Virginia Clean Cities, based in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is reaching out to identify candidates for a career position with the organization. Please respond soon as the search closes on May 21, 2021.
VCC is hiring a Program Coordinator! This is a critical role for the Coalition, as Coordinators engage in a range of projects and stakeholders. If you are excited to work with clean transportation, electric vehicles and alternative fuels, apply today at https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/8944.
The position is full time, with benefits and tuition reimbursement detailed on the JMU Benefits web page.
The purpose of Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) is to assist in the improvement of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s air quality, increase U.S. national energy security, and promote economic opportunity in Virginia, primarily by advancing and facilitating increased use of non-polluting, non-petroleum alternative fuels and vehicles. We advance air quality improvement, economic opportunity, and energy security through deployment of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure, education programs, and other petroleum reduction activities.
Virginia Clean Cities at JMU serves the Commonwealth of Virginia and surrounding states through a project portfolio. These programs advance vehicle technologies and educate people, corporations, agencies, and others about problems related to excessive dependence on and use of imported petroleum and about near-, mid-, and long-term solutions to our transportation energy obstacles. The use of natural gas, propane, biofuels, electricity, hydrogen, and other energy efficient mobility systems helps produce a cleaner environment for the cities, suburban zones, and rural areas of the United States, helps minimize our national need for and dependence on imported petroleum, and it increases the health and welfare of people adversely affected by air pollution.
Established in 1908, James Madison University is a comprehensive public institution offering undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs to more than 20,000 students. JMU is regarded as one of the finest regional universities in the nation and has been continuously cited in U.S. News and World Report, Changing Times and Money Magazine as an outstanding public university. Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. Known for its livability, diversity, local food, arts and natural surroundings, this Virginia Main Street community is a great place to live and work.