Sustainability Liaison

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Temporary 💰 $15 per Hour 💻 Operations 🗓️ September 23rd, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

North Carolina State University is hiring a Sustainability Liaison to support the rollout of Oscar Sort, an AI-powered smart recycling assistant, across NC State Dining locations. The liaison serves as the operational link between Campus Dining, Waste Reduction & Recycling, and vendor Intuitive AI, troubleshooting visual recognition and software bugs and auditing dining packaging for the system. The role also trains and schedules student ambassadors for campus tabling events that demonstrate Oscar's real-time sorting technology.

Highlights

Identify and resolve visual recognition, hardware, and software errors with Oscar Sort recycling units.
Work directly with vendor Intuitive AI to report and log system bugs.
Audit campus dining packaging to ensure items are scanned and registered in the Oscar AI recognition system.
Conduct pre-deployment checks to confirm units are mounted, calibrated, and network-connected.
Organize, train, and schedule student ambassadors for campus tabling and live demonstrations.
Act as the operational bridge between Dining staff, Waste Reduction & Recycling, and the student body.
Review waste analytics and sorting accuracy data to help optimize diversion strategies.
Hold a high school diploma or equivalent, with experience in a similar operational or technical capacity.
Earn $15.00 per hour on a flexible, 20-25 hour per week schedule.
Access health insurance and other benefits available to temporary NC State employees.