Careers Resources

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.

• Countryside Jobs Service

Paid placements available throughout the year, open to students and graduates. Placements tend to last between 8 and 12 weeks.

• Bright Green Business - environmental placements for students and graduates

Information on historic properties, collections, archaeological sites and the Scottish landscape - site includes information on events, current projects, jobs and volunteering opportunities.

• National Trust for Scotland

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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Advertises current voluntary opportunities.

• Woodland Trust

Voluntary opportunities in nature conservation.

• Natural England

Information on historic properties, collections,archaeological sites, countryside and environment in England. Site includes information on training, volunteering and events.

• National Trust

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.

• NatureScot

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.

• Scottish Environment Link

Voluntary opportunities in marine conservation and working with marine mammals.

• Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

Local environmental charity working with communities to improve greenspaces.

• Aberdeen Greenspace: Volunteer Conservation Projects

Offers summer field placements in Gardenstown where you will learn about the whales and dolphins of the Moray Firth.

• Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit

Opportunities for gaining environmental work experience, paid and unpaid.

• Friends of the Earth Scotland

Large practical conservation charity, involving volunteers in projects to protect and enhance the environment.

• The Conservation Volunteers (TCV)

Leading environmental charity offering graduate volunteering programme.

• Groundwork

A voluntary organisation which organises camps for the restoration of derelict canals in Britain.

• Water Recovery Group

Search for current marine conservation internship and volunteering opportunities across the globe.

• WiseOceans

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.

• Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation - voluntary placements

Voluntary projects working alongside Marine Biologists at the Atoll Marine Centre in the Maldives.

• Atoll Marine Conservation Volunteer Programme