Student Sustainability Coordinator -Student Employment; Workstudy Eligibility

Student Sustainability Coordinator
-Student Employment (Workstudy Eligibility Preferred)

Job Category :
Student

Requisition Number : ECORE
002711

• Posted:
  September 5, 2023
• Part-Time

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VTSU Castleton
62 Alumni Drive
Castleton, VT 05735, USA

The Student Sustainability Coordinator coordinates the Eco Reps. The student Eco Reps are a major asset to the Green Campus Initiative by acting as liaison between the campus, the residents, and everything that is green. Eco Reps will help foster that input, participation, and enthusiasm among students via facilitation and promote educational programming as well as informal meetings and discussions. They will also work alongside RAs within the halls.

Eco Reps will play a vital role in the campus recycling program, a large success of the Green Campus Initiative.

• Leader of the student run recycling program
• Coordinates with Facilities in recycling efforts
• Meets with the Eco Reps helping to coordinate student projects
• Liaison between the Eco Reps and the Campus Sustainability Team
• Eco Rep duties such as running their own sustainability projects
• Must live on campus & meet at least once per semester with the Residence Life staff
• Participate in weekly recycling in designated campus locations
• Inventory recycling bins in designated campus locations
• Record amount of trash and recycling from designated locations
• Assess the recycling practices in your designated campus locations
• Plan & implement one green program per year individually, or with other Eco Reps (2 small programs per semester or 1 large program per year)
• Work with CA to publicize green campaigns/events facilitated by the Campus Sustainability Team and Sustainability Club
• Assess and propose a plan to enhance recycling in a minimum of one residence hall (recommended)
• Liaison between students and Campus Sustainability Team for student needs/ideas.
• Other tasks as needed.

The Student Sustainability Coordinator must have been an Eco Rep for at least one semester, live on campus and be interested in environmental issues and sustainability, motivated to make a difference among peers, capable of working independently and in team settings, responsible, organized and creative.

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