Sustainability Coordinator

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The UCOP Office of Sustainability (OS) develops, coordinates, and supports sustainability efforts throughout the system, including the UC Sustainable Practices Policy and the UC Global Climate Leadership Council. The OS identifies best practices on one or more campuses or academic health centers and works strategically to turn them into standard business practice across the system. The OS works with UC's campuses and health systems to lead systemwide collaborative sustainability initiatives.

The OS plays a leadership and facilitation role by building consensus among all campuses and health centers for aggressive yet feasible systemwide goals to move all UC sustainability practices forward quickly and efficiently. The OS coordinates the development and implementation of the UC Sustainable Practices Policy and tracks key metrics to analyze and report on progress towards UC's goals. Externally, the OS works to reinforce UC's position as a national leader in sustainability in higher education.

The UCOP OS is committed to applying inclusion principles to all its sustainability policy areas, programs, and initiatives. The OS is committed to ensuring that UC sustainability programs are appropriately responsive to the communities who are engaged in these programs. The OS will ensure collaborative processes where sustainability work is driven by the contributions of diverse voices and perspectives and aligned with equal opportunity compliance to drive sustainability work.

Under general direction of the Chief Sustainability Officer, the Sustainability Coordinator will be responsible for supporting the planning, coordination, and implementation of effective sustainability initiatives for the University. The Sustainability Coordinator will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to integrate principles of sustainability and environmental justice into operations, policies, and practices at the systemwide level and at UCOP.

At a systemwide level, the Sustainability Coordinator will provide planning and coordination support for the University's sustainability efforts, such as the Sustainability Steering Committee, the Global Climate Leadership Council, and systemwide working groups coordinating the implementation of the UC Sustainable Practices Policy. They will coordinate the collection and analysis of sustainability data across the UC system and report on progress towards sustainability goals via the Annual Sustainability Report and other communications.

The Sustainability Coordinator will serve as the program manager for the Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Student Fellowship program and mentor students and co-supervise the UCOP Climate Action fellows.

At UCOP, the Sustainability Coordinator will facilitate and coordinate the assessment, planning, and execution of organizational culture enhancement for the Energy and Sustainability Unit as part of its contributions to the UC Finance strategic plan and UCOP's values-driven culture management goals. The Sustainability Coordinator must have knowledge and experience in sustainability concepts, practices, and policy. They will possess strong data analysis and management skills, with the ability to organize information and communicate it clearly to a wide range of audiences.

They will have strong interpersonal skills and an ability to build and foster collaborative, inclusive partnerships with the University's constituents and external stakeholders.

UCOP is a hybrid organization. The Sustainability Coordinator will be expected to be on-site at the UCOP building in downtown Oakland on anchor days - currently Tuesdays and…