Assistant Director Sustainability

Job Posting Title:

Assistant Director Sustainability

—-

Hiring Department:

University Housing and Dining

—-

Position Open To:

All Applicants

—-

Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

—-

FLSA Status:

Exempt

—-

Earliest Start Date:

Feb 26, 2024

—-

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

—-

Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

—-

Job Details:

General Notes

BENEFITS: UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:  

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage 

• Free Capital Metro bus rides

• Retirement contributions  

• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

• Career growth and professional development

Please visit our Human Resources (HR) website at https://hr.utexas.edu/  to learn more about the total benefits offered when you join our team!

Purpose

The Assistant Director Sustainability will oversee sustainability purchasing initiatives, the waste management operations of University Housing and Dining (UHD), and incorporate efficiencies and cost savings. They will create, organize, track, and evaluate UHD sustainability processes. Develop and drive initiatives to increase sustainable purchasing and achieve waste diversion goals. Oversee the education and training of staff and students regarding topics in sustainability and waste management. Research and connect UHD staff with new trends in sustainability, particularly in higher education. Develop and perform tracking and reporting of sustainability and purchasing metrics. Increase UHD’s reputation as a sustainability leader on campus and in the community.

Responsibilities

• Provides training sessions, scholastic presentations, educational resources, curriculum, and ultimately serves as an educational resource for all areas of UHD and its affiliates in regard to sustainability. Consistently develops or reexamines UHD sustainability projects and processes. Provides purchasing initiatives in regard to food following Menus of Change Principles and paper products.

• Initiates and maintains educational engagement with various UT Departments, utilizing UT Dining and Housing as living laboratories around sustainability that get documented and published, highlighting Menus of Change initiatives at UT. Researches, maintains competent knowledge of, and upholds applicable UHD specific data tracking of waste diversion, collegiate food service, and housing trends related to sustainability. Oversees sustainability initiatives within residence life including Eco-Reps and the Sustainability Living Learning Community.

• Researches, maintains competent knowledge of, and upholds applicable UHD specific data tracking of waste management, natural resource management, local/sustainable agriculture, small-scale food production, collegiate food service, and housing trends related to sustainability. Coordinates the monitoring and maintenance of the UHD gardens, as well as relationships with other campus food-growing groups, and/or support organizations.

• Recruits, interviews, hires, and oversees full-time staff, part-time staff, UT Farm Stand students, and sustainability interns. Other projects as assigned.

• Develop marketing materials to educate and broadcast UHD’s sustainability efforts. Ensures that marketing around sustainability is present in all dining facilities, maintained and rotated on a quarterly basis. Works to have sustainability wall prints advertising UT Dining efforts and achievements in all units.

• Maintains UHD presence on campus and beyond as a leader in higher education sustainability through representing the division in sustainability related meetings, committees, and collaborative projects. Shares UHD’s sustainability projects in monthly newsletter, on resident and dining hall boards, with media, and various non-UT campus connections such as social media.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Sustainability or related field.

• 5 years of supervisory experience.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Sustainability.

• 6 years or more experience in sustainability.

• Experience with higher education organizational and operational structures.

• Experience with public speaking and formal presentations across all channels.

• Experience with project management skills including reliable scopes of work, timelines, and budget experience for sustainability projects.

• Experience in communicating sustainability principles to others and ability to integrate those principles into operations.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to demonstrate and diplomatically bridge the gap, motivating, and aligning interests to advance sustainability.

Salary Range

$70,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work in all weather conditions

• May work in extreme temperatures

• May work around chemical fumes

• May work around standard office conditions

• May work around chemicals

• Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation

• Use of manual dexterity

• Climbing stairs

• Climbing of ladders

• Lifting and moving

Work Shift

• Monday – Friday, 9:00AM -6:00PM, hours and days may vary depending on the units needs. Will include non-traditional hours such as nights and weekends.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

—-

Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

—-

Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

—-

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

—-

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer , complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

—-

Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

—-

Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

—-

E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]
• E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

—-

Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031 .

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.