Student workers help fulfill the mission of YPCCC by providing critical support to our staff team. YPCCC jobs are intended for current Yale University students, both grad and undergrad. Work study academic-year positions are available for eligible students at the Yale School of the Environment. Summer positions are not work-study eligible.
YPCCC offers a variety of student jobs to support various program needs. Below is the list of positions offered by YPCCC. Openings can be found on Yale Student Employment. Jobs listed here are not open unless they are also posted on Yale Student Employment.
This team suggests and drafts posts about climate change for large social media audiences on Facebook, X, and Instagram. YPCCC research is relevant to many categories of current events, from renewable energy to extreme weather, and our social media producers help put the news of the day in context.
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Hrs per week: 3-5
Fall position with the expectation for staying on through the 2025-2026 academic year.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to cynthia.norrie@yale.edu. Students can also apply on Yale Student Employment Job ID #36496.
This role will support the development and execution of a Yale Center for Environmental Communication speaker series that brings in inspiring practitioners of environmental communication that 1) model how to build public and political will to address environmental challenges and 2) equips attendees with the skills to engage in strategic communication themselves to solve environmental problems. Potential topics for the series will include: transformational organizing; closing the climate communication gap in Black media; global climate change journalism, particularly in high GHG-emitting countries like India, China and Brazil; leveraging social media influences on behalf of the climate; implications of climate change for labor; or translating cutting edge environmental scholarship for a public interested in solutions. The student will contribute to shaping the series’ direction and have the opportunity to pursue topics of personal interest. Please see examples of past YCEC-hosted events at: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/category/videos-events/
The ideal candidate is comfortable driving projects independently, has strong event management and event logistics experience, especially with remotely-conducted and hosted events (i.e., via Zoom) and communicates effectively in a hybrid working environment. This student will shape webinar topics, identify and recruit speakers and moderators, serve as the main point of contact with experts in various fields, market the series to internal and external audiences, and synthesize key takeaways from each event for publication on the YPCCC website. Preferred but not required: a background in environmental affairs.
Hrs per week: 5-8, hourly pay commensurate with experience.
To apply, send a cover letter and resume to eric.fine@yale.edu with the title of the position you’re applying to within the subject line. Applications also accepted through Yale Student Employment ID #34020/18813.
YPCCC supports a diverse and inclusive workplace and climate change movement. For all jobs: Yale University Statement on Non-Discrimination