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CBEY - Online Mentor CEED- YSE
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Job ID 34143
Employer School of the Environment
Employer Type On Campus
Category Program Coordination
Job Type On-Campus Jobs
Job Description
The mission of The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is to inspire, support, and accelerate the transition to a just and thriving world. As a part of that work, we build world-class online educational programs and support powerful distributed, learning communities around the globe. Join our team and support the delivery of our new online program in Clean and Equitable Energy Development (CEED). Through your support our online learners will learn new skills and develop powerful networks for positive change.  
 
We are recruiting online mentors for the Fall and Spring semesters to complete our teaching team and deliver a world-class and beautifully ambitious curriculum to a cohort of working professionals in the clean energy field. Please note, there are three core courses in the CEED program, and we are recruiting mentors to support each of these courses. Given your availability, interest and experience, you may support one or more of these courses. Please indicate this in your application materials. 
 
We expect to welcome our first online cohort in September 2024. Led by Drs. Michel Gelobter and Gerald Torres and industry experts, CEED online learners will upskill their ability to design or redesign clean energy projects in a way that can immediately impact the transition to a clean, affordable, and equitable energy future. Our online learners will engage with one another and develop their skills in three online courses: 
1. Foundations (asynchronous, introductory short course) – 2 weeks long
2. Energy Justice Course – 5 weeks long
    a. Introduction and Energy Justice Concepts
    b. Energy Justice Challenges
    c. Energy Poverty and Global Justice Issues
    d. Renewable Energy and Just Energy Transition
    e. Just Energy Transition: Cases and Projects
3. Clean and Equitable Energy Project Development Course – 5 weeks long
    a. Overview of Course, Development and Project Financials
    b. Interconnection and Project Design Essential Elements
    c. Siting and Community Engagement
    d. Origination and Offtake
    e. Construction and O&M
 
# of Positions, Dates, and Workload 
We are looking for 3-5 CEED Learning Mentors to support each of the core courses of the program. For 9-15 hours a week, CEED Learning Mentors will work with faculty and with the CEED development and delivery team for a duration of 5-7 weeks per course they are supporting. If supporting the Energy Justice, Mentors will work for 9 weeks. Development course mentors will work 7 weeks.
 
Dates of Employment:
Fall 2024
Energy Justice: September 2nd to November 4th
Clean Energy Development: October 28th to December 16th
Spring 2025
Energy Justice: January 13th to March 17th
Clean Energy Development: March 10th to April 28th
Job Requirements
Who can apply?
YSE, YLS, or SOM matriculated students only. These positions are not open to undergraduates. 
 
Assist the CEED team, faculty members, and guest experts in delivering a thoughtful approach to online education.
Review course content (videos, discussions, quizzes, and large assignments) and interact with CEED participants, providing support as needed, by explaining concepts and working through problems either during office hours or by writing down directions and explanations in a shared discussion platform, emails, and other communications.
Review participant submissions on online forums and respond to them, prodding assumptions, and facilitating online conversations.
Grade large assignments (policy memos, discussion questions, mixed quantitative and qualitative quizzes) and manage grades.
Summarize on a regular basis the weekly content.
Compile participants questions and summarize areas that need further explanation for faculty members and the Online Programs Delivery Team. 
Organize and lead office hours providing feedback to the lectures and the Online Programs Delivery Team on course content.
Occasionally lead discussion groups and other events (on content or careers). 
Occasionally record explainers on concepts that are particularly tricky for participants. 
Light web-authoring and content development.
Research additional topics as needed.
Other minor tasks relating to the delivery of the program as assigned by CBEY. 
This is for you if:
You are passionate about just energy transition, and environmental justice;
You are an excellent professional communicator;
You are proactive and interested in learning and experimentation;
You are familiar with online tools and if not, you can pick up new skills quickly and are interested in doing so;
You can work independently, and handle project management efficiently;
You are confident and respectful in your interaction with stakeholders, from students, staff, faculty, external vendors, and experts across functions;
You follow through and can adjust your course of action based on feedback; 
You like other humans and it shows!
Compensation 30
Job Level Exception Rate
Hours 9.0 to 15.0 hours per week
Primary Contact Coral Bielecki
Primary Contact's Email ceed.certificate@yale.edu
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