EcoReps Intern; AY Job Middlebury area,Vermont USA,Education / Teaching

Position: EcoReps Intern (AY 26-27 902158)

Sustainability Intern Positions

Come explore what sustainability in action means to you! The vision of a sustainable world is within reach, but it will take all our talents and unique strengths to accomplish. We hope that students from across disciplines, backgrounds, and approaches will apply for this opportunity.

We are hiring students for five paid on-campus positions to work with Eco Reps - Middlebury's student-led environmental program - during the academic year.

The Eco Reps Program and its interns aim to connect incoming and current Middlebury students to the world of environmental consciousness and sustainability. The seven interns work as a team to teach incoming students about important issues relating to sustainability and environmental justice, whilst simultaneously connecting them to resources on campus, from the moment they arrive.

The group of interns includes two co-coordinators and five interns who work on sector-specific work: athletics, waste, communications, managing partnerships, and events. All interns will work on exposing students early to sustainability, in order to help students establish a lifelong relationship with sustainability. They will also focus on how to equitably involve all students, faculty, and staff in community-building, which includes helping to grow Middlebury's reputation as a sustainability educator by fostering open dialogue, innovation, and creativity when it comes to big, real-time issues like climate change.

This position is compensated at the Level B rate on the Midd student wage scale: $14.95 per hour.

Eco Reps Goals:

Empower Midd community members by helping gain a better understanding of sustainability and environmental issues and how to integrate solutions-oriented work to their lives.

Encourage inclusive community building that calls for equity, observance, and belonging.

Expand accessibility to environmental and sustainability resources at Midd.

Engage with the fourth pillar of Energy
2028 to educate students about the importance of environmentally friendly practices as soon as they step on campus.

Application form closes on Sunday, July 19 s is a hard deadline, unless there are extenuating circumstances, which must be communicated before Friday, July 10th. Applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis and should expect to receive decisions by 5PM on Tuesday, July 21st. Decisions to accept will need to be made by Thursday, July 24th. Hired Eco Reps will begin working in early fall (Monday 9/7/26), returning to campus early (can move in Sunday 9/6/26), to be involved with Eco Reps onboarding and Orientation events for First-year students.

There will also be an online onboarding meeting during summer.

How to Apply:

1) Review the five position descriptions below and rank the top three that you are interested in. Write the cover letter for your first preference position. If you choose, you may also write a few sentences on your reasoning for your other ranked positions at the end of the letter.
2) Apply via Workable, including answering additional questions below and uploading cover letter and resume (PDF preferred), by 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, July 19th.
3) We will contact you for next steps.