Full-time Staff Positions
OSI is currently seeking one full-time Climate Solutions Fellow to join our team in Spring 2023. The Fellowship will provide entry-level experience to serve as a pathway for career opportunities in the sustainability and climate justice fields for recent graduates (undergraduate or graduates), especially graduates from historically marginalized and underserved populations. The Fellow will gain 1 year of sustainability and climate solutions expertise and mentorship working with a nationally recognized higher education sustainability program, with the possibility to extend up to 3 years depending on performance and budget. OSI will foster this individual’s growth while gaining necessary assistance in reaching Emory’s climate solutions and climate justice goals related to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 or earlier and other related sustainability goals. The Fellow will both bring some knowledge and gain experience in institutional, multi-stakeholder collaboration and facilitation, quantitative analysis, and sustainability and climate change content knowledge. Read the full job description here.
Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis, but please submit your resume, cover letter, and a list of references to emorysustainability@emory.edu no later than 8:00 am on Monday, March 20, 2023.
Paid Student Internships
Since 2008, OSI has hired undergraduates, graduate students, Federal Work-Study (FWS) students and Rollins Earn and Learn (REAL) program participants as paid interns throughout the year. OSI relies heavily on the work of student interns for research, benchmarking, program implementation, communications, evaluation, data collection and outreach in all areas of sustainability. Based on student interests and OSI’s needs, interns work on a variety of projects throughout the semester in the areas academics & research, biodiversity & landscapes, climate solutions, green buildings, energy, food & dining, purchasing, social justice, transportation, waste, water, and wellbeing.
Students working with the OSI team are joining a legacy of over 170 Emory alumni who have made their mark on campus and community sustainability initiatives. The sole Emory Student Employee of the Year for 2018, Kryn Dykema, and 2019, Kristen Kaufman, were both OSI interns, and we hope you will apply to join our team of outstanding students looking to carry on this legacy by making a positive impact during your time at Emory.
For Summer 2023, OSI is seeking to hire:
- Multiple General Sustainability Interns and
- One Communications and Marketing Intern.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis but are due no later than 8:00 am on Tuesday, March 14. Apply today to join our amazing team of thoughtful changemakers!
Post-Graduate, 1-Year Fellowships
Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives (OSI) launched our inaugural post-graduate Fellows program in June 2022. Through the program, we welcomed a Climate Solutions Fellow and two Sustainability & Social Justice Programs Fellows to the team. These Fellowships are intended to provide entry-level experience to serve as a pathway for career opportunities in the sustainability and climate justice fields for recent graduates (undergraduate or graduates), especially graduates from historically marginalized and underserved populations. Fellow will gain 1 year of sustainability, social justice, and climate solutions expertise and mentorship working with a nationally recognized higher education sustainability program, with the possibility to extend up to 3 years depending on performance and budget.
Community Internship Opportunities
Community partner intern opportunities are posted in the Student Sustainability Forum Facebook page. The Emory Career Center also shares community intern and job opportunities.
Green Networking Night
Emory’s Green Networking Night is a casual evening held each fall and designed to connect students of all disciplines to alumni and professionals working in environmental and sustainability issues. This annual events hosts 80-100 local sustainability professionals and over 100 undergraduate and graduate students and is open to all Emory students.
In 2022, the event was hosted virtually in the form of three career panels with a directory of 70+ professionals circulated to students. Access recordings and more information about the event here.