Green jobs – list of vacancy boards and recruitment agencies March 11, 2010

Looking for a job in the environment sector? This list will point you towards some specialist websites and services for careers in Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainable energy, climate change, carbon, waste managment, research… and more.

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Recruitment Agencies

REC search for agencies recruiting in the environment sector near you.

The following agencies are specialists:

• Acre environment, CSR and sustainability recruiters
• Allen & York environment, energy and engineering sectors
• Envirogen focuses on jobs in renewable energy
• Environmental Recruitment Solutions environment, CSR and sustainability

Press, Vacancy Bulletins and Jobsites

JobOnline – search under the job sector ‘Physical resources and the environment’ for vacancies and placements aimed at students and graduates.

• Countryside Jobs Service rural and environmental jobs
• Earthworks
• ENDS Job Search sign up for alerts
• The Environment Post vacancies and current environmental news
• environmentjob.co.uk environmental jobs and volunteering
• eldis International environmental and development information and vacancies
• Find a PhD
• The Guardian – environment jobs
• Jobs Go Public general public sector and not-for-profit recruitment site
• Jobs.ac.uk general academic jobs site, includes research positions and studentships
• New Scientist Jobs – scientific based jobs
• Stopdodo – global portal for environmental jobs and resumes

Speculative enquiries

Of course not all jobs are advertised, and particularly if you are looking for entry-level work or placements, you could try targeted enquiries – here is a guide on using speculative letters and networking. You can find organisations to approach using directories such as these:

• ENDS Directory Environmental Data Services
• Environmental Service Association online members’ directory

More…

To explore a wider range of resources and information, try browsing this Careers Tagged listing for environment.