Please see below for sustainability-related job openings at Yale University.
Staff Positions
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Student Positions
Sustainability Engagement Research Assistant
The Yale Office of Sustainability seeks a part-time (8-10 hours/week, in-person preferable but virtual possible) student assistant this summer to support development of a new initiative to engage Yale employees (faculty, staff, etc) on sustainability. Particularly, this role will help develop a virtual training program to introduce staff to sustainability topics (energy, waste, water, transportation, etc), what Yale is doing, and what they can do from where they sit across the university. Responsibilities will vary but may include development of a project plan and timeline, researching other universities’ approaches to employee engagement (and any related training syllabi and materials), review of existing training resources, development of a training approach and plan, and development of slide decks and/or recordings of trainings on sustainability topics for the university’s staff Learning platform, Workday.
The ideal candidate for this position is a self-starter with the ability to work independently while also providing frequent updates on progress. The ideal candidate is also well-versed in sustainability topics (climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, resource use) and/or engagement strategies (presentations, education, outreach); a clear communicator in English (writing, editing); flexible to take on an evolving project; open to taking direction and collaborating with teams; organized; and attentive to deadlines. Please submit a resume and statement of interest to jen.baldwin@yale.edu.
To apply: submit application on Student Employment, Job Id: 38256
Sustainable Laboratory Benchmarking Intern
This is a part-time summer internship in partnership between Yale Planetary Solutions and the Yale Office of Facilities. This summer intern will be responsible for initiating Yale’s participation in the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) Laboratory Benchmarking Tool (LBT), an exciting opportunity for Yale to contribute data to a multinational database and measure building performance against other research institutions. The intern will collect and and consolidate data about Yale’s lab spaces, working together with Yale Facilities Engineering, the Office of the University Architect, and relevant academic departments to collect accurate and current information.
The benchmarking tool requires that each laboratory entry contain information about the building and primary research categories, breakdowns of floor area by use and lab type, documentation of building systems and operations, and historical utility and emissions data, as well as embodied carbon information where available. The intern will develop a process for consolidating and extracting this data for a pilot group of central campus laboratories.
The final product will be a set of Yale laboratory buildings entered into the online database and benchmarked using the LBT, as well as the outline of a process for collecting future data. Depending on the intern’s skill level, additional areas for exploration include data automation and visualization.
To apply: submit application on Student Employment, Job Id: 38264