Sustainability Communications & Outreach Coordinator

1-year Term-Grant Funded position

Forty percent of the Sustainability Communications & Outreach Coordinator's job is designing and implementing culture and behavior change programs that will help members of the Middlebury College community to engage more effectively in practices of sustainability. About 40% will be communicating Middlebury's sustainability initiatives and the success stories of individuals and groups to internal and external audiences through writing, speaking, video, and managing the Environmental Affairs website (www.middlebury.edu/enviro). Twenty percent will be performing administrative tasks for Middlebury's sustainability initiatives.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Develop and implement programs to inform and inspire sustainability practices in student residences, academic, athletic and administrative buildings year-round. Verify and report the effectiveness of these programs.
  
• Support, coordinate, train and motivate students to build successful initiatives aimed at achieving ecological restoration, resource conservation and efficiency, economic feasibility, and social equity.
  
• Produce and direct video and multimedia stories for the internet about the efforts of Middlebury students, faculty and staff that demonstrate leadership and learning about creating a sustainable future.
  
• Serve as a conduit for communication between students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and Middlebury community members with sustainability interests and ideas.
  
• Write copy and other documentation for distribution to internal and external audiences.
  
• Speak publicly about Middlebury's sustainability initiatives.
  
• Compile news and event announcements into bi-weekly electronic newsletter.
  
• Maintain the Environmental Affairs website. Keep content current.
  
• Take, edit and place photos and videos.
  
• Design and produce visually stimulating materials for effective message communication in print advertising, online, posters, grassroots marketing, etc.

Expectation of the employee

• Adheres to Middlebury's Policy and Procedures
  
• Acts as a role model within and outside Middlebury
  
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude
  
• Communicates regularly with supervisor about issues and progress
  
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload
  
• Consistently meets deadlines negotiated and set with supervisor
  
• Meets productivity standards

We seek: a well-organized and self-directed individual who is `politically savvy', `street smart' and a team player; an intelligent and articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication skills; and a good educator who is trustworthy and willing to share information and serve as a mentor.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to devise and carry out data collection and analysis methodology to demonstrate the failure/success of programs implemented in a complex environment with many constraints.

Writing and Story Telling Ability:

Ability to produce clear written documentation for technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to produce short video stories about sustainability successes and challenges that take place on the Middlebury Campus and beyond. Ability to self-edit most typographic and grammatical errors.

Speaking Ability:

• Ability to speak persuasively and confidently to large and diverse audiences.
  
• Ability to tailor speaking to fit the audience.

Multimedia Ability:

• This job will require a high level of skill with multiple forms of media hardware and software (video shooting and editing, photography, audio recording, graphic design).
  
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, graphic design, video editing and web publishing will be essential.