Climate Action Initiative Fellow
Position Description
The UCSB Sustainability Program is seeking a student intern to assist with several projects related to climate resilience. The UC system embarked on a campus and community feedback process using a JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Centered Climate Resilience Planning Strategy last year, which you can read more about here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14mxoRSax_pctu1j-n0ImSxVq_Pbd8d5s/view.
The role of the Carbon Action Initiative project based fellow is to assist with several projects related to climate resilience. This may include collecting additional feedback on resilience planning documents, collecting and analyzing data, and identifying potential climate adaptation response strategies.
This intern will also be a part of the 2024–2025 UC Climate Action Initiative Student Fellowship Program and will receive training from UCOP and external experts. They will also have an opportunity to network with peer fellows during exciting and related work from across the UC system. You can read more about that here: https://ucop.edu/carbon-neutrality-initiative/cni-fellows/index.html. This fellow will also work closely with our Campus Emergency Manager on climate hazardous assessment and planning.
When applying for this job, please describe any classes that you have taken that might prepare you for this type of work. What did you learn in those classes that you might use in this position? If you have experiences outside of class related to this position, please describe those as well and how you might put what you have learned into action in this role.
Please note we would prefer candidates who are likely to have work study in the 2024-2025 academic year. Please let us know in your cover letter if you are likely to be eligible for work study in 2024-2025. We do know that no students have work study in Summer. To learn more about work study, please visit: https://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/federal-work-study-program.
For the requested transcript, an unofficial transcript is fine.