Jobs, volunteering and more

Everyone has a role in building a healthier, fairer world.

If you're looking for inspiration, this is just a tiny snapshot of what is out there.

Here's a list of paid and unpaid opportunities, plus other resources to help spur action. If you know of a great opportunity out there, let us know.

Australia

Coal and Gas Campaigner at Queensland Conservation Council
📍 Brisbane, QLD
🗓️ 17th August 2024
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The Queensland Conservation Council is seeking a Coal and Gas Campaigner to lead the organisation’s campaigns to minimise the negative impacts of the fossil fuel sector on our climate and communities. Your responsibilities will encompass the strategic design and execution of communications and advocacy campaigns aimed at reducing methane emissions, providing expert guidance on policy matters related to coal and gas, and engaging with various stakeholders to promote climate ambition across the State.

Senior Global Campaign Manager at Our Kids' Climate
📍 Remote
🗓️ Monday 15 April 2024
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Working three days a week as the Senior Global Campaign Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in developing and implementing campaign strategies, and mobilising parents and caregivers worldwide to demand clean air and tackle the interlocking air pollution and climate crisis. You will have a proven track record in mobilising and organising communities to create impactful change, and a deep understanding of working across cultures. This role requires exceptional facilitation skills, coupled with the ability to support grassroots movements, monitor and track campaign data and develop creative campaigns.

Senior Project Officer at Wildlife Health Australia
📍 Remote
🗓️ Monday 15 April 2024
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WHA is seeking a motivated Senior Project Officer to join our team on a part-time basis (19 hours per week). You will play a crucial role in managing, leading, delivering, and reporting on key WHA projects of a technical and capacity building nature. Additionally, you will contribute to and actively engage in the capacity building and management of Australia's wildlife health preparedness and response system. This role involves liaising, leading discussions, and providing expert advice on specific operational or technical issues for capacity building for wildlife health with government, industry, and community groups.

Research Fellow - ARC Laureate Planetary Health Equity Hothouse at Australian National University

📍 Canberra, ACT
🗓️ 8th September 2024
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Australian National University (ANU) is seeking a talented and energetic scholar to be a part of the new ARC Laureate Fellowship team working in the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse. The Research Fellow will join a small, dedicated team of outstanding researchers, PhD students, and visiting fellows to undertake research that aims to address political, commercial and social determinants of planetary health equity.

Engagement and Community Manager at Women's Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA)

📍 Melbourne, VIC
🗓️ 19th August 2024
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Women’s Environment Leadership Australia (WELA) is looking for an experienced Engagement and Community Manager to join them in building a dynamic movement to lead and transform Australia’s response to climate change. In this exciting opportunity, you’ll be responsible for developing and delivering WELA’s community engagement and organising strategy to significantly grow and engage their community of women and gender diverse change makers. By leveraging your skills in community engagement, you’ll help shape a future where leaders are equipped to drive sustained and transformative change.

Policy and Advocacy Manager at Women's Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA)

📍 Remote
🗓️ 19th August 2024
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Women’s Environment Leadership Australia (WELA) is seeking a Policy and Advocacy Manager to co-develop and deliver a new project for climate, environmental, and gender justice in Australia. The project involves supporting the development of national policies and investment opportunities that revolve around the intersection between climate, environmental, and gender justice to create meaningful change in Australia. WELA is looking for an experienced change-maker that is passionate about the environment and understands the importance of climate and environmental policy which responds to the needs and inputs of all genders.

Digital Storyteller and Campaigner at Tipping Point

📍 Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane (Flexible Location
🗓️ 21st August 2024
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Tipping Point is looking for a dedicated digital campaigner and storyteller to promote growth in Move Beyond Coal, a national climate justice campaign to end finance and political support for Australia’s coal exports. This role involves managing social media channels to increase engagement with the campaign, connecting with local grassroots climate and community groups to highlight their stories, and staying on top of digital trends to grow their reach with target audiences.

Media Adviser, Rural and Regional Affairs - Australian Conservation Federation

📍 Carlton, VIC
🗓️ 19th August 2024
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Australian Conservation Federation (ACF) is looking for a savvy media operator and communications specialist that is deeply passionate about climate and nature issues in the agricultural industry, and in regional Australia. This role involves writing and pitching media releases, engaging with journalists to collect stories relevant to ACF campaigns, and then turning them into engaging social media content.

Australia

Volunteer with Healthy Futures
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Across Australia
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Healthy Futures runs campaigns that mobilise health workers and allies to take action on climate change. They have a number of volunteer roles and activities to suit different interests and availabilities. Whether you're keen to take action online, participate in a creative demonstration or join a working group to help drive their effective climate and health campaigns, they'd love to hear from you!

Melbourne

Volunteer with Little Food Festival
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Melbourne
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Little Food Festival The Little Food Festival connects the dots across how food is grown, processed, moved, purchased, cooked, eaten and re-used so that children can make choices that nourish their health and the planet.

Future Leaders Program by the ANU Planetary Health Equity Hothouse
📍 Canberra, Australia
🗓️ EOIs close 18 March 2024
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The Planetary Health Equity Hothouse will welcome a small group of early career researchers and PhD students to a two-week intensive in Canberra in September 2024.

The intensive comprises structured workshops and masterclasses related to theory, transdisciplinary research, and knowledge mobilisation, plus time for writing and conversations with the Hothouse team members and wider ANU community, the program offers an opportunity to develop new research skills, spark new collaborative ideas, and create new opportunities for knowledge mobilisation that aims to improve planetary health equity.

 

RACP and NSW Health Sustainability in Medicine Fellowship
📍 NSW
🗓️ EOIs close 31 March 2024
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RACP and NSW Health intend to partner to deliver a flexible part-time fellowship role in environmentally sustainable medicine. Leveraging the success of the NSW Health Net Zero Leads program, the Fellowship is designed to support action research in sustainability initiatives within the health sector. To take part in this fellowship, register your EOI. Eligible RACP members must be employees of NSW Health.

 

Microcredential: Sustainable Healthcare in Practice by Monash Sustainable Development Institute
📍 Online
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MSDI’s Sustainable Healthcare in Practice micro-credential will provide students with the knowledge and skills to create an inclusive, equitable, restorative and resilient health system.

If you or your employer is a member of CAHA or the GGHH network, contact us for details about receiving a discount on your enrolment.

 

Short course: Air pollution and health by the World Health Organization
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Online
💵 Free
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The World Health Organization have developed a free, self-paced short course targeted at health workers, to bringing awareness to the health risks associated with air pollution. 

 

Short course: Disaster resilience in community service organisations by Charles Sturt University and Open Learning
📍 Online
💵 Free
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This free self-paced short course offers practical strategies to improve disaster preparedness in community service organisations. These capabilities will equip you and your organisation with skills to manage service disruption in the face of disaster events.

 

Workplace training: Climate Care Program by Vets for Climate Action
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Vets for Climate Action have developed an annual program to providing the tools and knowledge to successfully integrate environmentally sustainable solutions into day-to-day veterinary practice.

 

Short Course: Bushfires and Your Health - Menzies Institute for Medical Research

📍 Online
💵 Free
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Bushfires and Your Health is a short online course that covers the physical and mental health impacts of bushfires, and what you can do to reduce exposure risks. The course covers the impacts of bushfires on health, strategies to reduce bushfire-related health risks, and strategies to reduce bushfire smoke-related health risks.

 

Global Engagement Certificate in Climate and Health by The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA)

📍 Online
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The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) has developed a pilot certificate series course that is tailored for the global health community who are keen on amplifying their organisation’s voice on climate and health issues, enhancing their participation in global climate and health initiatives, and leading advocacy efforts at the global and local levels for integrating health considerations into policy across sectors.

Graduate Certificate in Climate Change and Health by the University of Melbourne

📍 Parkville, VIC
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The Graduate Certificate in Climate Change and Health provides students with foundational knowledge and skills that address challenges in climate change and health. Through this exciting opportunity, students will gain skills in assessing and measuring climate change impacts on health in diverse settings in Australia. By completing this Graduate Certificate, students will be well prepared for leadership roles in climate change related health policy, and sustainable healthcare.

International

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Arizona State University
📍 Tempe, USA
🗓️ Open until filled
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The School of Sustainability at Arizona State University seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to integrate biophysical human heat balance models with climate modeling simulations for heat adaptation research.