Green Careers Resources

Curated by USC Office of Sustainability 

  • Green Jobs Board: a go-to resource for finding climate-focused opportunities. Explore a wide range of environmental jobs across various categories, from hands-on conservation roles to climate advocacy and education.

  • ClimateChangeJobs: features more than 25,000 environmental jobs worldwide, on-site and remote.

  • ClimateBase: Discover climate jobs with ClimateBase’s extensive database.

  • Environmental Career Center: provides employers and job seekers with comprehensive career, and staffing services in the environmental, sustainability, natural resources, energy, and green jobs sectors. Explore environmental jobs in their database.

  • AASHE: Find careers relating to sustainability in higher education with AASHE. Explore which universities are hiring to increase sustainability initiatives on and off campus.

  • JobsForSustainability: job board and platform that connects mission-driven organizations with purpose-driven job seekers. They categorize jobs by the Sustainable Development Goals for a more nuanced search in the environmental field.

  • Resource Recycling: highlight a wide range of recycling, sustainability, circular economy and waste management jobs. This job board includes positions across the municipal, paper, plastics and electronics recycling sectors our three publications cover.

  • Trellis: offers careers in sustainability, climate tech, renewable energy, net zero, the circular economy, ESG and more

  • ESG-Jobs.com: Environmental, Social and (Corporate) Governance are the categories known to identify socially responsible companies. EST-Jobs.com holds the largest job posting websites for ESG Jobs.

  • The Wildlife Society: promotes leaders in wildlife science, management, and conservation. Explore jobs that directly impact the natural world and its inhabitants.

  • Conservation: job board for conservation professionals and those interested in conservation discover great employment opportunities in ecology, wildlife, forestry, marine biology, environmental education, and related fields.

  • Breakthrough Energy: aims to inspire the world to develop and scale the critical solutions we need to reach net-zero emissions—so everyone can enjoy affordable, abundant clean energy. Search energy jobs on their board and help create that world.

  • Climate Pledge: job board offering opportunities to be a part of the innovative teams on the frontlines of climate technology

  • Clean Power Alliance: the leading green power provider in the United States. Search jobs on their board and become a part of their diverse, innovative, and dynamic team.

  • New England Women in Energy and Environment: curated list of career opportunities within the fields of energy and the environment. Job postings may be anywhere in New England, and they encompass a range of sectors, skill sets, and experience levels.

  • Climate Tech: tracks job openings at thousands of high-impact climate & clean tech companies.

  • Greentown Labs: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit catalyzing climate solutions. Their mission is to solve the climate crisis through entrepreneurship and collaboration. They post job openings from all Greentown startups.

  • LA County Government Jobs: offers a variety of jobs in the environmental field. Browse their expansive job board to navigate your career search

  • CalCareers: offers a wide variety of careers and jobs, ranging from accounting to zoology. Explore their job board and see where your passions align!