Associate Director Ecopreneurship Partner Programs

🔍 Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford, California, United States

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📅   : 3 days ago Post Date

📅   : 105290 Requisition #

This position is based on Stanford’s main campus, with consideration given to the option for a hybrid work schedule (partially onsite and offsite), subject to operational needs. Interested candidates must include a resume and cover letter to be considered for this position. This is a three-year fixed-term position.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

About Us
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) strives to create a future where humans and nature thrive in concert and in perpetuity. The school is made up of a three-part structure to drive global impact: Our academic departments and programs educate students and create new knowledge across areas of research that are crucial for advancing the long-term prosperity of the planet; Institutes bridge scholarship at Stanford and beyond, bringing multiple viewpoints to bear on urgent challenges; The Sustainability Accelerator drives new policy and technology solutions through a worldwide network of partners who work with our teams to develop solutions at a global scale. The school is dedicated to creating and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, and to creating solutions that benefit all people, particularly those most affected by environmental damage and climate change.

For more information on the school, click here.

Stanford Ecopreneurship programs operate at the intersection of the SDSS and the Graduate School of Business, leveraging the strengths of both schools to support aspiring sustainability entrepreneurs (or “ecopreneurs”) from idea to launch. We aim to inspire and support ecopreneurs from across the university to explore climate and sustainability challenges facing our planet and utilize entrepreneurship and innovation to create impactful solutions with speed and scale.

The Stanford Ecopreneurship team, in partnership with the Sustainability Accelerator, is seeking an Associate Director (AD) to lead the planning and execution of an array of externally-facing and internal partner programs serving ecopreneurs within Stanford and beyond.

Your primary responsibilities include:

Lead strategic planning and implementation of ecopreneurship partner programs, including:

Work closely with partners across the university to design and execute an annual “Scaling Sustainability Innovation” conference, featuring dozens of speakers and hundreds of attendees, including leading academics, ecopreneurs, investors, and corporate partners.
Establish and maintain partnerships with universities around the world participating in a summer sustainability innovation program designed to provide budding ecopreneurs with the context knowledge and skills needed to evaluate new sustainability-focused venture ideas.
Work closely with partners within the Sustainability Accelerator to create partnerships between ecopreneurial grad students and Stanford faculty to help evaluate commercialization pathways of the faculty’s sustainability-focused innovations.
Source, collect and analyze data, create reports, review and explain trends related to ecopreneurship partner programs; formulate and evaluate alternative solutions and/or recommendations to achieve the goals of the program or function.
Identify, recommend and implement opportunities for new partner programming to meet the needs of ecopreneurs at Stanford and beyond.
Contribute to and inform on strategic program/entity planning and related funding and financial sustainability.
Develop or contribute to outreach strategy related to program communications, development, partnerships, and fundraising/funding.
Coach and mentor program staff.
Center equity and inclusion in your work and interactions with others
Manage individual program budgets

To be successful in this position, you will need:

Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education, training, and relevant experience.
Ability to develop program partnerships and funding sources.
Excellent oral, written, and analytical skills, exhibiting fluency in an area of specialization.
Ability to oversee and direct staff.
Ability to manage budgets and develop financial plans.

In addition, preferred requirements include:

Experience or familiarity with, and interest in, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial learning, or startups.
A broad awareness of the multitude domestic and global environmental sustainability issues and an ability to quickly get up to speed on any specific issue
Excellent program/project management skills. Ability to plan, organize, and implement a program with a high volume of diverse activities across multiple programs.
Excellent interpersonal skills, and a comfort working with a wide variety of personalities
Autonomy and inherent motivation to create high-quality work
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent data analysis skills enabling the assessment of program impact, and uncovering opportunities for continuous program improvement.
Experience working in higher education
The ability to empathize with or relate to sustainability-focused entrepreneurs.
Being comfortable navigating ambiguity, and the spirit to “build the airplane while it’s flying”
Ability to build structure and processes where there are none
Experience and comfort with Google Suite products (e.g. Gmail, Google Sheets, Google Forms, Google Docs, etc.) which the GSB uses heavily

The expected pay range for this position is $111,866 to $139,000 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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