Teaching assistant Sustainability Forum

Would you like to be part of a team and influence Uppsala University´s environmental- and climate work? Do you have ideas about how the University can take sustainability issues to the next level? Do you want to engage our 7 000 employees and 50 000 students? Uppsala University´s Sustainability Forum is looking for a teaching assistant with a great interest in sustainability issues. Welcome with your application!

The Sustainability Forum is a platform and a meeting place for students, staff and the general public where ideas and engagement regarding environmental- and sustainability issues can be translated into concrete action. The forum was inaugurated during the autumn semester of 2023 and is a sustainability initiative based on the Vice-Chancellor's decision to create a Green Office. The Sustainability Forum is part of the university's environmental office. You will be part of a team that together has the task of supporting the university's activities in environmental and climate work. The Sustainability Forum is located in the Segerstedt building, which will also be your primary workplace.

As an employee at the Sustainability Forum, you will have the opportunity to help build and communicate the university's sustainability work. Here you will meet others with the same interests and there will also be some room to develop your own sustainability initiatives.

Duties
Duties include administrative and practical tasks related to the Sustainability Forum. Depending on your skills and interests, your tasks may include:
Map the university’s activities and initiatives related to sustainability, climate and environmental issues. Monitor what is happening within and outside the university.

• Analyse and compile environment- and climate statistics.
• Plan, prepare and implement events.
• Communicate activities within the Sustainability Forum, mainly on social media.
• Assisting in the staffing of the Sustainability Forum.
• Producing and editing short films.

All work is carried out in close co-operation with other staff in the environmental office.

Requirements
For employment as a teaching assistant, it is a requirement that you are admitted as a student at undergraduate or advanced level. International students are also welcome to apply.

You should be comfortable with taking initiative and have a great interest in sustainability issues. You are a good communicator and enjoy working in an interactive environment. You need to be able to work independently as well as in a team and appreciate a variety of tasks. You need to have a good knowledge of English in speech and writing.

Additional qualifications
A basic knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing is given merit. That you are admitted as a student at undergraduate or advanced level at Uppsala university. 

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 12. The scope is 25%. Start date 15 January 2025 or by agreement. Location: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Lotta Hallnäs Rask, 018 471 2205, lotta.hallnasrask@uu.se

Please submit your application by 22 november 2024, UFV-PA 2024/3717.

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