Are you a talented writer or aspiring communicator? Would you like to help passionate people have meaningful, impactful careers in conservation, ecology and/or sustainability? Would you love to join a global community of bloggers, get career-relevant training and publish your writing?

If you answered YES, we want to hear from you!

We’re looking for volunteer Conservation Careers Bloggers (CC Bloggers) to share careers advice with our global community of conservationists, ecologists and sustainability professionals!

We have multiple volunteer (unpaid) roles, based anywhere with an internet connection. The time commitment is flexible, and in return you’ll have the opportunity to interview professionals from across the globe, have your work published and promoted widely, receive training and support, and more.

About Conservation Careers  

We’re seeking to accelerate the career of every conservationist on the planet - because nature needs us!

Conservation Careers is the #1 careers advice centre for conservationists - supporting 700,000+ conservationists in 178 countries across the globe.

We believe that all wildlife is beautiful and that it deserves great conservationists working to protect it. We provide careers advice and information to a network of dedicated conservationists across the globe.

Learn more about our mission, vision and values. 

About the role 

As a CC Blogger your role is to provide accurate, honest and useful careers advice for people who wish to work in wildlife conservation.

You’ll do this primarily by interviewing professional conservationists about their work, and collating advice which others can follow. You can read examples of interviews on our Careers Advice Blog.

Our blog gets very well read and shared, with nearly 400,000 annual pageviews. As an author you get your name, photo and bio on every story you write.

We also share each post on all relevant social media platforms, with a potential audience of over 240,000 followers: 

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/conservation-careers
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/Conservationcareers/
• X: https://twitter.com/ConservCareers
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/conservcareers/  

Since 2020, we’ve increased our focus on supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in the conservation sector, including through our Celebrating Diversity in Conservation initiative. We are particularly interested in interviews with conservationists from underrepresented countries.

As a Conservation Careers Blogger (CC Blogger), you’ll also be welcomed into our private online community, CC Pro, where you’ll be able to interact with other CC Bloggers, as well as other members of the CC Team.

Passionate about ecology or sustainability?

As a CC Blogger, you'll also have the opportunity to publish articles on our sister sites, Ecology Jobs and Sustainability Job.

Ecology Jobs is the only UK job-site dedicated to ecology jobs and supports UK ecologists. Check out the latest Ecology Jobs Careers Advice articles.

Sustainability Job supports UK Sustainability professionals. We are about to launch our Sustainability Job Careers Advice blog where we'll cover themes such as:

• Carbon & Climate - tackling climate change or lowering carbon emissions.
• Certification - certification and accreditation schemes, such as for sustainable forestry, fisheries, coffee or chocolate.
• Construction & Development - sustainable construction and development such as urban planning, landscape architecture, sustainable transport and sustainable cities.
• Corporate Sustainability - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a business model that helps companies be socially and environmentally responsible.
• Energy & Waste - recycling, renewable energy, clean energy, etc.
• Finance - including environmental, social and governance considerations in investment decisions.
• Food & Fisheries - sustainable food production and sustainable use of the seas.
• Land Management - agriculture, restoration, remediation, rewilding, forestry, etc.
• Manufacturing - producing sustainable products.
• People & Communities - tackling issues relating to people and sustainability, such as poverty, hunger/food, gender, etc.
• Tourism & Travel - sustainable travel and ecotourism.
• Wildlife & Ecology - ensuring ecologically-sensitive development through Ecological Consultancy.

About you 

We’re seeking talented writers and aspiring communicators who are passionate about wildlife conservation, ecology and/or sustainability and want to help others enjoy meaningful, impactful careers.

Essential:

• A passion for wildlife conservation, ecology and/or sustainability.
• A thirst for knowledge, and ability to use your own initiative to research potential interviews.
• An ability to write clearly, succinctly and creatively for an international online audience in English.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• The ability to represent Conservation Careers, Ecology Jobs and/or Sustainability Job and communicate positively, politely and professionally.
• Strong collaboration skills and a commitment to supporting fellow bloggers.
• A commitment to publishing two pieces within 3 months of joining.

Highly valued:

• Experience in journalism, science communication, blogging, writing, editing or similar.
• An interest in interviewing conservation professionals from underrepresented countries.

Location: Anywhere! (home-based)

Commitment: This role is very flexible, however we're looking for people who are ready to get started right away and can commit to submitting 2 articles in your first three months (more are welcome!)  

Start date: ASAP

Trial period: 3 months 

What we offer 

While this position is unpaid, we can offer:  

• Valuable professional experience with a global conservation company.
• A chance to make a HUGE difference for conservationists, conservation and sustainability.
• Full credit as the author of your posts, receiving promotion for your work.
• Access to our private online community CC Pro, where you can connect with other CC Bloggers, as well as other members of the wider CC Team.
• Support, guidance and encouragement from the Conservation Careers team.
• Full access to our next online Communications for Conservation Projects course (value £395), following successful publication of two interviews.
• A role with small, young company that values agility, openness, collaboration and optimism.
• Flexible working hours around your life and work. You can work as hard as you like!
• References and recommendations depending on performance.

Interested? 

To apply, please email Kristi Foster, Head of Programmes (kristi@conservation-careers.com) with the subject line ‘CC Blogger Application‘. Please include the following:

1. How you’ll benefit (maximum 150 words).
2. How you meet the 'About you' criteria (maximum 150 words).
3. A sample title and intro paragraph (max 3 sentences) for a dream interview with a conservation or sustainability professional (real or imagined).
4. Your commitment to submitting two articles by 31 March 2025.
5. Absolutely NO CVs/resumes!

Applications are open until 30th December 2024.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you and are excited to meet you!