It’s always difficult to find good environmental or conservation based jobs. Accordingly, I’ve complied a list of websites posting these jobs. I received many of the links from a query I posted on the University of Maryland ECOLOG list-serv.
One piece of advice to all job seekers: It has become common for potential employers to not bother confirming that they have received an application package. FOLLOW UP on anything you send to any organization, by phone if you can!
I have included the http addresses in case any links are broken – please met me know if the link is broken, or if the http address does not work.
Good luck to you all
JOB BOARDS
African Conservation Foundation: http://www.africanconservation.org/jobs
American Institute of Biological Sciences: http://www.aibs.org/careers/
American Society of Mammalogists : http://www.mammalsociety.org/employment-opportunities
Association of Zoos & Aquariums: http://www.aza.org/joblistings/
Austin College Job Board: http://www.austincollege.edu/academics/centers-and-institutes/center-for-environmental-studies/internships-job-opportunities/jobs-internships/
Biology Jobs : http://www.biologyjobs.com
Climate Change Policy and Practice: http://climate-l.iisd.org/jobs/
Conservation Job Board: http://www.conservationjobboard.com/
Conservation News: http://www.conservationmaven.com/
Cyber-Sierra: http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/natres.html
Duke Job Board: http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/ecophys/postdoc.htm (Primarily academic positions)
Duke Job Link Page: http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/ecophys/ojl.htm
Earth Sciences Job email list: http://www.acd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/es_jobs_net
Earthworks: http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/index.shtml
Eco Jobs Board: http://www.ecoemploy.com/jobs/
Ecological Society of America: http://www.esa.org/careers_certification/jobLists.php
European Tropical Forest Research Network: http://www.etfrn.org/vacancies
Freelance Writing – Nature Writing: http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2010/02/freelance-writing-jobs-presents-11-environmental-writing-markets/
Greener 50: http://greener50.com/job-postings/
Land Trust Alliance: http://www.landtrustalliance.org/about/jobs/jobs
Maine land trust Network: http://www.mltn.org/view_jobs.php
National Ecological Observatory Network: http://www.neoninc.org/contact/careers
Nature: http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science (Primarily academic, but not exclusively so)
Orion Grassroots Network: http://jobs.oriongrassroots.org/
Ornithological Society of America: http://www.osnabirds.org/Jobs.aspx
Pacific Island Jobs: http://www.pacificislandjobs.com/jobsearch.php
Penn State Inst. of Energy & Env: http://www.psiee.psu.edu/for_students/career_planning.asp
PERKHAD Wildlife Job Search: http://www.pherkad.com/jobs.html (enormous list)
Ranger 146’s Job Links: http://www.goldendelighthoney.com/Ranger146/index.html#Natural%20Resource%20Jobs
Society for Ecological Restoration: www.ser.org/content/job_noticeboards.asp (malware warning)
Society of Wetland Scientists Job Board: http://www.sws.org/jobs/
Stop Dodo Environmental Jobs: www.environmentjobs.com
Texas A&M Fish and Wildlife Job’s board: http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/
The Society for Conservation Biology: www.conbio.org/jobs/
The Wildlife Society: http://careers.wildlife.org/jobseeker/search/results/
Tom Langen’s Job Board: http://people.clarkson.edu/~tlangen/joblinks.htm
University of Montana Job Board: http://www.cfc.umt.edu/StudentServices/JobSearch.php (wildlife & recreation management)
USA Jobs: www.usajobs.gov
Versaatile PhD: http://versatilephd.com/jobs/ (Requires a free account and a login)
Warnell Job Board (UGA’s Forestry School): http://jobs.forestry.uga.edu/
Wildlife Extra: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/jobs#cr
Wildlife Resources Inc.: http://www.wildliferesources.org/job-board/
One last note, on the subject of unpaid, pay-to-participate, and low-paying internships. More and more these sorts of economically non-viable internships crop up in the job market, sucking away real jobs in favor of luring people in with the false promise of “this experience will lead to a great job.” Unfortunately internships are less and less likely to lead to a paying job, and this is true across the board, no matter what field of work you are hunting for.
The following drawn by Matt Bors for The Medium breaks down some of the truths about internships better than I can.
Hi Neahga,
Thanks so much for the compilation of job links. I was going to email you back on Ecolog (I’m a long-time lurker), but looks like you have it all covered.
I’m in the same boat as you- graduated from grad school a year ago, did a variety of field work and desk work, and still looking for that elusive full-time conservation job.
Good luck!
Lizza
Thank you Lizza,
Good luck in your job search, it can be challenging and frustrating.
Posting the list to my blog was a good way to ensure I didn’t lose the information and that it would remain accessible to others.
I hope it helps.
You missed a big one for ornithologists:
http://www.osnabirds.org/Jobs.aspx
Hi Tony,
Thanks for the addition. I will add it. I’m not an ornithologist, so it didn’t hit my radar, but it looks like a great resource for those who are.
Thanks again!
Don’t forget http://www.nature.com/naturejobs for nature-oriented jobs all over the world. Many of these are academic/research positions, from PhDs all the way to full Professorships, but there are also other interesting positions. The Nature Conservancy is also a good bet for advocacy and field jobs, and can be found at http://www.nature.org.
Hi Shawn,
Thanks, I’ll add the Nature.org link. I’ve been trying not to add many links to sites that focus heavily on academic positions as those most people (myself included) are not looking for academic positions, but it’s good to include some and the Nature site is not exclusively academic.
The TNC has good jobs posted, but their search interface i absolutely terrible and I can’t, in good faith, recommend it.
There are a lot of links to organization specific job searched I did not include because those tend to be more specific to the particular organizations. I was trying to keep the list a bit more cosmopolitan.
You are an amazing person for creating this blog! Thank you for sending it out on the ECOLOG list serve
Thanks, I hope you get some good use out of it.
Wonderful website you have here but I was curious if you
knew of any forums that cover the same topics discussed here?
I’d really like to be a part of community where I can get advice from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Thank you!
Hi Norris,
I’m sure there are a number of forums that are in line with what you’re looking for, but I’d have to do some of the same searching for them that you would have to.
One avenue you might want to explore is signing onto the Ecolog Listserv. It’s a grab-bag of various topics, discussions, and (occasionally) job postings. The members are generally very helpful and may have some advice on forums to explore.
Good luck
Hi there! Would you mind if I share your blog with my zynga group?
There’s a lot of people that I think would really appreciate your content. Please let me know. Thank you
Please feel free to share.
I hope your group members enjoy it.
Just wanted you linked this to a previous Reddit thread of mine that I posted asking for job resources. This has been a tremendous amount of help to my search, thanks Neagha!
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