Mentor, CEED Online Learning

A bit about CBEY (Center for Business and the Environment)

The mission of The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is to inspire, support, and accelerate the transition to a just and thriving world. As a part of that work, we build world-class online educational programs and support powerful distributed, learning communities around the globe. Join our team and support the delivery of our new online program in Clean Equitable Energy Development. Through your support our online learners will learn new skills and develop powerful networks for positive change. 

A bit about CEEDS (Clean Equitable Energy Development)

During the 2023-24 academic year, we will launch a new online program in Clean Equitable Energy Development (CEED). This is a collaborative project led by CBEY and the Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ). Over the past two years, a team of Yale students, faculty, and staff from across the University, as well as industry experts and professionals working in frontline communities, have worked on developing the program, including an online curriculum tailored to working professionals, video production, online content development, online education business models development, cultivating new marketing and sales channels, setting up the administrative infrastructure and more.

We expect to welcome our first online cohort in January 2024. Led by Drs. Michel Gelobter and Gerald Torres and industry experts, participants will upskill their ability to design or redesign clean energy projects in a way that can immediately impact the transition to a clean, affordable, and equitable energy future. Our online learners will engage with one another and develop their skills in three online courses:

  1. Foundations (Introductory Course) – 2 weeks long
    • Introduction and Notions of Justice
    • Fundamentals of Environmental and Climate Justice
    • Fundamentals of Energy
  2. Energy Justice Course – 5 weeks long
    • Introduction and Energy Justice Concepts
    • Energy Justice Challenges
    • Energy Poverty and Global Justice Issues
    • Renewable Energy and Just Energy Transition
    • Just Energy Transition: Cases and Projects
  3. Clean and Equitable Energy Project Development Course – 5 weeks long
    • Overview of Course, Development and Project Financials
    • Interconnection and Project Design Essential Elements
    • Siting and Community Engagement
    • Origination and Offtake
    • Construction and O&M

The program will be offered twice a year, with our first cohort of learners joining in January 2024.

A bit about the role (9-15 hours per week)

The CEED online Learning Mentor will work with faculty and with the CEED development and delivery team for a duration of 5-7 weeks per course they are supporting. Mentors supporting the Foundations course, will work for two weeks to prepare for the course, two weeks during the delivery of the course and 1 week to wrap up the course. If supporting the Energy Justice and/or Development course, Mentors will work five weeks of during the delivery of each course and two weeks to prepare and/or wrap up each course. *Compensation for this role is $30/hr. 

  • Assist the CEED team, faculty members, and guest experts in delivering a thoughtful approach to online education.
  • Review course content (videos, discussions, quizzes, and large assignments) and interact with CEED participants, providing support as needed, by explaining concepts and working through problems either during office hours or by writing down directions and explanations in a shared discussion platform, emails, and other communications.
  • Review participant submissions on online forums and respond to them, prodding assumptions, and facilitating online conversations.
  • Grade large assignments (policy memos, discussion questions, mixed quantitative and qualitative quizzes) and manage grades.
  • Summarize on a regular basis the weekly content.
  • Compile participants questions and summarize areas that need further explanation for faculty members and the Online Programs Delivery Team.
  • Organize and lead office hours providing feedback to the lectures and the Online Programs Delivery Team on course content.
  • Occasionally lead discussion groups and other events (on content or careers).
  • Occasionally record explainers on concepts that are particularly tricky for participants.
  • Light web-authoring and content development.
  • Research additional topics as needed.
  • Other minor tasks relating to the delivery of the program as assigned by CBEY. 
Let's talk about you

  • You are passionate about a just, clean energy transition;

    You are an excellent professional communicator;

    You are proactive and interested in learning and experimentation;

    You are familiar with online tools and if not, you can pick up new skills quickly and are interested in doing so;

    You can work independently, and handle project management efficiently;

    You are confident and respectful in your interaction with stakeholders, from students, staff, faculty, external vendors, and experts across functions;

    You follow through and can adjust your course of action based on feedback;

    You like other humans and it shows!

How we roll

Mostly remote with some in-person planning meetings. When remote, applicants need to be able to work and meet remotely with CBEY team on New Haven time weekly.

Required Equipment

You will need your own computer (standard laptop or desktop with a webcam) and your own internet access with sufficient bandwidth to stream video lectures and handle Zoom videoconferencing for meetings.