Environmental Sustainability Coordinator (Internal Applicants Only)

Position:

Environmental Sustainability Coordinator 

Reports to:

Assistant Head of School

Term:

1 year (August 2026 - August 2027)

Position Summary: 

The Environmental Sustainability Coordinator will work with all members of our community (teachers, students, facilities staff, administrative staff, leadership, parents, and board) to reduce our environmental footprint and help to foster a healthy, sustainable community. This post-holder will execute the Environmental Sustainability Strategic Action Plan. They will consistently collaborate and communicate with all community stakeholders and will work across both the educational and the business/operational sides of the school, with additional opportunities that may fall outside of both of these general categories.

This position comes with a $6,000 annual stipend and a time release.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

In addition to meeting the expectations of all Upper School teachers at Mulgrave, the ES Coordinator also leads the ES role by:

Run Environmental LEAP Elective in the Middle School (as part of teaching load)

Oversee the senior school Environmental Sustainability Council

Lead and/or co-lead various student environmental clubs across the school which support students in engaging their peers to build passion and commitment toward sustainability initiatives

Collaborate with teachers to develop curriculum, activities and resources for environmental education

Provide off campus opportunities for further environmental engagement - either through classes, clubs or one-off experiences

Collaborate with principals and IB Program coordinators to ensure a continuum of ES learning is threaded throughout our divisions and grades (PK3-12)

Collaborate with Head of Global Engagement and Service Learning to further embed environmental stewardship into student programming and leverage existing efforts

Collaborate with OE team to further embed aspects of environmental awareness and education into program offerings

Organisation: Business Sustainability Leadership

Execute the Environmental Sustainability Strategic Action Plan

Collaborate with facilities and Mike Lopez including assisting with waste management & sorting

Investigate opportunities for enhanced operational practices that will reduce consumption and waste

Look at purchases of high use items like paper, cleaning supplies etc. from a sustainability lens

Collaborate with the events department to implement sustainability measures within our event offerings

Assess organisational policies and procedures to make recommendations on embedding sustainability as a practice

Collaborate with outside service providers (such as Dana & Cambridge Uniforms) to support a sustainable approach and work on solutions to reduce our collective footprint

Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop branding/marketing of environmental sustainability, share activities and create ‘buzz’

Highlight sustainability on the website

Collaborate on any new buildings being planned to ensure environmental sustainability components have been considered/implemented

Sit on school committees as deemed necessary/of interest to environmental sustainability

Educate and inspire staff members across the school - Faculty ProD

Monitor and report on the school’s sustainability performance

Community: Additional Sustainability Leadership

Lead the Faculty Environment Working Group and support efforts to embed a sustainability mindset throughout our community

Connect and collaborate with other schools to determine and implement best practices, fostering relationships across the country and internationally

Lead/participate in ISABC Environmental Sustainability group (I had this group created last spring for the ISABC and am acting as lead - although we haven’t met yet due to Covid)

Be the representative of our school for CAIS Green Schools

Pursue environmental accreditations/certifications for the school

Engage local community groups to extend the reach of our efforts beyond our campus and our immediate community

Create an Environment Working Group of parent experts to provide guidance & support