Environmental education officer : Employers and vacancy sources

Many environmental education officers are employed by voluntary organisations. These include:

• the National Trust  and the National Trust for Scotland  
• The Wildlife Trusts  
• the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)  
• the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)  
• pressure and campaign groups such as Greenpeace UK  and Friends of the Earth  
• zoos, wildlife parks and botanical gardens.

The public sector also employs increasing numbers of environmental education officers. In local government, they may be employed in environmental, education, planning or leisure departments. Staff are sometimes seconded to take on this role temporarily.

Central government employers include:

• the Forestry Commission  
• Scottish Natural Heritage  
• English Heritage  
• Natural England  
• the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)  

There are also some jobs with private sector employers, such as large estates, and with utilities, oil and oil supply companies and other businesses that have a large impact on the environment. Environmental education may be part of the corporate social responsibility agenda.

In addition to jobs advertised as environmental education officers, many other posts include environmental education tasks. Look for job titles such as community warden or development officer, countryside ranger, field studies or environmental planning officer.

For more information, see the environment and conservation sector.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)  
• Countryside Jobs Service (CJS)  
• Environment Jobs  
• The Environment Post  
• The Green Directory  
• Groundwork  
• Guardian Jobs  
• The Wildlife Trusts  
• Local press and individual employer websites.

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