Student Job List (Updated: April 3, 2024)

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.

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. The jobs listed here are not open unless they are also posted on Yale Student Employment. 

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YPCCC Experiments Team Research Assistant (Summer 2024)

 The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) invites applications for a part-time (5-10 hours/week) student research assistant to contribute to our ongoing experimental research on the public’s climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior. The program conducts scientific surveys and message experiments at the national, international, and global scales, as well as with specific communities and organizations. The program also includes several projects that engage the public in climate change science and solutions. 

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to message experiment research design, implementation, and data analysis, visualization, and management.
• Help maintain a database, including research materials, datasets, and codebooks.
• Co-author peer-reviewed publications and public reports.
• Work with an interdisciplinary research team.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with programming or analyzing data in R.
• Familiarity with common statistics (e.g., regression) and research methods (e.g., randomized experiments, surveys).
• Strong organizational and writing skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and implementing message experiments.
• Graduate-level coursework in data science, statistics, and research methods.
• Familiarity with scientific research in the area of climate change and environmental communication.

 

The review of applications will begin on May 1, 2024, and the position will remain open until filled.

For full consideration, applicants must submit an application to matthew.goldberg@yale.edu. Please put “Experiments Team Student Application – (your last name)” in the subject line. Applications should include: (1) a cover letter addressed to Dr. Matthew Goldberg, including a statement of interest describing your fit for the position, and (2) a curriculum vita or resume. Applications should contain all documents in a single PDF attached to the email.

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YPCCC Partnerships Research Assistant (Summer 2024)

 The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) invites applications for the position of Partnerships Research Assistant.

Based at the Yale School of the Environment, we conduct scientific research on public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the underlying psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence them. We also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnership with governments, media organizations, companies, and civil society, and with a daily, national radio program, Yale Climate Connections.

YPCCC’s Partnerships Program grows the capacity of the climate movement to conduct strategic communication campaigns and transformational organizing. The Partnerships Program helps organizations understand audiences, use tactics and tools based on YPCCC’s cutting-edge research, and run experiments to refine strategies. We work with more than 200 groups ranging from environmental justice organizations to foundations. These relationships vary from short consultations to in-depth partnerships in which we help build organization capacity for data-driven campaigns.

Position Focus:

The Partnerships Research Assistant will support outreach and building external relationships for the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. In this role, the Research Assistant will help conduct market research, develop outreach materials, and message experiment templates in support of the Partnerships program’s work.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Partnerships strategy and outreach to diverse climate organizations, ranging from large institutions to small grassroots groups.
• Develop outreach and marketing materials for the Partnership program including case studies, presentations, and key messages.
• Develop tools for partner organizations to run digital and field experiments, such as message test blueprints.
• Test and deploy new tools for partner organizations.
• Support tracking our success through the Salesforce Constituent Relationship Management system. 
• Further develop materials for consulting and training in climate communication strategy, tactics, and tools to improve the communication and engagement capacity of partner organizations and the broader climate change community.
• With the YPCCC research team, help assess the utility of new YPCCC research products, tools and data.

Desired experience:

• Experience in issue or political campaigns, including field and/or digital campaigns.
• Experience with online message testing using social media platforms such as Facebook.
• Passion for building a more effective and equitable climate change community.

Required skills and abilities:

• Ability to set priorities and multi-task;
• Excellent verbal and written communication;
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse partners;
• Demonstrated ability to work with a team, as well as on one’s own;
• Ability to work from a remote office, with Google Docs, Office 365, Salesforce, and join Zoom calls.

How to apply:

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to mallika.talwar@yale.edu. Positions run from June through August. The YPCCC Partnership Research Assistant is a 10 hour a week position.

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YPCCC Survey Team Research Assistant (Summer 2024)

 The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) invites applications for up to two part-time (5-10 hours/week) student research assistants to support our ongoing survey research on the public’s climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior. YPCCC conducts scientific surveys and message experiments at the national, international, and global scales, as well as with specific communities and organizations. The program also includes projects that engage the public in climate change science and solutions. Both positions may continue into Fall 2024 contingent on performance and project needs. 

Position 1

This position will support the survey team’s development of an archive of our extensive public opinion research projects both in the United States and internationally. This work will include analysis of past reports and peer-reviewed publications, including using large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT, and will involve frequent collaboration with a team of YPCCC researchers.

Responsibilities:

• Co-development of a public-facing summary of key findings and insights from our past research, assisted by machine learning tools such as ChatGPT.
• Co-development of a project archive in collaboration with the YPCCC survey team.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary research team, including external partners.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong organizational, research, and writing skills.
• Strong data management and analysis skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills with both academic and non-academic audiences.
• Ability to work from a remote office, with Google Docs, Office 365, and join Zoom calls.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with programming (e.g., Python, OpenAI API) and/or analyzing queries using ChatGPT or related programs.
• Interest in developing survey research skills, particularly in areas related to public attitudes regarding climate change both in the U.S. and internationally.

Position 2

This position will support the survey team’s development of a public-facing tool to visualize data from a large global public opinion dataset, in coordination with students and staff on the YPCCC data/tools team. This work will produce a sophisticated and user-friendly interactive online tool that will allow users to produce customizable national-level factsheets that summarize data on public climate change knowledge, risk perceptions, policy support, and behaviors. Work in Summer 2024 will focus on development of the core infrastructure and gathering initial feedback on usability. If continued into the fall, this work will include adding more complexity and customization options to the tool.

Responsibilities:

• Co-develop and program a public-facing fact sheet tool in collaboration with the survey and tools teams at YPCCC.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary research team, including external partners.

Required Qualifications:

• Programming skills in at least two of the following programs: R, Markdown, Python, and/or Tableau.
• Experience managing and programming with large datasets.
• Strong organizational, communication, and teamwork skills with both academic and non-academic audiences.
• Ability to work from a remote office, with Google Docs, Office 365, and join Zoom calls.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interest in developing survey research skills, particularly in areas related to public attitudes regarding climate change both in the U.S. and international.
• Experience in layout, design, and data visualization.

How to apply:

The Survey Team Research Assistant is a 5-10 hours a week position. Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to jennifer.carman@yale.edu with “Survey Research Assistant Application” in the subject heading. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Please apply by April 25 for Summer 2024 consideration.

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YPCCC supports a diverse and inclusive workplace and climate change movement. Women and people of color are especially encouraged to apply. For all jobs: Yale University Statement on Non-Discrimination