Position Vacancy ID:
94575-AS

Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable

Working Title:
Sustainability Coordinator

Official Title:
ASSOC STU SERV COORD(T25FN)

Hiring Department:
A855400-UNIVERSITY HOUSING/PHY FAC OPERATIONS

FTE:
100%

Anticipated Begin Date:
JUNE 05, 2018

Term:
This is a renewable appointment.

Advertised Salary:
Minimum $40,000 Maximum $43,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

Degree and area of specialization:
A Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies, Leadership Studies, or a related field is preferred.

Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:
Two years of experience coordinating or facilitating educational programming related to sustainability on a university campus required.

One year of experience consulting and making recommendations regarding sustainability trends on a university campus required.

License or Certificate:


Position Summary:
The Division of University Housing is committed to providing an exceptional workplace for its workforce of approximately 450 career staff members and over 2,000 students. University Housing provides an inclusive and safe working environment that promotes engagement, empowerment, and professional development. University Housing operates nineteen residence halls across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, providing a home to over 7,400 undergraduate students. We also operate three apartment communities, serving about 3,000 graduate students, academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and their families. In addition, we manage seven dining venues across campus, and provide conference group and youth camp housing throughout the summer months.

University Housing is divided into five main departments: Administration, Dining & Culinary Services, Residence Hall Facilities, Residence Life, and University Apartments. Whether we're launching new academic support services, testing out a new recipe, renovating resident rooms, organizing welcome events, cleaning our facilities, or inviting a new summer youth camp to campus, everything that we do is to support the mission of the University and fulfill University Housing's goal to be, "The place everyone wants to live."

University Residence Halls is part of the Division of University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a student service organization, University Residence Halls provide quality living/ learning environments and programs to approximately 7,400 undergraduate student residents. Residence Hall Facilities is a subsection of the University Residence Halls that focuses on housekeeping, mechanical maintenance and long-term infrastructure projects and planning.

University Residence Halls consists of 30 buildings containing approximately 2 million square feet and 37 acres of surrounding grounds. In addition to residential living spaces the residence hall infrastructure supports many functions and programs requiring many types of spaces such as classrooms, office space, dining and culinary space including commercial kitchens and market place areas, mechanical support spaces and large meeting rooms.

Under the general supervision of the Operations Supervisor, this position will lead and coordinate departmental and divisional sustainability initiatives, including work with campus and community partners. This position will be responsible for leading the planning and implementation of large programming events that occur during move- in and move-out days and leading sustainability programming in University Housing as a consultant to all University Housing staff. In addition to sustainability responsibilities, this position will also support the Residence Hall Facilities Office, offering back up administrative support as needed, and supervision of student staff.

This position requires the ability to work with staff from diverse backgrounds and experiences in an appropriate and professional manner. The incumbent in this position is expected to provide proficient and accurate information during planning and implementation phases of work and be able to make appropriate decisions as needed.

Residence Hall Facilities is committed to demonstrating our Division of University Housing Core Values: Care in how we approach people and our work; Creativity in solving problems; Integrity in our interactions with staff and customers; Optimism, focusing on opportunities and positive outcomes; Respect for the differences, strengths, and potential in people; Stewardship of human, financial and natural resources; and Excellence in customer satisfaction and communication.

University Housing is an essential services provider and all University Housing employees are part of this commitment to our residents and guests. University Housing is unique from many other state agencies and university departments because we cannot close as our services must be maintained at all times.

Additional Information:
A driver's license which meets UW Risk Management standards is preferred.

Schedule: 7:45am-4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Mandatory overtime and change of shift hours may be necessary based on operational need.

Contact:
Caleb Georgeson
hr@housing.wisc.edu
608-262-2766
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )

Instructions to Applicants:
To apply, please submit resume, work history, and references within the online application system. Within the work history, please complete all fields, including dates of employment.

Please identify three professional references that will be able to speak towards your performance in your current and/or most recent positions. University Housing requires that at least two of the three references be either your current or most recent supervisors. When listing your references to contact, please include the following information:
- Name
- Title of their position and relationship to you
- Phone number
- E-mail address

Online applications must be received by 11:55pm on the deadline date indicated. Failure to submit complete application materials will result in ineligibility for this position. A criminal background check will be conducted on all finalists.

Additional Link:
Full Position Details

NOTE: A Period of Evaluation will be Required

The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.

Applications Open: May 15 2018 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: May 29 2018 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time


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