Employment Opportunities

The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy is currently looking for an associate director. For more information please contact Susanne Stahl at susanne.stahl@yale.edu.

Associate Director
Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy

General Purpose

The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy seeks to advance fresh thinking, ethical awareness, and analytically rigorous approaches within environmental decision making.  A longstanding, joint initiative between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) and the Yale Law School (YLS), the Center aims to serve as a locus for connection and collaboration by all members of the Yale University community who are interested in environmental law and policy issues.

The Associate Director oversees the programmatic, research, and administrative functions of the Center.

Essential Duties

1. Reporting to the Director, serve as the day-to day leader of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, responsible for the development and execution of the programs and projects of the Center.

2. Develop and facilitate programmatic activities (e.g., research projects, scholarly articles or policy white papers, speaker series, workshops, and conferences) for the environmental law and policy community at Yale.

3. Serve as an energetic and positive institutional link between the Center’s two parent schools.  Develop a student mentoring and/or teaching role to help support and grow the environmental law and policy community at Yale.

4. Manage the Center’s research projects and identify and develop new research opportunities.

5. Facilitate and encourage Yale faculty involvement in the Center’s programmatic activities.

6. Grow and catalyze the environmental law and policy community at Yale by developing and maintaining strong, collaborative relationships and partnerships among Yale faculty, students, and staff.

7. Serve as a liaison to the Center’s external advisory board.  This responsibility includes periodic reports to the group and individual contact as frequently as needed.

8. Oversee administration of the Center, including its budgets, accounts, operations, and student research assistants.

9. In consultation with the development offices of the Yale Law School and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, help the Center’s faculty leadership raise funds for the Center by identifying potential funders, drafting proposals, and stewarding existing funders.

10. Oversee the Center’s outreach activities and materials, including on-line communications tools, newsletters, reports, and papers to ensure overall quality, coherence, and Center branding.

11. Hire, train, and supervise all Center staff.  Analyze personnel needs and allocate appropriate resources on an ongoing basis.  Identify and pursue opportunities for staff development and training.

12. Initiate and oversee special events and opportunities for the Center.  These should offer cutting-edge education opportunities to the Yale community and beyond, and would ideally present opportunities for collaboration across the University and with a range of external partners.

Education and Training

1. Master's Degree in an environmental field and three to five years of experience in environmental law and policy, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

2. J.D. and practice experience as an attorney in environmental law strongly preferred.

3. Research and/or teaching experience in policy-relevant areas desirable.

Skills and Abilities

1. Superior demonstrated oral communication skills.

2. Superior demonstrated writing ability, particularly in legal and policy settings.

3. Excellent interpersonal skills for effective, positive interactions inside and outside of Yale.

4. Strong leadership, negotiation, organizational, and management skills.

5. Strong knowledge of issues and current developments in environmental law and policy.

6. Ability to develop positive working relationships with faculty and colleagues.

7. Team player with ability to work well with staff, faculty, and students.

8. Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced and changing environment.