Job Resources

Looking for a job?

Follow SCP on LinkedIn at Sustainable Career Pathways, I post every new job I come across there.  Feel free to connect with me personally as well at Trish Kenlon, I’m incredibly active on LinkedIn and love to share resources that help job seekers!

Start here first

If you’re new to the site, I recommend starting with these reader-favorite job search resources:

  1. Check out my ongoing series on sustainability skills training at Trellis (formerly GreenBiz) that has featured over two hundred learning opportunities (many of which are free) and includes the incredibly popular article: Which of these 46 professional sustainability certifications is right for you?
  2. Listen in as the legendary Yesh Pavlik Slenk of EDF Climate Corps and I talk job search tips, trends & how to just.get.started with your sustainability job search on Environmental Defense Fund’s Degrees Podcast
  3. Check out the super specific job search strategies I cover with Scott Breen & Jay Siegel on Sustainability Defined’s most downloaded episode of all time
  4. Read The 4-Step Guide to Starting a Career in Sustainability for Undergraduates (which actually has great advice for anyone looking to work in this space!)
  5. Look for new opportunities to apply your skills in my article with 18 sustainability fellowships for students and working professionals
  6. Visit the Interviews page which includes in-depth informational interview style interviews with sustainability professionals. Each interview includes a resources section where the featured expert provides industry and issue specific resources for learning more

Join us for the next Design Your Climate Career cohort starting in January 2025

Design Your Climate Career is program I co-founded in partnership with the sustainability training experts at Voiz Academy. It’s a cohort-based experience for professionals stepping into sustainability and climate work – come join us!

We’ve built an entire ecosystem for job search success designed to help you:
🧭 Understand the sustainability and ESG jobs landscape and your place in it
👓 Develop a new mindset that puts you in control of your job search
🙌 Be a part of a team offering structure, accountability, and support
🌟 Learn effective job search skills that you will use throughout your entire career (including how to leverage AI!)
🤗 Join a community of experienced professionals who have been in your shoes and want to help you succeed

For this cohort, Voiz Academy is also offering 1 year of free access to the unlimited sustainability upskilling platform, which includes on-demand certification programs designed to prepare you for success in sustainability roles including Decarbonization Analyst, Climate Consultant, ESG Fund Analyst, Sustainability Analyst and, coming soon, Renewables Analyst.

If this sounds like an experience you’d like to be a part of, please visit the Voiz Academy website to learn more.

Do you know Ed?

The very first thing you should do is sign up for Ed’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Jobs List. It’s a weekly email compilation of new job postings in the space, and it’s amazing.

Sign up for Ed’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Jobs List here

Ed also was kind enough to chat with me about the list and his career and he has some great tips for job seekers in his interview: Ed Carley

Follow these ladies

These amazing women are constantly posting incredible job opportunities in sustainability (in addition to SCP’s Trish Kenlon, of course). 

Katie Kross

Katie Kross is the Managing Director for the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) at Duke University.  She wrote an incredible book on how to find the perfect sustainability career for you.  She tweets fantastic job opportunities regularly.

Check out Katie’s book Profession and Purpose on Amazon.  Make sure to pick up the second edition with the blue cover, it’s the most recent.

Follow Katie on LinkedIn

Check out the Duke EDGE website

Ellen Weinreb

Ellen Weinreb is the Managing Director of The Weinreb Group, a leader in executive search for sustainability professionals.  While she specializes in executive search, she posts opportunities at all levels.

Check out the Weinreb Group’s website

Follow Ellen on LinkedIn

Follow The Weinreb Group on LinkedIn

Get out there

Joining networks and attending conferences are great opportunities to learn about the space and meet people, most of whom are likely to be friendly and willing to help you.  Check out the Networks and Conferences pages.

Fellowships

I wrote an in-depth article about the many fellowships available to both students and working professionals that was featured on GreenBiz, so that article has replaced the list of fellowships that used to live on this page. I’ll continue to update the article with new fellowships as I learn about them. Check out the article here

Job Boards

In addition to visiting the job boards below, be sure to check out the organizations listed on the NetworksConferences, and Recommended Resources pages as many of these organizations are likely to have industry specific job postings, networking events, webinars, and other resources that can help you find a job or prepare for an interview.     

Sustainability, Climate and Corporate Social Responsibility Job Boards

Trellis (formerly GreenBiz)

Net Impact

Reconsidered

Ed’s Clean Energy and Sustainability Jobs List

Green Jobs Network

Green Jobs Network: Climate Change Jobs

Green Jobs Network: Climate Fellowships

Green Jobs Network: Climate Internships

Green Jobs Network: Remote Climate Jobs

SustainableBusiness.com

Environmental Career

Climate Jobs List

Green Jobs Board (formerly Browngirl Green)

The Impact Job

Work On Climate

Terra.do

InClimate

B Work

Climate Designers

Zero Hero jobs in solar, wind, and zero-carbon technology

ClimeBoard climate jobs in the Southeast US

Sustainability Communication Jobs List

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

BSR member company jobs

Acre

Weinreb Group

Climate People

Environment Jobs (formerly StopDoDo) – UK based opportunities

Environment Job UK based opportunities

Allen & York UK based opportunities

Climate Tech & VC Job Boards

CTVC

ClimateTechList

Tech Jobs for Good

Climatebase

Elemental Impact (formerly Elemental Excelerator)

Unreasonable

Lowercarbon Capital

Congruent Ventures

Powerhouse Ventures

Third Sphere

Greentown Labs

Energy Central

Power Mag

Impact Investing/Sustainable Finance Job Boards

US Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment

Responsible Investor

The Global Impact Investing Network

UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association

Opportunity Finance Network

FinDev Gateway

Nonprofit Job Boards

Nonprofit Talent

Nonprofit Job Source (formerly NonprofitOyster)

Work for Good

Bridgespan

ExecSearches

Tides Foundation

General job search boards that often list sustainability jobs

Idealist

Indeed

Simply Hired

The Muse

Linkup

Am I missing anything?  Send me a message through the Contact Us page and I’ll add it to the list.  Thank you!