate the failure/success of programs implemented in a complex environment with many constraints. Maintain STARS data and other assessment tools.
- Advanced writing and communicating ability: Ability to quickly produce media pieces about sustainability initiatives, successes and challenges that take place on the Middlebury campus and beyond. Ability to produce clear written documentation for technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to self-edit most typographic and grammatical errors.
- Speaking Ability: Ability to speak persuasively and confidently to large and diverse audiences. Ability to tailor speaking to fit the audience.
- Multimedia Ability: This job will require a high level of skill with multiple forms of media hardware and software (photography, audio recording, graphic design, video shooting and editing).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, graphic design, website management and video editing will be essential.
Experience:
At least five years of applicable work experience is required.
Physical Demands:
- Regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate diverse technologies.
- May occasionally bend, crouch, and reach.
- Must be able to occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull up to 10lbs with with assistance.
Offer is contingent on completion of a background check. Covid-19 vaccination, including booster if eligible, is a condition of employment. For more information follow this web link: https://www.middlebury.edu/office/covid-19-updates/covid-19-vaccine-requirements
Benefits
As an employee of Middlebury College, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.
- Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, Middlebury offers a generous time-away program – up to 34 days per year during the first two years of service, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs as well as free or reduced rates for cultural events and use of sporting facilities (including the College’s golf course and Nordic and alpine ski area). The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting.
- Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:
- MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the College store, library privileges, and discounts at cultural and sporting events. In addition, the card allows door access to certain campus buildings. Spouses or domestic partners of benefits-eligible employees are eligible to receive a Spouse/Partner card with the same privileges as the employee card (except door access).
- Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Ski Touring Center.
A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website by following this web link: https://www.middlebury.edu/office/human-resources/…