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Environmental Careers

During its role in supporting environmental and sustainability educators, the VAEE has located information and made contacts which we think would be useful in the discovery of environmental careers. Environmental education is intricately linked to Environmental Careers. As the environmental sector grows, so does the need for more professional, skilled individuals to fill those positions. Although VAEE does not offer general environmental career advice, below is some information on positions available at VAEE and where to go to get help and advice.

Currrent advertised positions:

Cultivating Community (CC) Melbourne's lead agency in supplying Community Garden Services is excited to have a number of employment opportunities within its expanding Public Housing Community Gardens project.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

Team Leader Community Garden Project

CC is seeking a highly motivated individual to work within its Community Garden Project as a Team Leader. The position is a combination of Team Leader duties and Community Garden Support Worker duties. The successful applicant will lead the project and ensure service delivery standards are met; in addition they will work in a number of Community gardens providing support to the gardens and residents that use them.

For a job description click HERE

Community Garden Support Worker

CC is seeking a highly motivated individual to work within its Community Garden Project as a Community Garden Support Worker. The role is to support and assist the development of community gardens on public housing estates

For a job description click HERE

Administrations Assistant

CC is seeking a highly motivated individual to work as an Administrations Assistant to support a growing number of projects. The tasks include financial systems management, data entry and general office duties.

For a job description click HERE and visit www.cooeeads.com.au

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Environmental Careers Information
Environmental Jobs Network is Australia's leading online resource for environmental job seekers, professionals and career changers. They offer a unique and expanding range of services to the wider environmental sector including an Environmental Careers Office, Environmental Jobs database and events database.

EJN publications include The Guide to Environmental Careers in Australia which explains the kinds of work opportunities and activities undertaken by those in environmental jobs, the kinds of knowledge abd skills required by employers, as well as advice on future green employment trends.

Other websites that list environmental jobs and environmental sustainability education jobs include:

Cooee Ads advertises environmental education, outdoor education, park management and conservation based job vacancies across Australia and New Zealand

NRM Jobs advertises job vacancies and other opportunities in the environment , water and natural resource management field in Australia and New Zealand.

Envirojobs advertises positions available in the environment management, natural resource, environmental engineering, environmental health and environmental science fields predominately in Government and industry across Australia

Waterjobs advertises simular type positions to Envirojobs, but those that are water based.

Eco-Shout advertises wide range of jobs, volunteer opportunities and courses in Melbourne.

Environmental careers cover a broad range of occupations, all connecting work practices with environmental processes at a local to global level. To see the potential of a career in the environment, please refer to a resource that have been developed by gradlink called "Careers in the Environment." For further information visit the gradlink website.

Environmental Education
If you're looking to go to university to further your education within the environmental discipline, VAEE, with the help of Deakin University, has produced a list of Universities across Australia who run environmental courses. The list is split onto three sections, university courses in Melbourne & Ballarat, university courses further afield (Australia) and TAFE courses in Melbourne.


Page Last Updated: April 2008