{"id":46504,"date":"2022-07-07T09:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=46504"},"modified":"2022-07-07T09:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T16:04:06","slug":"job-program-manager-climate-sustainability-harvard-university-cambridge-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-program-manager-climate-sustainability-harvard-university-cambridge-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Program Manager, Climate &amp; Sustainability, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><b><strong>For more information, please follow this link:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.higheredjobs.com\/details.cfm?JobCode=177986495&amp;utm_source=06_27_22&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=JobAgentEmail\">https:\/\/www.higheredjobs.com\/details.cfm?JobCode=177986495&amp;utm_source=06_27_22&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=JobAgentEmail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary<\/strong>&#8211; DOE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reporting to the Executive Director, the Climate &amp; Sustainability Program Manager will manage projects that arise across the Institute&#8217;s functional areas. Responsibilities are categorized into three broad areas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizing and managing internal funding competitions. The work includes writing calls for proposals and other related communications; developing and maintaining a list of prospective researchers, who are working in climate-related fields; managing the online proposal submission process; organizing consultations with prospective applicants; scheduling and staffing selection committee meetings; corresponding with reviewers and applicants; coordinating the transfer of funds to awardees.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Staffing research-related meetings and subsequently taking the necessary action to advance the work of the Institute&#8217;s research enterprise.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Developing work processes for managing and tracking research grant funding and the periodic review of research projects.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with researchers to measure and report research outcomes.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Translating technical research project descriptions and their significance to meeting the world&#8217;s climate challenge to language that is understood by general audiences; and publicizing this information on the Web and social media.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Developing and using tools for making the information in the Institute&#8217;s research portfolio available to audiences within and beyond Harvard University.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staffing education-related meetings and subsequently taking the necessary action to advance the work of the Institute&#8217;s education initiatives.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Collaborating with colleagues across the University to support the development of new climate education programs.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Managing University-wide co-curricular student programs in climate and sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>External Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaborating with Institute staff to organize and staff events, including panel discussions, workshops, and conferences.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the recruitment of the Institute&#8217;s Fellows &#8211; distinguished academics and practitioners in the fields of climate and sustainability &#8211; and managing their logistical needs once they join the Institute to ensure that their time at the University is as productive as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Performing other duties as assigned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Basic Qualifications<\/strong><br \/>Bachelor&#8217;s degree in climate, sustainability, the environment, or a related field is required. A minimum of three years of work experience, or an advanced degree in one of the fields above.<br \/><br \/><strong>Additional Qualifications and Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Keen attention to detail, and the ability to work efficiently and effectively with a team and independently in a fast-paced environment.<\/li>\n<li>Strong analytical and organizational skills; tolerance for and ability to manage several demanding projects.<\/li>\n<li>Tact and sound judgment in interacting with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>A commitment to addressing the climate crisis, or to sustainability broadly.<\/li>\n<li>A Master&#8217;s degree in an area related to climate or sustainability is preferred.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to develop and maintain a searchable research database.<\/li>\n<li>The demonstrated ability to convey technical research questions to general audiences in compelling ways.<\/li>\n<li>Graphic design and web design skills, including knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.<\/li>\n<li>Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4,28,33,141,13],"class_list":["post-46504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs","tag-alumni","tag-job","tag-jobs","tag-recent-grad","tag-recent-grads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46505,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46504\/revisions\/46505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}