Salary: $30.00 - $35.00 Hourly

Location : Morgan Hill, CA

Job Type: Temporary

Job Number: 50939-2024

Department: Community Services

Opening Date: 09/27/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

Description

Santa Clara County Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission Fellowship

Countywide Solid Waste Services / City of Morgan Hill

Part-Time, Temporary, Non-Benefited

$30.00 - $35.00 Hourly

Choose Morgan Hill: The City of Morgan Hill is the best community for people to live, work, visit, and operate their businesses.
JOIN OUR TEAM:
Join the City of Morgan Hill in its capacity as Countywide Solid Waste Services to help further zero waste in Santa Clara County and your career in the solid waste industry. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to build invaluable experience by coordinating with every jurisdiction in the County on recycling and waste reduction, this is the position for you! The Fellowship position will assist the Program Manager in coordinating with jurisdictions, non-profits, the public, and elected officials to effectively collaborate on household hazardous waste, composting, recycling, and waste diversion, solid waste legislation, extended producer responsibility, public outreach, and much more! This unique position will help foster an emerging environmental professional's success by providing invaluable subject matter expertise in the solid waste field of work.

JOB SUMMARY:
Under general direction of the Environmental Services Manager, the Fellow will assist in supporting the overall goals and mission of the Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission (RWRC) of Santa Clara County, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to the RWRC, the Implementation Committee (IC), and the subcommittees of the TAC. The Fellow will be responsible for supporting the Environmental Services Manager in administration of meetings subject to the Brown Act and for overseeing a diverse set of projects and tasks to further the objectives of the Commission.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

Interest, knowledge, and/or experience in solid waste issues, including waste disposal, recycling, composting, source reduction, household hazardous waste management, food waste recovery, or public engagement.
Strong writing, organization, and verbal communication skills.
Punctual to meetings.
Detail oriented.
Skilled at prioritizing work tasks to meet deadlines.

WORK SCHEDULE:
The Fellow will attend meetings that occur at various times throughout the work week. The Fellow may be considered for partial telecommute privileges upon approval by management. Hours worked per month will total approximately 80 hours. Weekly schedule will vary, dependent on program needs and applicant's availability.

SELECTION PROCESS
To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply on-line at and submit the following items:

A completed City of Morgan Hill employment application
Responses to the supplemental questions
Cover Letter
Resume
Copy of Certificates (if applicable)

Please note only completed application packets will be reviewed. This recruitment is open until filled and may close at any time.
Completed applications will be screened, and those applicants determined to have the best experience, skills, and qualifications will be invited for an oral interview. Prior to appointment, applicant must authorize a reference check.

Prior to appointment, a background check must be completed, which involves fingerprinting for submission to the Department of Justice.
Examples of Duties

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following duties are performed personally, under guidance and with training, as needed, from the Environmental Services Manager. Additional duties may be assigned.
1. Serve as the website administrator of the Santa Clara County Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission reducewaste.org homepage.
2. Attend numerous committee meetings to support the committees in achieving the desired work products in support of countywide solid waste management.
3. Record TAC, IC, and subcommittee meeting minutes in compliance with the Brown Act and ensure action items are followed up on after each meeting.
4. Assist the Manager in developing and implementing countywide solid waste programs.
5. Keep abreast of laws and standards in solid waste management, Brown Act, and other related service areas.
6. Make presentations to the TAC and Subcommittees as needed.
7. Develop outreach publications, that include but may not be limited to the dissemination of a weekly newsletter.
8. Conduct research and effectively synthesize findings to a variety of demographics.
Qualification Requirements

DESIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
All students pursuing a degree in environmental studies or closely related fields are encouraged to apply.

AND/OR

One previous internship or work experience in the categories of city clerking, solid waste, communications, and/or a closely related field is desired.

SKILL IN:
1. Effectively using automated systems, including personal computers and office software packages (E.g., Excel, Adobe, Outlook, OneDrive).
2. Organizing and preparing clear and concise reports.
3. Providing outstanding customer satisfaction (internally and externally).
4. Effective communication.

ABILITY TO:
1. Analyze problems quickly and draw logical conclusions, plan, and implement an effective course of action with support from the Manager.
3. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
4. Exercise responsibility to work with limited direction; and complete assigned work within deadlines.
5. Demonstrate strong competency for attention to detail in assigned work duties.

INTEREST IN:

1. Assessing and implementing environmental services program needs and objectives.

2. Philosophies, techniques, trends, and principles of solid waste management.

2. Legislative and regulatory issues relating to solid waste management.

3. Principles of organization, administration, and project oversight.

4. Principles of customer satisfaction related to the delivery of environmental programs.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must possess a valid California Driver's License to be considered for this position.
Supplemental Information

Part-time, temporary positions are non-benefitted, at-will positions. Part-time employees are enrolled in the PARS retirement system and the employee pays 7.5%, which is deducted from the employees' payroll check. The PARS retirement system is in lieu of participating in social security. Part-time employees participate in the Medicare portion of social security as that is a required program.

You may accrue up to 40 hours a year in sick leave based on the number of hours worked within the year.

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What interests you about solid waste? (Please limit your answer to one paragraph)

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Why are you the ideal candidate for this job?

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