Hours: 19 hours per week maximum

Duration: This position is year-round and lasts until the end of June the second year after the student is hired, which should align with the end of their graduate studies.

Compensation: Starting hourly wage will be $17.00 per hour, with provision for an increase in the second year.

Start Date: Positions start on Monday, October 4th, 2021. There is some flexibility to alter that date if the student has a compelling need.

Qualifications:

  • Must be an admitted or current Evergreen graduate studies student who plans to be enrolled for at least 4 credits in fall, winter, and spring 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.
  • May not hold any other student-staff positions at Evergreen for the duration of their employment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills – phone, email, and in-person.
  • Comfortable talking with all types of people – both incoming and current students, alumni, staff, faculty, and community partners, by phone, by email, through zoom, or in person.
  • Organized and detail-oriented.
  • Flexible and able to work with minimal direction, yet willing and able to ask questions to clarify the task at hand.
  • General office skills – including Microsoft Office, printers, and copy machines.
  • Problem solver; takes initiative, fast learner.
  • Comfortable learning new skills and searching out directions, training, or support as needed
  • Project planning or project assistance experience is beneficial to the duties of this position, but not required

Job Duties:

  • Support/collaborate on sustainability plans for Evergreen State College operations

The Sustainability Fellow will coordinate with the Director of Sustainability at The Evergreen State College and support major projects. Office of Sustainability project work spans a wide-breadth across energy generation, conservation, and consumption, water use, waste management, transportation planning and alternatively fueled vehicles, commuting behaviors, building construction, state and local government planning, regional collaborations, community engagement, and reporting. Routine work includes data collection and analysis for reporting on

    • GHG emissions
    • Building energy use
    • Energy conservation
    • Renewable energy production
  • Fellows will also have opportunity to make significant contributions to the following projects which are currently in development:
  • Campus stewardship planning and implementation for undeveloped lands

This includes collaborative workgroup planning for stewardship plans and implementation tasks. We expect to lay the foundations for long-term plans, outreach, educational programming, and other essential administrative infrastructure during the next year or two.

  • Developing water management and habitat restoration plans

College lands drain in three directions, two of which have been identified as high-value watershed projects. Central, developed campus lands all drain to Snyder Creek, which runs through College lands. Snyder Creek is a currently marginal salmon & trout habitat that could be improved in multiple ways. The eastside, lower campus drains off campus to Green Cove creek, which is a high-priority watershed in Thurston County’s water management plans. We have potential for water management projects on campus lands that will complement the work Thurston County is hoping to accomplish elsewhere in the watershed. Both projects are very preliminary and will benefit from a wide range of research and planning in public works and policy, environmental restoration, water systems, and hydrogeology.

  • Attend Conferences, etc. when needed.
  • Other duties as assigned 

How to apply:

Please submit the following application materials:

  1. Cover Letter (1 page) – Identify why you are interested, the knowledge or skills you offer, and how this work fits with your educational and/or professional goals.
  2. Resume/Curriculum – Please point out any pertinent academic, volunteer, or professional work.
  3. Two references and their contact information.

Please submit your application materials to Scott Morgan, Evergreen’s Director of Sustainability by 11:59pm, PT on September 6th, 2021. Submit via email to morgans@evergreen.edu. Interviews will be held via zoom during the weeks of September 13-18th, 2021.