Day: October 20, 2015

Environmental Services Facility Supervisor, UC Davis, (Davis, CA)

October 20, 2015 / / 23 Comments

The EH&S Office is responsible for encouraging safe and healthful working conditions for all UC Davis staff, faculty, visitors, and students. Within EH&S, the Health & Safety/Hazardous Materials unit provides traditional and specialized services in; industrial hygiene, general and industrial safety, accident prevention; and hazardous materials and hazard waste management. 

Job Summary:

Under direction of a Manager, responsible for supervising, developing, implementing, and monitoring campus environmental and safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, and ensure a safe workplace.

Serve as the program coordinator of the campus integrated hazardous waste program, providing management and oversight for a comprehensive hazardous waste program including radioactive materials, asbestos, hazardous chemicals, carcinogens and infectious agents; and supervision of the radioactive materials receiving laboratory. 

Application Deadline: November 6, 2015 (open until filled)
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Earlham College, (Richmond, IN)

October 20, 2015 / / 27 Comments

Earlham College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 2016. This is a new position that will be located in a reconfigured program that is the result of the merger of existing majors in Environmental Science and Environmental Studies. Studying the environment at Earlham is intentionally collaborative and multidisciplinary, designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for engagement with both current and future environmental problems and problem solving. New institutional support for this program, alongside the recent development of a significant college-wide interdisciplinary effort in Global Leadership that includes a focus on sustainability, makes this an exciting time to be teaching about the environment at Earlham.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

The faculty member occupying this position will be asked to teach courses supporting this new program, including: introduction courses in both environmental science and environmental studies; the senior capstone experience; and, an interdisciplinary and team-taught environmental problem-solving course.

The faculty member will also be asked to contribute at least one course in a natural science major, plus additional upper level environmental science courses. Research plans that include undergraduates are highly desirable.

Application Deadline: November 10, 2015
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Sustainable Food Program Farm and Forage Coordinator, Stanford University, (Stanford, CA)

October 20, 2015 / / 24 Comments

As the dining department of the world’s premier research and teaching institution, R&DE Stanford Dining promotes food as a multidisciplinary educational experience and engages students in food issues such as those related to health, the environment, social equity and the global economy.

Job Purpose: Under direction, advance sustainability program activities and initiative through program design, support and execution.

CORE DUTIES:
• Serve as the student contact on sustainability programs and services participation, project idea consideration and refinement, and sourcing suitable faculty and staff supporters.
• Compile data, metrics, evaluations, assessments, and content for program reports.
• Deliver outreach, campus education and training components of sustainability programs and services.
• Lead assigned programs to raise campus awareness of sustainability goals and practices.
• Implement assigned education outreach programs for staff, faculty, and students.
• Mentor student ideas and projects to completion.
• Coordinate meetings and student events to increase and enhance program adoption and greater outreach.
• Contribute to the design of new innovative behavior campaigns.
• Manage and Farm Organic Dining Hall Gardens
• Run on-site compost
• Liaison with Stanford Educational Farm
• Link with the Teaching Kitchen at Stanford
• Organize student gleaning on campus for use in dining halls
• Coordinate BeWell Community Gardens
• Discover small farms and producers to purchase from and partner with
• Create outreach and social media for gardens, classes, and purchasing

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Sustainability Analyst, University of Virginia, (Charlottesville, VA)

October 20, 2015 / / 21 Comments

The Sustainability Analyst is a core member of the University of Virginia’s Office for Sustainability, which seeks to engage our communities, steward resources, and discover ways to improve Grounds and beyond for generations to come.

The Sustainability Analyst is responsible for:

  • maintaining and analyzing, with a high level of accuracy and integrity, the University’s greenhouse gas inventory, nitrogen footprint
  • developing annual reports and other communication tools
  • developing projections for the impact of potential strategies
  • supporting the development of new programs
  • benchmarking within U.Va. and with external sources

The ideal candidate must have knowledge of energy or emissions-related metrics, experience analyzing large data sets, and must demonstrate: the ability make independent decisions, a high level of initiative, and proactive approaches to problem-solving.  

Application Deadline: November 6, 2015
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