Sustainability Zero Waste Intern

Position: Sustainability Zero Waste Intern

Department: Academic Affairs

Type of Position: Student employee

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

Work Schedule, Hours per week: Monday-Friday, up to 20 hours per week

Opportunity for hybrid schedule: No

Starting Salary Range: $15.68

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Position Summary: Support the college’s goal of becoming a zero waste campus where diversion of materials from reaching the landfill is at or beyond 90%. The position requires a hardworking, detail-orientated, focused and enthusiastic individual.

Required Qualifications

• Current Student
• 16-20 hours per week during regular work hours.
• Strong problem solving/troubleshooting skills, hardworking,

detail-orientated, focused and enthusiastic individual.

• Understand and communicate effectively to diverse groups including faculty,

students, administrators, supervisors, support staff, and contractors in order to translate college’s sustainability requirements into operational terms.

• Ability to conduct duties in a friendly, discreet and professional manner.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks as well as accept direction

on given assignments.

• Valid driver’s license and ability to pass MVR along with background check.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 150 pounds with the use

of designated moving equipment and/or other assistance.

• Understanding of sustainability as it relates to materials management and

life cycle analysis.

• Work events the Center for Sustainability is involved in which can include

running games and talking to people.

• While performing the duties of this job, frequent walking is required.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and

maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Primarily days with very occasional evenings and weekends for special