Green Jobs For Nature

Green Jobs for Nature (GJfN) is all about making careers geared towards restoring and replenishing our natural environment more visible and achievable for all those thinking about their future work.

Whilst there are other websites promoting ‘green jobs’, the Green Jobs for Nature website is focused on the ‘nature’ side of green jobs – roles that directly contribute to managing, protecting and restoring our natural world.

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“We are delighted to be supporting Green Careers Week to help raise awareness of the range of careers available in the ecological and environmental sectors and to inspire the next generation’.

The twin environmental crises we are facing of biodiversity loss and climate change mean that the work of those involved in the environmental sector is ever more important. Yet the sector is facing a skills shortage. To ensure that national laws and targets are met around reducing the impact of climate change and to reverse biodiversity loss, ecology and the environmental sector are going to need lots of new people working in professions that can make an impact. These are rewarding and varied careers where you can use a variety of skills across different roles which all have a benefit on nature.

One of the big challenges that ecology and the environmental sector faces is that green jobs for nature careers opportunities are often invisible to young people, particularly people from currently under-represented backgrounds who could bring their talents, skills and enthusiasm to these roles. The Green Jobs for Nature campaign aims to tackle these challenges and promotes awareness of opportunities for people of all backgrounds to access and understand the natural environment sector and find fulfilling work within it.

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Join us at our Green Careers Week Festival

We are delighted to be supporting Green Careers Week to inspire the next generation and raise awareness of the wide range of careers available in the ecological and environmental sectors.

Green Jobs for Nature (GJfN) is focused on making careers that help restore and protect the natural environment more visible and achievable for anyone considering their future career options. Whether you’re interested in working outdoors in nature, based in an office leading on policy, or in a role that combines both, there are a variety of pathways to explore across different sectors.

Throughout Green Careers Week, we are hosting over 10 engaging online sessions in partnership with Lantra. These sessions range from a live wildlife draw-along, to opportunities to learn about the many different roles within the sector, and to hear from professionals about the routes they took to get where they are today.

This page features all of our upcoming online events. Whether you are a student looking for career inspiration or a teacher wanting to bring new opportunities to your classroom, these sessions are designed to open up new possibilities in the world of green careers. All sessions are PAL-aligned, curriculum-linked, and designed to support career-related learning in a fun, interactive, and accessible way.

Places are limited, so book your sessions now to secure your spot.

What role is right for you?

Do you enjoy tasks which involve working at a desk? Would you like to work mostly outdoors? What skills and interests do you already have that can help you in a career? What skills would you like to develop?

Keep questions like this in mind as you explore your options.

See the Green Jobs for Nature Website for information on each of the career categories listed above as well as job profiles written by people working in the sector and advice on how to get into roles like these.

You can also find the role for you with our interactive role finder quiz.

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Getting into the sector

Career overviews

Browse information on the different types of green jobs that benefit nature and read job profiles of people already working in the sector.

Employment Sectors

Learn more about the employers and differences between working in the private sector, public sector, academia, industry and NGOs.

How to get work experience

Browse advice and information on where to look for vacancies, training and work experience opportunities to help you get experience.

Education and Training Options

Learn about the different entry routes such as degrees, apprenticeships, traineeships, on-the-job training and more.

Reality check

Learn more about what is being done to address equality, diversity and inclusion across the environmental sector, read more about good working practices and understand some of the jargon.

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Green Jobs for Nature was created by CIEEM, the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (the professional body for ecologists and environmental managers in the UK and Ireland) in collaboration with a number of organisations, employers and other professional bodies to raise awareness of job opportunities in the natural environment sector.

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