Green Star Schools Program Coordinator

Eco-Cycle’s Green Star Schools (GSS) program builds on and adds to the Eco-Cycle School Recycling and Environmental Education Program. The Green Star Schools program introduces compost collection to schools, improves recycling collections, and puts a strong emphasis on waste reduction activities. The program provides participating schools with extensive and ongoing support, feedback, incentives, rewards, and special projects. This program is key to helping create environmentally literate graduates in Boulder County.

The Green Star Schools Program Coordinator works as part of a dynamic team of staff who support programming and environmental education at schools. The primary focus of this position is to assist the Green Star School Program Manager with coordination, development, and delivery of programming and education focused on waste reduction (reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost), and will support other environmental education presentations as needed. It is estimated that this position is approximately 60% in schools and 40% program administration in an office setting. (A full description of the program is available on Eco-Cycle’s website at ecocycle.org/schools/greenstarschools)

The Green Star Schools Program Coordinator works under the direct supervision of the Green Star School Program Manager and the Schools Program Director.

Job Responsibilities

1. Assist Program Manager with the following:
   1. Deliver Green Star Schools educational presentations in grades PK-12th grade for individual classrooms, grade-levels, and assemblies.
   2. Maintenance of the program in all current Green Star Schools
   3. Coordination and implementation of launching new Green Star Schools
   4. Implementation of special projects and celebrations at Green Star Schools
   5. Communications with Green Star Schools administration and staff
   6. Coordinate Eco-Cycle Schools staff (including self) for school lunchroom monitoring and other outreach and support at Green Star Schools
   7. Preparation of Green Star Schools supporting materials including reports, newsletters, posters, flyers, and communications
   8. Coordinate and staff school community Zero Waste Events at Green Star Schools
   9. Purchase supplies, deliver and pick up materials, oversee special projects, maintain, and clean program equipment for supporting Green Star Schools.
2. Substitute teacher for Eco-Cycle’s Environmental Education Program.

Qualifications

Education, Experience, and Skills

• College degree in education, natural sciences, or related field or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated dedication to the environment and sustainability
• Experience teaching in a classroom setting with students of differing abilities and diverse backgrounds
• Ability to teach across a wide range of ages (pre-school through high school and adults) and in various size audiences (classroom to whole school assemblies)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills, flexibility, and time management.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Proficient with MS Office suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook) and Google
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Comfortable handling and sorting waste
• Possess a reliable vehicle to provide own transport to schools (mileage paid)
• Ability to work Monday-Friday with some occasional evening and weekend hours
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, carry materials up and down stairs, transfer materials in and out of a car or other vehicle

Compensation

This is an hourly position, 40 hours/week mid-August-May annually, with a starting rate of $20.50/hr plus benefits.

(Leave without pay June through mid-August)

Benefits

• Paid time off, including vacation and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Mileage reimbursement for daily use of personal vehicle to give presentations and make deliveries to schools
• Employer match for health/dental insurance and 403b retirement savings
• Employer paid life and disability insurance

To apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to: kim@ecocycle.org. The position is open until filled. 

Eco-Cycle is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and workplace. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool to better serve our mission of bringing Zero Waste to all communities. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and volunteers. Eco-Cycle prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Eco-Cycle employment decisions are based on job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.