Are you a mentor excited by the prospect of working with and building programs for college students who are looking to make a difference in the world? Do you have a passion for connecting your work to environmental and social justice issues? Apply today to be the next EarthLab Student Lead!
Who we are:
EarthLab is an institute that is reimagining how academia can respond to the climate crisis. Our visionary approach connects the University of Washington’s world-class research capabilities with communities from around the globe to create novel, equitable and scalable climate change solutions. We’ve got big ideas for the future, which you can learn more about in our strategic plan. This will give you a solid understanding of our vision, mission and goals for the next several years. We think it’s worth perusing to help you better understand what we do.
Still with us? Great! Now here’s what we’re looking for:
EarthLab is seeking a full-time Student Program Lead to manage and grow our Student Experience Program.
This is a unique opportunity to expand EarthLab’s connection to and support of University of Washington students, in addition to supporting existing programming as well as designing new programming for students.
The Student Program Lead will support EarthLab summer internships within our member organizations and partners. The EarthLab internship program is a robust, cohort-based paid internship program for University of Washington undergraduate students who want to develop interdisciplinary, applied research and community engagement skills and build capacity to address issues at the intersection of climate change and social justice.
Now a little bit about you:
In order to thrive in this unique role, we’re hoping that you have a passion for mentoring and engaging students. We want you to own the program coordination and bring your own creative ideas to how we can more fully engage students at the intersection of climate change and social justice. You will also have the opportunity to develop training sessions on professional development, build relationships across EarthLab and its member organizations, and plan and host activities to enhance the internship cohort bonding experience. In addition to the summer internships, you will develop new academic year programming for UW undergraduate students. Reporting to the Manager of EarthLab Programs, you’ll have many opportunities to both collaboratively develop and independently manage the day-to-day operations of EarthLab’s Student Experience Programs.
Salary range:
$6000 – $6800 per month
The culture you’ll be joining:
We acknowledge the systemic racism that exists in the environmental sector and within environmentalism at large. At EarthLab, we believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. If you are committed to helping us create an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment where all voices are considered and valued, we want to hear from you.