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Program Coordinator

S1739P

Center for Climate, Society and the Environment

Non-exempt, variable schedule (will be determined with supervisor).

Fixed-Term

05/01/2025

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The Center for Climate, Society, and the Environment Climate Resilience Program Coordinator assists the Climate Center’s Director in organizing and running Center programs, particularly those related to climate planning and resilience. Gonzaga’s Climate Center serves Gonzaga University and the broader regional communities by promoting innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, consulting and capacity building on the climate, society, and the environment. www.gonzaga.edu/ClimateCenter.

Climate Resilience Program Coordination

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• Work with community partners and campus constituents to organize and execute Climate Center programs.
• Ability to build strong relationships with municipal organizations and other community organizations, particularly with vulnerable populations.
• Facilitate community meetings with a variety of stakeholders including government officials, non-profits, community members, and businesses
• Help Director develop and deliver climate planning and resilience workshops, trainings, and programs.
• Conduct research to determine municipal best practices and to gather information to guide decision making processes for climate action planning.
• Communicate effectively with on campus and off campus partners.
• Help develop and maintain Climate Center website to effectively communicate with community partners and campus partners.
• Advertise Climate Center outreach programming.
• Participate in internal and external meetings.
• Have an understanding of greenhouse gas inventories, climate action planning, and greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Climate Center Support

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• Support the activities of the Climate Center.
• Assist Director in finding and applying for grants to fund further program developments.
• Help coordinate and advertise Climate Center Events.

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Promoting Excellence in Academic Endeavors and Professional Practice

• Fostering intellectual depth, competence, reflection, and creativity in pursuing exemplary, rather than satisfactory, outcomes

Sharing Responsibility for Mission Identity and Leadership

• Making a personal commitment to learn about Gonzaga’s mission, discovering ways to contribute individually and collaboratively to our distinctive learning and research community

Affirming a Commitment to Human Dignity

• Engaging one another with profound respect, professionalism, and cura personalis while supporting one another’s continued learning, development, and maximizing of potential

Advancing a Culture of Inclusiveness

• Developing cultural fluencies and global awarenesses, and practicing habits that enable us to value, recruit, and support community members from historically underrepresented backgrounds

Caring for Our Common Home and Integral Ecology

• Growing ecological awareness of and respect for the interconnectedness of human and non-human life, and the need to develop and practice habits that are mutually beneficial to all life

Cultivating Individual and Community Accountability

• Demonstrating mutual commitment to our shared project by holding ourselves and others responsible for actions, expecting appropriate behavior, and aligning activities with ethical and professional standards

Bachelor's Degree

n/a

Early career, knowledge may be from education and/or some experience

3-4.99 years

• Three years of applicable experience
• Demonstrated understanding of climate change.
• Strong speaking/presentation skills and experience.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Facility an ease with information technology.

• MA or MS in related field
• GIS experience
• Climate action planning experience
• Community organizing experience
• Understanding of basic climate policy, economics, and science.
• Grant writing experience
• Supervising experience

• Some sitting and standing for extended periods.
• Travel to local meetings.
• Able to lift 25-50 pounds.
• Wrist and hand movement related to computer work

05/17/2022

Yes

05/31/2022

Gonzaga University is a Jesuit, Catholic, humanistic institution, and is therefore interested in candidates who will contribute to its distinctive mission. Gonzaga University is a committed EEO/AA employer and diversity candidates are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their disability status and/or protected veteran status.

Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics

The safety of all members of the campus community is of vital concern to Gonzaga University. Information regarding crime prevention advice, the law enforcement authority of Campus Security, policies concerning the reporting of any crimes which occurred on the campus (and other specified locations), other security and safety-related policies, as well as the crime statistics for the most recent 3-year period may be found in the Campus Safety and Security Guide and Annual Fire Safety Report. The Gonzaga-In-Florence Safety & Security Guide is also available.

A copy of the report can be found online at www.Gonzaga.edu/Clery. A paper copy of the Campus Safety & Security Guide and Annual Fire Safety Report or the Gonzaga-In-Florence Safety & Security Guide may be obtained by contacting the Student Development Office on main campus, College Hall 120. The Florence Guide may also be obtained on the Florence campus in room 105.