Places to Apply to Environmental Jobs 🌱

University courses Geography, Environment & History
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Whether a first year or a recent grad, it is always good to start brainstorming and applying to jobs to acquire meaningful work experience to put on your CV. The links below are a good place to start your search for work in the field of environmental science:

General Directories:

A directory that hosts job vacancies all from the UK, from positions on this list to even more.

Energy Jobline has a focus on engineering jobs, but offers plenty of opportunities that combine environmental science and engineering and also places looking for general environmental scientists.

This sustainable directory matches people with jobs in multiple sectors that are all concerned with environmental well-being.

Business/Corporate/Consulting

A large consultancy firm that focuses on sustainability and offers jobs at many different experience levels.

This job directory is all vacancies focused on the corporate side of being sustainable.

Charities/NGO

This directory does not have just environmental/sustainability focused jobs, but quite a few in that sector.

From conservationist to corporate roles, if you are interested in working on site with wildlife, you may want to check this out.

This NGO offers hands-on fieldwork that is committed to mitigating the biodiversity crisis.

Government

The National Trust aims to protect land for prosperity and offers a wide range of field to office jobs that work towards this goal.

Any civil service job can be accessed through this directory, but you may want to search for jobs at DEFRA or related departments.

If you are graduating with a master’s, you may want to look into work with supranational organizations like the UN.

  • Check the websites of your local parks and gardens

This is a good option if you have less experience because these jobs typically operate on a smaller scale.

If you have any other links you find useful, please share and leave a comment below! :smile: :seedling:

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Wow, these resources are super helpful! It’s great to see such a variety of opportunities, from corporate sustainability roles to hands-on fieldwork with wildlife. I’ve always been drawn to the idea of working for an NGO, like Fauna & Flora, especially since they focus on biodiversity and conservation, which is something I’m really passionate about.

Do you think starting with a role in a charity or NGO would provide good experience for eventually moving into a more corporate sustainability role, or would those paths require really different skill sets?

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It depends on what your role at the NGO is! There are plenty of office roles at NGOs that will give you transferable skills into a more strictly corporate jobs, but working in a fundraising or educational role at the NGO won’t be as similar. You also may need specific ESG training for corporate roles or a more business background.

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Interesting to see the range of jobs available in this sector. Has the introduction of ESG led to greater opportunities in this sector ?

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I definitely think so! The green job market has grown around 10% in the last few years and about 40% in the last ten. So many companies are looking to fill sustainability advisor and other the related positions because they have seen the ongoing climate crisis and feel the social pressure to be more environmentally friendly.

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