Stock Plan Administrator jobs in Bellingham, WA

• Western Washington University
• Bellingham, WA FULL_TIME
• Position Title

  Sustainability Action Plan Implementation Manager

  
  

  About the University

  Western Washington University, with over 16,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western is the highest-ranking public, master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

  
  

  About the Department

  The Sustainability Engagement Institute supports Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

  The mission of the Sustainability Engagement Institute is to develop educational opportunities and systems change for a more sustainable, just future. We engage in initiatives that create economic vitality, promote well-being, protect the environment, and uphold social justice.

  
  

  
  

  About the Position

  The purpose of this position is to perform project management, convening, and administrative tasks necessary to facilitate implementation of Western Washington University's Sustainability Action Plan. This includes working closely with the President's Sustainability Council, collecting and managing sustainability data across the institution, developing progress reports, and generating innovative collaborations for positive change.

  This is a permanent, part-time position, working 32 hours per week (80% FTE).

  Position Duties and Responsibilities

  Sustainability Action Plan Implementation Coordination (70%)

  • Serve as project manager and co-facilitator for the President’s Sustainability Council (PSC).
  • Collaborate with various campus constituents to ensure the campus is moving strategically towards its various sustainability and climate goals.
  • Coordinate and facilitate meetings between diverse groups of stakeholders to achieve campus sustainability goals.
  • Research sustainability activities taken by other institutions, municipalities, and businesses and apply this research to the execution of campus sustainability goals.
  • Determine technical, cultural, and financial feasibility of campus sustainability goals.
  • Report on progress of the SAP at meetings of the President’s Sustainability Council (PSC).

  Data Collection and Annual Reporting (25%)

  • Develop and distribute survey and assessment tools that evaluate campus awareness and implementation of sustainability knowledge, policies, practices, and behaviors.
  • Produce annual Sustainability Report for Board of Trustees on behalf of the President’s Sustainability Council
  • Track sustainability trends at Western and peer campuses.
  • Aggregate data required for AASHE STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System) submission and Western system reports, and make information publicly available.
  • Develop and improve strategies for obtaining data not currently tracked.

  Other duties as assigned, and time allows, based on interest and skillset of individual (5%)

  • This could include, but is not limited to, teaching, supporting other initiatives within the institute, community-engaged work, and/or working with student-focused programs.

  
  

  Required Qualifications
• Master’s degree from an accredited institution or bachelor's degree with equivalent educational and job experience
• 3-5 years of experience in community engagement or educational program development.
• Demonstrated experience building partnerships
• Demonstrated project management experience
• Demonstrated writing and report production experience
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate and develop consensus among a diverse constituency
• Demonstrated experience in collaborative working environments and projects
• Working knowledge of sustainability principles and practices
• Demonstrated experience in public speaking and the use of current presentation media

• 3-5 years of experience in a sustainability-related field.

Hiring range for position is $59,292 - $68,186/year. Through longevity position tops out at $77,079/year. At 80% appointment, the hiring range is $45,833 - $54,548/year. Through longevity position tops out at $61,663.

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