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Campus Sustainability Officers Page

In recent years, a number of campuses in the US and Canada have established staff positions devoted to advancing sustainability on campus, and many more are considering it. The resources below are aimed at helping campuses establish these types of positions as well as strengthening and supporting existing campus sustainability officers.

Directory and Surveys

• Directory of Campus Sustainability Officers  
• AASHE Surveys of Staffing, Salaries, and Positions
• Directory of AASHE Business Members Offering Sustainability Consulting Services

Publications

• A Practical Guide to Hiring a Sustainability Professional for Universities and Colleges (pdf)
  Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2) and Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, Jan. 2006.
• Campus Sustainability Practitioners: Challenges for a New Profession (pdf)
  Sharp, Leith, Harvard Green Campus Initiative, 2005.
• Creating an Environmental Coordinator Position: A Portfolio of Case Studies (pdf)
  National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program, Oct. 2000. 

Example Job Descriptions

Listed below are job descriptions for existing sustainability officer and related positions. (Note: these are not job openings or announcements.)

Sustainability Coordinators and Officers

• Antioch University New England - Assistant to the President for Sustainability & Social Justice
• Berea College - Sustainability Coordinator
• Bowdoin College - Coordinator for a Sustainable Bowdoin
• California State University, Chico - Sustainability Coordinator
• Century College - Biology Faculty, Co-Chair of Climate Committee, part-time Sustainability Coordinator
• Champlain College - Sustainability Coordinator
• City College of New York, CUNY - Sustainability Coordinator
• College of Lake County - Sustainability Coordinator
• Concordia University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Cornell University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Dartmouth College - Sustainability Coordinator
• Dawson College - Project Development - Sustainability
• Denison University - Campus Sustainability Coordinator
• Duke University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Emory University - Director of Sustainability Initiatives
• Green Mountain College - Service Learning Sustainability Coordinator
• Humboldt State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Indiana University Director of Sustainability
• Kankakee Community College
  • Dean of Sustainability and Planning
  • Sustainability Center Coordinator
    
• Kent State University - Manager, Sustainability
• Loyola Marymount University - Campus Sustainability Coordinator
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Deputy Director, Sustainability Program
• Medical University of South Carolina - Sustainability Manager
• Middlebury College - Director Sustainability Integration Office
• Muhlenberg College - Sustainability Coordinator
• New York University - Manager, Sustainability Initiatives
• Northland College - Campus Sustainability Coordinator/ Environmental Educator
• Ohio State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Oregon State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Penn State University - Manager of Sustainability Programs
• Princeton University - Sustainability Manager
• Portland State University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Rice University - Director of Sustainability
• Santa Clara University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Seattle University - Campus Sustainability Coordinator
• Sir Sandford Fleming College - Sustainability Projects Coordinator
• St. Lawrence University - Coordinator of Sustainability Projects
• Sterling College - Sustainability Coordinator
• Suffolk University - Special Projects Coordinator for Campus Sustainability
• Transylvania University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Unity College - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Arkansas - Director for Campus Sustainability
• University of British Columbia - Director, Sustainability
• University of California, Berkeley - Director of Campus Sustainability
• University of California, Los Angeles - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of California, Santa Cruz - Sustainability Manager
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs - Sustainability Officer
• University of Dayton - Environmental Sustainability Manager
• University of Kentucky - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Louisville - Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives
• University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Massachusetts Amherst - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Missouri - Student Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Minnesota Duluth - Campus Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Prince Edward Island - Director of Environmental Studies and Sustainability
• University of Toronto -Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Toronto at Mississauga - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Utah
  • Sustainability Coordinator
  • Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund
• University of Victoria - Sustainability Coordinator
• University of Washington - HFS Capital Planning and Sustainability Manager
• Virginia Commonwealth University - Director of Sustainability
• Western Washington University - Campus Sustainability Coordinator
• Wilfrid Laurier University - Sustainability Coordinator
• Yale University - Director, Office of Sustainability

Communications

• College of Menominee Nation - Communications/Projects Specialist
• Medical University of South Carolina - Sustainability Communications Coordinator

Environmental Officers

• American University - Environmental Coordinator
• Concordia University - Environment/R4 Coordinator
• University of Calgary - Environmental Management System Specialist
• University of Connecticut - Director, Environmental Policy
• University of Tennessee - Environmental Coordinator
• University of Toronto - Environmental Project Manager
• University of Vermont - Environmental Coordinator
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Environmental Sustainability Coordinator
• Washington State University - Environmental Wellbeing Coordinator

Green Building

• Harvard University - HGCI Program Assistant, High Performance Building Service
• University of Vermont - Green Building Coordinator

Recycling & Operations

• Harvard University - Associate Manager, Recycling and Waste Services
• Medical University of South Carolina - Recycling Operations Manager
• Unity College - Waste/Recycling Technician
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Solid Waste Program Manager
• University of Oregon - Campus Operations Environmental Resource & Recycling Manager
• University of Rhode Island - Recycling Coordinator
• University of Victoria - Waste Reduction Coordinator
• University of Wyoming - Waste Stream Management Supervisor

Other

• Earth Ethics Institute at Miami Dade College - Director of the Earth Ethics Institute
• Everett Community College - Admin Service / Resource Conservation Manager
• Harvard University - Occupant Engagement Manager
• Loyola University Chicago - CUERP Coordinator
• Valencia Community College - Energy Conservation Manager

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