Host: City of Beverly Hills
Openings: 1
Project Focus: Climate Mitigation, Water Policy
Skills Needed: Community Engagement, Research, Data Collection, Food Justice / Food Recovery,

Remote or On-Site Placement

Hybrid – The City of Beverly Hills’ hybrid schedule will require the Fellow to work on-site twice a week. The City recognizes the importance of having the Fellow experience a social working environment and develop relationships and professional rapport with other employees in the City.

Service Needs & Plans

Developing an extensive water conservation will expand the City of Beverly Hill’s ability to reduce water consumption by developing policy framework, water conservation audit program and water conservation incentive and resource program. The program expansion will help convince water customers to invest on equipment and irrigation best practices to reduce water consumption.

Implement outreach and subscription requirements for Tier I & II Commercial Food Generators and assist in developing and monitoring the Food Recovery Program.

Project Description

Project 1 Goal: To expand the City’s water conservation program by establishing policy framework and best management practices (BMPs) for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Roles of the Fellow: Fellow will be assisting the Sustainability Analyst and Administrator in developing policy framework, BMPs for customers, incentive and resources page for residents and project developers. Fellow will assist in developing water budgets for water customers.

Desired outcome: Fellow is expected to formalize water conservation policies and programs. Programs development will include research and understanding of regulations, analyses of regulations, developing a manual for water conservation audit & incentive program, and public outreach program.

Impact: Expanding the water conservation program enhances the City’s ability to further reduce water consumption, reduce GHG emissions by reducing imported water for Beverly Hills and increases the City’s resiliency through increase water supply through water conservation reduction.

Project 2 Goal: Develop the City’s Tier I & II Commercial Food Generators database and contact them for requirements.

Role of the Fellow: The Fellow will also be researching Food Recovery Organizations to coordinate the organization’s efforts with the City’s Commercial Food Generators to comply with Senate Bill 1838.

Desired outcome: The program development will enhance the City’s Food Recovery Program by encouraging other commercial food generators not required by state legislature to donate. Developing the system will also help the City’s operations submit state-required reports and provide updates to the City Council and various City Commissions.

Desired Skills

The City of Beverly Hills is looking for an enthusiastic Fellow with a definite skill in data analysis and an effective communicator. The City also prefers a Fellow that has project management skills and works independently yet works effectively in a team setting of professional Public Works employees. The prospective Fellow will be tasked in analyzing water consumption and solid waste data that will help the City develop policies and programs to continue a world-class service.

Organization & Workplace Highlights

The City of Beverly Hills has a long-standing reputation for providing superior customer service to residents, businesses, and visitors. This characteristic, combined with outstanding staff in all departments, has been a hallmark of success for this high performance organization. The municipal government (approximately 1,080 full-time and part-time employees) provides the highest quality safety services, recreational, municipal services, and physical environment.

The City of Beverly Hills has a diverse workforce and have inclusive working environment through the collaborative work environment through various departments. The City of Beverly Hills provides various citywide training that enhances the employees skillset and professional development.

Interested Fellow will be able to experience developing policies and programs in a world class community. Interested Fellow will be able to experience the collaborative and diverse working environment in the City of Beverly Hills and will benefit on the year round training opportunities provided to employees. Site supervisors are committed to developing the Fellow’s all-around skillset and assisting them to reach their career endeavors.

Community Highlights

The City of Beverly Hills serves approximately 33,000 residents and a robust business district including tourists worldwide. The City is a full-service city that has a world-class level of public safety, public works (infrastructure), building and safety and community services. The City of Beverly Hills also prides itself on the beauty of its parks and urban forest and a growing transportation program that is encouraging alternative modes of transportation. To keep this world-class service, City employees work in a fast paced environment and maximizing its resources efficiently while adopting sound and useful policies to help its residents and businesses thrive in today’s world.