Job Description: The Resource Conservation Team works closely with the Oberlin College Departments of Environmental Health and Safety, Environmental Studies, Buildings and Grounds, Custodial Services, Administration, Environmental Policy Standing Committee, Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, Student Senate, and the City of Oberlin recycling program to decrease Oberlin College's environmental impact. The job involves:

• Developing and implementing new recycling and source reduction projects
• Researching more environmentally-friendly products for the college to purchase
• Educating students, faculty, and staff about environmental issues
• Overseeing and improving the college's current recycling system through monitoring and distribution of recycling bins
• Working in the Free Store and running the Big Swap

The RCT has also been involved in organizing events such as Earth Day activities, making free notebooks from reused paper, running the annual waste audit, and tabling in Wilder; many more possibilities exist!

Qualifications: Students looking to apply should be highly motivated, creative, responsible, and willing to work with students, staff and College faculty professionally on a daily basis.

Time Commitment: 6-10 hrs/week

Wage: $7.30/hr with opportunities for increases

APPLICATION

Please copy and paste these questions into a Word document and then email the document with your responses to recycle@oberlin.edu.

Name:
Phone:
Year of graduation:

1. Listed below are some of the project areas in which Recyclers have been involved with. Please check any that are of particular interest to you and suggest any others that you would be excited about working on.
Operations/logistics: program implementation in purchasing, reclamation and monitoring.
Communications coordination: Networking with the CDS recyclers, the service pool recycling staff, and college administration
Research source reduction opportunities on campus (i.e. purchasing of recycled paper and paper towels, energy use reduction, etc.).
Education and activities coordination: coordination of educational events; includes web design if desired.
OSCA recycling contact - responsible for ensuring OSCA recyclers are trained; oversees OSCA recycling.

2. When are you available for an interview? (Please list at least three times in the morning and afternoon.)

3. Will you be on campus and willing to hold this position for more than 1 semester? If not, explain.

4. How many hours per week would you be available to work during the school year? During the summer? During breaks? Do you plan to have another job during either of these times?

5. Please take this opportunity to explain any and all skills and experience that you can contribute to this position (i.e. web design, campaign organization, etc…).

6. Please also explain why you would like this job. Be specific, and attach additional sheets if necessary. Include your resume if possible.

Name of one reference: Phone: Email: