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Leadership Team Overview

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a growing collection of technically-minded people looking to make the world a better place. The Leadership Team is a team of volunteers working remotely across North America to run the global nonprofit side of ESW including student membership, chapter development, professional development, communications, programs, and events.

Our general requirements, regardless of position, are as follows:

  1. You need to be passionate about sustainability and agree with our mission, vision, and values.

  2. You need to be able to commit time to the organization, including regular video calls. We find that in order to be effective, most positions require around 5/week on average, fluctuating by season.

  3. Please be proactive and motivated.

  4. You don't have to be familiar with ESW-HQ - we're friendly people, and we'd love to meet you.

About working with ESW
We accept applicants from all over North America. ESW volunteers work in a digital environment. We use Slack, Google Suite, and Zoom to communicate with each other. Additionally the team meets in person twice a year at our leadership retreat and annual conference.

To apply, please send a position-specific resume to apply@eswusa.org. Feel free to add a short "Why me" (up to 150 words), as we would love to know you better!

Available Volunteer Positions:

Executive Committee & Administration

Finance Manager

The Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing all financial affairs of the organization, including accounting for income and expenses, reconciling bank statements, and managing cash flow.  The Finance Manager will also be responsible for preparing and facilitating the annual budget with the COO, Executive Director and the Board of Directors, and will regularly monitor and compare the actual revenues and expenses incurred against such a budget.

View the full position description here.

Student Membership Department

Chapter Relations Coordinator

Chapter Relations Coordinators (CRCs) are the main connection between ESW chapters and ESW-HQ. They work with chapter leaders and members to create open communication between the chapter and the rest of the ESW network, make sure chapters know about current ESW-HQ initiatives, help chapter leaders with strategic challenges, and create useful content for student chapters. CRCs also reach out to new schools in target geographical areas to find faculty and students that may be interested in starting new ESW chapters. CRCs are instrumental in onboarding these new chapters and helping them get off to a successful start.

View the full position description here.

Student Recruitment Coordinator

The Student Recruitment Coordinator will work within the Student Membership Department to recruit and onboard new student chapters. This includes researching universities with the potential to have a strong ESW chapter, reaching out and interacting directly with potential student members, and supporting and guiding those potential student members in the process of becoming a chapter.

View the full position description here.

Professional Development/Workforce Development Department

Company Outreach Coordinator

The Company Outreach Coordinator will identify and engage companies, organizations, and professionals to participate in ESW career fairs, job board, career chats, and other programming to help us support students in finding jobs in sustainability, renewable energy, and impact engineering roles.

View the full position description here.

MarComm (Marketing + Communications) Department

Social Media Coordinator

The Social Media Coordinator spearheads our social media efforts by working with the Executive Director and Communications Coordinator to set organizational strategy and then executes said strategy on a weekly basis. We’re looking for someone who can craft the perfect tweet and the graphic to match, and who can also take the time to engage with our network by reblogging, retweeting, and commenting on posts. You will be in charge of setting the tone for ESW’s social media and will be responsible for meeting ESW’s strategic plan goals related to social media.

View the full position description here.

Production Coordinator

The role of the Production Coordinator is to create digital media in the form of videos, promos, etc. for ESW programs and conferences. They are responsible for communicating with the appropriate parties to gather information, video content and pictures for video production. As part of the Marketing & Communications team, this individual is responsible for documenting projects, capturing reactions from participants and creating a narrative.

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Website Coordinator

The Website Coordinator is responsible for maintaining ESW’s website and web resources. ESW’s website is transitioning from nationbuilder to squarespace. Internally, our team uses Google Apps, slack, and zoom. The Website Coordinator keeps all of these in line, finds ways to get the most out of these systems and adds functionality to them–especially for the website. They may also train other team members on their use. The Website Coordinator must also work with the Branding Coordinator to make sure the website conforms to a consistent visual identity that meets our branding standards. As ESW looks to create a stronger digital community and more robust programs, the Website Coordinator will have a central role in making things work.

View the full position description here.

Programming Department

Programs Coordinator

The Programs Coordinator will manage and improve operations for ongoing program initiatives and design new programs that further ESW’s mission and strategic goals. This includes managing programs such as Build Day and providing project support and mentoring to student chapters. 

The Programs Coordinator will also work closely with the other Programs, Student Relations, and Events team members to develop and implement new initiatives for chapters, develop project guidance and tracking materials, and develop digital resources for project leaders on the project database. This position is flexible, and we can accommodate work and school schedules.

View the full position description here.

More Positions coming soon:

- Mentorship Program Coordinator

- Individual Donations Coordinator

Are you interested in any of these roles or have questions? Please reach out to apply@eswusa.org.