GSRC unleashes youth leadership for community resilience to a changing climate and cultivates a campus culture of sustainability. This pursuit informs our students’ academics, career choices, and ways of life. As the University of California steps up as a global force for climate action, GSRC enables UC Irvine students to shape this legacy. The GSRC is a hub for students, providing resources, education, and programming to forward environmental balance, economic vitality, and social equity. Students, as well as campus and community partners, are invited to share a platform from which to address the root causes of ecological disruption, deepen understandings of the interdependence of all life, and engage the challenges and solutions of sustainability in a campus, community, and global context.

GSRC is anchored by a physical Resource Center offering a host of student services. Students come into GSRC via affirmative outreach programs, internship/fellowship placements, and the programming pathways: Training, Campus as a Living Laboratory, and Global Engagement and Immersion.

GSRC relies on a host of campus partners within Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, the Office of Sustainability, and student-led organizations to do our work. A key partner, Student Housing, extends GSRC programming explicitly into the student residential experience. The GSRC is a project of UCI Community Resilience and a collaborator with the Community Resilience Co-Lab. UCI Community Resilience cultivates shared understanding of ways that the problems of and solutions to climate change, racism and all social injustice, economic inequality, and our challenged democracy are connected. Students, faculty, staff, and community collaborators involved with UCI Community Resilience work together to design projects that are aimed at meaningful exchange, education, research, and action for social transformation.

The Director of UCI Community Resilience Projects in the Office of Sustainability provides direction, support, and mentoring to GSRC-affiliated staff. The Housing Sustainability Program Manager provides co-leadership in the development of GSRC programs and is a stakeholder in the operations of the GSRC. Under the supervision of the Housing Sustainability Program Manager, the Program Coordinator is responsible for initiating, assessing, planning, and delivering ongoing innovative programming, resources, and services that serve the campus and community. The Program Coordinator assists in the design and implementation of an outreach and engagement strategy to enhance student awareness of and leadership in sustainability initiatives at UC Irvine as well as increase a shared analysis of the intersections among environmental, racial, and social injustice through this work. The Program Coordinator works closely with student leaders, faculty, staff, and community partner colleagues in delivering the highest quality co-curricular experience.

GSRC Programming Pathways:

Training Pathway current programs include: The Student Institute for Sustainability Leadership (SISL), EarthReps, and the University of California System-wide Carbon Neutrality/Global Food Initiatives Fellows Training. Campus as a Living Lab Pathway current programs include: The Garden Project, the Campus as a Living Lab Internship, Social Ecology and other independent study intern placements, and on-campus residential sustainability theme houses. Global Engagement and Immersion Pathway current programs include: the Costa Rica Program and the Community Resilience Co-Lab.

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Salary: Hourly $21.54 – $22.99
Total Hours: 8-5, M-F
Career Position.
Final candidate subject to background check.
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Job Essential Function 1
Percent of Time: 40%

GSRC Pathways

• Engage with campus partners and GSRC professional and student staff to build community and coordinate co-curricular educational programming and events, including conceptual design, logistical, and administrative development and implementation.
• Generate collateral materials, including marketing & program materials and presentations.
• Help design, coordinate, implement, and evaluate new and existing community-engaged research and education projects in conjunction with faculty, students, and community partners.
• Build new and strengthen existing relationships with relevant campus, civic, and community stakeholders, and indigenous communities to forward meaningful projects and create applied student internship and externship placements.
• Serve as a key link between students and other UCI sustainability-related issues and units.
• Hire, train, and supervise student assistants, interns, volunteers, and field placement students as assigned.

Job Essential Function 2
Percent of Time: 40%

Physical Resource Center Coordination

• Maintain regular office hours.
• Coordinate student intake and provide mentoring, career counseling, and reflective learning opportunities. Support student services and co-curricular activities that improve opportunities for diverse student populations across academic levels.
• Maintain GSRC Physical Space including maintenance of GSRC tool kits, living systems, seed library, lending library, and storage area, as well as physical meeting space for student clubs and campus stakeholders.
• Oversee student coordination, training, and execution of campus sustainability tours and affirmative outreach.
• Officiate and coordinate Sustainability Co-Curricular Working Group meetings to strengthen and streamline integration between the sustainability themed student organizations and departments that serve students represented at UCI.
• Coordinate placement of student staff, interns, externs, volunteers, and fellows in sustainability education, community engagement, and research projects that provide training and opportunities for students to find careers and excel in the professional world
• Maintain and improve the Sustainability Events Calendar, Sustainability Opportunities Database, GSRC Webpage and Student Organizations Page.
• Supervise and improve student maintenance of existing GSRC electronic platforms for communications, events, and student opportunities.
• Attend meetings on and off campus regarding affiliated sustainability efforts.

Job Essential Function 3
Percent of Time: 20%

• GSRC Institutional Development
• Represent the GSRC on campus sustainability committees and subcommittees.
• Implement GSRC recruitment, program monitoring, and evaluation systems.
• Coordinate and execute annual reporting on sustainability-related co-curricular education and engagement for internal campus and national sustainability ranking and rating competitions.
• Research, apply for, and manage funding and development opportunities such a grants and fellowships.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES: 

Required:

• 3-5 years of experience with an undergraduate degree in a field related to sustainability (e.g., environmental education, engineering, management, planning, policy or social sciences; earth system science) and/or combination of education and experience. Strong knowledge of local and global environmental and social justice issues.
• Superior interpersonal and communication capabilities and experience interacting effectively with diverse populations including students from different cultural backgrounds as well as faculty, staff, community, and government representatives. Experience developing collaborative working relationships in a complex organization.
• Writing, editing, and publication experience indicating a strong attention to detail. Ability to prepare sophisticated documents, reports, web sites, manuals, and brochures, and to prepare and deliver presentations to diverse audiences.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills including an ability to conceptualize, organize, and direct major projects and programs. Ability to define problems, propose and implement course corrections, and set and re-prioritize often competing priorities.
• Strong counseling and facilitation skills to be able to mediate conflict, problem-solve, and respond appropriately to student concerns.
• Tolerance for ambiguity and complex situations with an ability to work well and gracefully under pressure. High level of energy, flexibility, and the ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
• Ability to collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and summarize data. Experience in developing, tracking, and overseeing program budgets; familiarity with basic financial management and accounting procedures and advising organizations on these practices.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as required by work assignments.

Desired:

• At-least two (2) years of direct experience in sustainability, social marketing, institutional change, and community engagement campaigns related to sustainability.
• Knowledge of Student Development and Leadership Theories.
• Experience with instruction and workshop facilitation.
• Grant writing and management.
• Basic knowledge of or experience in working with non-profit organizations and community-based organizations.
• Spanish speaking abilities.
• Gardening abilities.
• Experience with MailChimp, WordPress and Google Applications.

Below are general guidelines on the position’s physical, mental, and environmental working conditions.
In accordance with applicable state and federal law, UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact Human Resources at (949) 824-5210.

Bend: Occasionally
Squat: Occasionally
Crawl: Occasionally
Climb: Occasionally
Kneel: Occasionally
Handle Objects: Frequently
Push/Pull: Occasionally
Reach Above Shoulder Level: Occasionally
Sit: Constantly
Stand: Constantly
Walk: Constantly
Use Fine Finger Movements: Constantly
Carry/Lift Loads up to 25 Pounds: Occasionally
Carry/Lift loads between 25-50 lbs: Not Applicable
Carry/Lift Loads over 50 Pounds: Not Applicable
Read/Comprehend: Constantly
Write: Constantly
Perform Calculations: Constantly
Communicate Orally: Constantly
Reason and Analyze: Constantly
Chemical/Biological Agent: Not Applicable
Construction Activities: Occasionally
Contact with Water/Liquids: Not Applicable
Drive Motorized Equipment: Not Applicable
Confined Spaces: Not Applicable
Elevated Work Location: Not Applicable
Radioactive Materials: Not Applicable
Temperature Variations: Occasionally
Gas System: Not Applicable

Other Working Conditions:
Desired hours occurring between 8:00 am 5:00 pm five days per week.