Wellness and Environmental Justice Community Engagement Manager

Overview

The Wellness and Environmental Justice Community Engagement Manager at UC Berkeley's Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) oversees SERC’s environmental justice, wellness, outdoor education, and student advocacy programs, and supports civic engagement and community organizing with external partnerships in the UC Berkeley community. This multifaceted position will also connect with the larger environmental network and partners, such as the College of Natural Resources (CNR), Berkeley Food Institute, Basic Needs Center, and more.

SERC is a functional unit/department within the Dean of Students Office of the Division of Student Affairs. 

Responsibilities

Wellness and Environmental Justice Education and Programming: 

• Manage NEWT programs, initiatives, and student staff
• Develop and support student programs focused on wellness and environmental justice or the environmental community on campus
• Develop and/or adapt curriculum surrounding wellness and healing in the environmental movement
• Creating and maintaining active space and discourse surrounding the intersection of mental health and student advocacy
• Implement and lead programs focused on fostering wellness and collectivism Implement and lead community outdoor education trips/activities, focused on environmental justice and climate wellness
• Manage the SERQueer program and support SERC POC groups
• Collaborate and coordinate on programming with relevant partners, including but not limited to bridges!, GenEq, University Health Services, Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement, and the Basic Needs Center

Strategic Program Analysis and Assessment:

• Provide structure and strategic guidance for student-led initiatives, programs, and campaigns
• Provides recommendations, reports, and metrics on current program activities, fellow and community partner participation, and outreach efforts as required by federal and state funders
• Prospects new opportunities to sustain and/or expand the service-related programming for the broader environmental justice community
• Create systems of assessment for program related events and programs; support assessment and analysis for student organization’s events, campaigns, and programs
• Contribute to department wide strategic planning and visioning
• Collaborate with the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability and according partners, including but not limited to the Working Group on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Sustainability
• Collaborate with relevant campus colleges and departments

Student Group and Civic Engagement Advising Services:

• Supervise the 2026 Environmental Voting Network program, in collaboration with the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment
• Supports student leaders in developing the Environmental Voting guide during election seasons
• Provide support and guidance for environmental student organizations and civic engagement
• Develops workshops and training sessions for students and student organizations Works in partnership with student organizations on developing inclusive spaces of engagement within their student organizations

Community Engagement and Partnership Support:

• Build and maintain long-term relationships with communities that are local and/or relevant to work conducted by the Student Environmental Resource Center Provide institutional memory for successive generations of student organizers Develops and maintains relationships with internal and external organization
  stakeholders critical to program success (namely, the College of Natural Resources, Public Service Center, Basic Needs Center, GenEQ, and current and prospective community partners that serve local youth and families)

Student Supervision:

• Recruits, hires, trains and supervises student staff
• Supervises the following student positions:
  • Environmental Justice Associate
  • Community Resilience Associate SERQueer Associate
  • Farmworker & Climate Justice Associate
  • NEWT Associates (2)
  • Community Wellness Associate

Budget Management and Administration:

• Provides financial oversight for the Student Environmental Resource Center and environmental justice and wellness programs
• Assist staff in navigating fiscal bureaucracy of grants and program budgets Provide institutional memory for successive generations of student staff

Required Qualifications

• Analytical/problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all levels of staff; both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes. Ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality.
• Knowledge of current social and environmental issues, including having a solid framework and understanding of environmental justice
• Experience with education including working with curriculums, facilitation, & leading group discussions and activities
• Critical engagement and intention of justice and liberation over status quo/reformation. Experience driving long distances and familiarity with overnight event logistics
• Ability to work weekends/evenings
• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Direct experience in sustainability, social marketing, institutional change, and community engagement campaigns related to sustainability.

Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong public speaking, presentation, and meeting management skills.

Student Group Advising and Services Skills:

• Direct experience working with college/university students, youth, and/or student organizations on planning, advising, campaigns, civic engagement, and event programming
• Knowledge of advising and counseling techniques, dialogue facilitation and conflict mediation Knowledge of common university-specific computer application programs
• Knowledge of best practices and professional standards as it pertains to Green and Sustainability advising support programs including pertinent laws, policies, and statues
• Knowledge of campus resources, partnerships, and organizations for groups to collaborate with on relevant programming, events, and processes
   

Communication and Partnership Building:

• Experience in critically and meaningfully collaborating with communities, partners, and other stakeholders long-term.
• Experience in connecting sustainability/environmentally focused students/organizations with other relevant partners on campus and/or in our local community or movements.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively one-to-one, in small groups and in public speaking contexts.
• Ability to write precise, well-organized emails, letters and proposal using appropriate vocabulary and grammar
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with student and professional staff, Division colleagues, and the University community. 

Programmatic and Event Development:

• Experience in creating and/or adapting sustainability and environmental justice programs, initiatives, and events.
• Experience in creating and/or adapting environmental wellness/healing programs, initiatives, and events.
• Experience with program management and handling program finances Experience with outdoor education, trip planning, and execution.
• Experience with networking and making relevant connections in order to grow programs Experience in facilitation & leading dialogue regarding trauma, environmental injustice, and intersectionality.
• Experience in collaborating with underserved populations, including predominantly BIPOC, QT+, undocumented communities, to ensure their needs and voices are represented and met.

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