Employment Opportunities

Led by East Carolina University, the Coastal Studies Institute is a multi-institutional research and educational partnership of the UNC System including North Carolina State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Wilmington, and Elizabeth City State University. The Coastal Studies Institute, located on the ECU Outer Banks Campus, focuses on integrated coastal research and education programming centered around the needs, issues, and concerns of coastal North Carolinians by bringing together interdisciplinary teams. The specific research expertise of CSI spans a variety of coastal disciplines including coastal dynamics, ecology, biology, economics, environmental geography, social and behavioral sciences, and engineering. CSI uses an interdisciplinary approach and scientific advances to provide effective solutions to complex problems while helping coastal communities, ecosystems, and economies thrive.

University Programs Associate

The primary purpose of this position is to effectively expand graduate and undergraduate educational opportunities at the Coastal Studies Institute on ECU’s Outer Banks Campus. This position will provide an administrative focus on recruitment, marketing, course logistics, and student interaction of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at ECU and at other UNC System campuses. The position will coordinate and expand the current ECU (Semester Experience at the Coast) and UNC CH (Outer Banks Field Site) programs. The position will identify curricular opportunities across universities for student recruitment, such as the ECU Coastal and Marine Studies (COAS) minor. There is an expectation to expand the current undergraduate experiential framework to include options for a full-year curriculum on the coast. At the graduate level, this position will work with the Director of the Integrated Coastal Sciences PhD Program to assist with recruitment efforts and coordinate student needs while at the Outer Banks Campus.

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