Environmental Work Experience
| Countryside Jobs Service |
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A great resource for keeping up-to-date with opportunities in conservation and ecology. CJS advertises a wide range of opportunities, including graduate jobs, volunteering and internships. There are also details of courses and events. |
| Bright Green Business - environmental placements for students and graduates |
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Paid placements available throughout the year, open to students and graduates. Placements tend to last between 8 and 12 weeks. |
| National Trust for Scotland |
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Information on historic properties, collections, archaeological sites and the Scottish landscape - site includes information on events, current projects, jobs and volunteering opportunities. |
| Organisations for volunteering in conservation in the Aberdeen area |
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This document contains a list of organisations who may be able to provide volunteering opportunities in Conservation in the Aberdeen area.
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| Woodland Trust |
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Advertises current voluntary opportunities. |
| Natural England |
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Voluntary opportunities in nature conservation. |
| National Trust |
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Information on historic properties, collections,archaeological sites, countryside and environment in England. Site includes information on training, volunteering and events. |
| NatureScot |
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NatureScot (formerly Scottish Natural Heritage) work to improve the natural environment in Scotland and inspire everyone to care more about it. The careers section of their website includes details of current vacancies and volunteering opportunities. |
| Scottish Environment Link |
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Scottish Environment LINK is the forum for Scotland's voluntary environment organisations. Incorporating over 30 member bodies, it represents a wide range of environmental interests with the common goal of contributing to a more environmentally sustainable society. |
| Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust |
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Voluntary opportunities in marine conservation and working with marine mammals. |
| Aberdeen Greenspace: Volunteer Conservation Projects |
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Local environmental charity working with communities to improve greenspaces. |
| Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit |
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Offers summer field placements in Gardenstown where you will learn about the whales and dolphins of the Moray Firth. |
| Friends of the Earth Scotland |
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Opportunities for gaining environmental work experience, paid and unpaid. |
| The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) |
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Large practical conservation charity, involving volunteers in projects to protect and enhance the environment. |
| Groundwork |
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Leading environmental charity offering graduate volunteering programme. |
| Water Recovery Group |
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A voluntary organisation which organises camps for the restoration of derelict canals in Britain. |
| Love the Oceans - marine conservation volunteering |
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Non-profit organisation offering volunteering opportunities on marine conservation projects in Mozambique. |
| Wildlife Sense - volunteering with a sea turtle conservation project |
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These volunteering opportunities offer you the chance to help to protect the endangered sea turtles of Kefalonia, Greece while getting hands-on field research experience. |
| Oceans Research - internship projects |
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Marine and terrestrial research projects in South Africa for students to gain practical experience. |
| Archelon - Voluntary Sea Turtle Conservation Projects in Greece |
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Archelon is a well-established sea turtle protection society. Volunteers are required to work on the island of Zakynthos, where they will assist with protection measures for the preservation of the sea turtles. |
| WiseOceans |
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Search for current marine conservation internship and volunteering opportunities across the globe. |
| Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation - voluntary placements |
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Located on islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, these internships address a number of key conservation and scientific issues, which relate to the protection of the rare biodiversity in the region. |
| CJS Focus on... (Articles about Environmental careers) |
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This resource comprises articles and case studies of people working in the environmental sector and top tips for interviews and applications. |
| Atoll Marine Conservation Volunteer Programme |
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Voluntary projects working alongside Marine Biologists at the Atoll Marine Centre in the Maldives. |
| Coral Cay Marine Conservation expeditions |
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Offers marine and forest expeditions in Cambodia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Kenya. Coral Cay is a not for profit marine conservation NGO who provide dive and science training, to enable their volunteers to conduct coral reef surveys to collect data which is used to provide the local governments with management advice relating to their marine habitats. |
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