Title

• Doing It Green (DIG) Coordinator

Overall responsibility

• A new and exciting leadership role to organize events and initiatives geared towards making personal, behavioral differences in the community at large!

Key areas of responsibility

• Hosts DIG meetings once a week and sets the agenda for them.
• Coordinates a team that plans and executes initiatives and events in the frame of micro-scale, individual behavior change (e.g. drinking tap water instead of bottled water; using handkerchiefs instead of paper towels to dry one’s hands; veganism; composting; etc.).
• Works with outreach and events coordinators, as well as the co-chairs, to ensure events planning and funding go smoothly.
• Keeps documentation of event planning process, to facilitate future initiatives planning.
• Communicates with members and execs throughout individual event planning processes to ensure a flow of information and updates.

Qualifications

• Full-time or part-time UBC student.
• Ability to commit to weekly hour long meetings.
• Passionate about environmental issues, especially on scales of individual action and involvement.
• Initiative in planning events to help make society greener.
• Organization and communication skills are an asset.

Time commitment

• Approximately 2-4hrs a week minimum, can be greater depending on your involvement.

Contact

• If you are interested, send a small summary of your experience and why you’d be a good fit for the position to enviro@ams.ubc.ca, with “DIG Coordinator Application” in the subject.