Climate Action Manager

To be successful in this role you must bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and relevant experience with data analysis/reporting and sustainability. 
• Advanced degree in climate science and/or climate policy or related field strongly preferred.
• Technical knowledge in green building design, urban planning, and/or LEED AP accreditation is a plus.
• 8 or more years related work experience.
• Demonstrated skill in emissions accounting and familiarity with industry sustainability reporting standards, such as the GHG Protocol.
• Interest in and academic background in sustainability; especially common sustainability metrics.
• Demonstrated skill in the use of spreadsheets, database programs, and word processing programs, specifically strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and presentation software.
• Capability to diplomatically bridge the gap between sustainability idealists and pragmatists to motivate and align diverse interests to advance climate action on the campus; ability to build consensus among diverse interest groups. 
• Polished communications skills, both written and oral (including developing and making formal presentations).
• Adept at understanding and communicating sustainability principles to others and ability to integrate those principles into campus operations.
• Ability to manage a complex and often competing set of priorities in a results-oriented environment.
• Experience with strategic planning in a complex stakeholder environment.  
• Experience with climate data collection, storage, and analysis.
• Familiarity with higher education preferred. 
• Familiarity with complex organizational and operational structures with the ability to objectively think through initiatives’ impact in an institutional setting.
• Possess strong organizational, time management and project management skills, with the ability to support multiple projects at various stages with emphasis on accuracy and meeting deadlines.
• Possess high degree of discretion and judgment; ability to resolve interdependent deadlines with tact and diplomacy.
• Possess high degree of energy and initiative, with the ability to work both independently with moderate or little supervision and as part of a team.

Additional Information:
Physical Requirements*:

• Frequently sitting, perform desk-based computer tasks, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
• Occasionally stand/walk, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, use a telephone, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 11-20 pounds.
• Rarely kneel/crawl, climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other), reach/work above shoulders, grasp forcefully, writing by hand, sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh >40 pounds.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job. 

Working Conditions

• Occasional work on weekends and evenings.
• Work involves long hours of standing and sustained communications/dialogue.
• May work in mechanical equipment rooms, kitchens, waste management areas, construction sites.
• Travel, local and non-local.

Work Standards

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB), and employs ant-racist practices and principles in the workplace.

All Stanford University employees are subject to all COVID-19 requirements, which includes being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 pursuant to our vaccination policy.
Stanford is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 
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 for 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.

Why Stanford is for You
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