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Finding Green Jobs: A Three-Part Series

Green Jobs Network has published a three-part article series on Finding Green Jobs.  The goal of this series is to provide basic information to help answer a fundamental question -- how can a job seeker locate green jobs?  The three parts of this article are:

Part 1 - Job Boards

Part 2 - The Hidden Green Job Market

Part 3 - Future Green Jobs

If you have feedback on these articles or are interested in contributing to future articles, please contact us. 

Readers may also be interested in our article on Tips for Finding Sustainable Agriculture Jobs.

Green Job of the Day: Jobs at Earthbound Farm (San Juan Batista, CA)

Green Job of the Day is a feature of Green Collar Blog which highlights a job opening pertaining to environmental or social responsibility.  For today's edition we're spotlighting two jobs available at Earthbound Farm:

• Quality Food Safety Supervisor
• Receiving Supervisor

You can view the job announcements via the links above.

Green Job of the Day: Jobs via Redfish Technology (Multiple Locations)

Green Job of the Day is a feature of Green Collar Blog which highlights a job opening pertaining to environmental or social responsibility.  For today's edition we're spotlighting multiple jobs available via Redfish Technology - a recruiting firm that serves the green technology sector:

• VP of Sales - Wind Energy Americas (Southern CA, Texas, or Chicago)
• Software Engineer - Renewable Energy (Phoenix, AZ) 
• Embedded Control HW and SW Engineer - Renewable Energy (Phoenix, AZ) 
• Senior Test Engineer - Renewable Energy (Phoenix, AZ) 
• Senior Test Engineer-PCBA - Renewable Energy (Phoenix, AZ)
• Power Electronics Senior Engineer - Renewable Energy (Phoenix, AZ)
• PV Device Integration Engineer - CIGS Solar (Denver, CO) 
• Equipment Engineer - Solar (Denver, CO)
• Technical Analyst - Smart Grid / Renewable Energy (Valhalla, NY) 
• Energy Efficiency Engineer - Performance Contracting (Boston, MA or White Plains, NY) 
• Junior and Senior Scientists - Renewables (Cambridge, MA) 
• Silicon Specialist / Product Development Engineer - PV (Cambridge, MA) 
• Embedded System Engineer - Solar Inverters (Austin, TX)
• Electrical Engineer - Electric Vehicles (San Francisco, CA)
• Director - Utility Storage Engineering (Santa Monica, CA)
• Business Development Manager / Demand Response - Energy Efficiency, Baltimore Region (Remote opportunity) 
• Business Development Manager / Demand Response - Energy Efficiency, Philadelphia region (Remote opportunity) 
• Business Development Manager / Demand Response - Energy Efficiency, LA Region (Remote opportunity) 

You can view the job announcements for these are other recent job announcements from Redfish via this link.

Green Job of the Day: Part-Time Jobs at Upcoming Los Angeles and San Francisco Green Festivals

Green Job of the Day is a feature of Green Collar Blog which highlights a job opening pertaining to environmental or social responsibility.

Job: Multiple paid part-time roles
Organization: Los Angeles Green Festival (October 29 - 30) and San Francisco Green Festival (November 12 - 13)

These roles include

• Back of House Greening Manager
• Box Office Volunteer Manager
• Bike Valet Coordinator
• Stage Hosts
• Café Barista
• Volunteer Registration Assistant
• Green Team Resource Recovery
• Assistant Partner Customer Services 

Complete job descriptions and application instructions are available here.

Green Job of the Day: Project Coordinator, Yale Community Carbon Fund (New Haven, CT)

Green Job of the Day is a feature of Green Collar Blog which highlights a job opening pertaining to environmental or social responsibility.

Job: Project Coordinator (part-time)
Organization: Yale Community Carbon Fund
Location: New Haven, CT

An excerpt of the job announcement follows below. The complete job announcement is available here.

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Reporting to the Sustainability Project Manager, as a part-time position the Project Coordinator will be directly responsible for managing, implementing, developing, and promoting the Yale Community Carbon Fund in its third year. During this time, the Carbon Fund will partner with the City of New Haven, the local utility and local non-profit organizations to install insulation in local households in New Haven and solar thermal panels on local non-profit organizations and track the offsets from these initiatives.

The Project Coordinator will ensure that the Carbon Fund becomes a model for community development initiatives that result in greenhouse gas mitigation and improved economic security within local communities. The coordinator will foster collaborative working relationships with New Haven municipal and non-profit organizations to achieve programmatic goals.

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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Announces Launch

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) was officially opened earlier this week during a ceremony that included Mayor Villaraigosa.  LACI's mission is to accelerate the development of clean technology businesses and to create sustainable, well-paying jobs in the Los Angeles region. It was created through a collaboration of the Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance which includes the Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles and local education and research institutions: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design.

"The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator is an important investment in the future of our great city," said Mayor Villaraigosa. "LACI will have an important role in developing new profitable businesses and creating jobs right here in LA. With this project, we take a big leap forward, toward a stronger and more sustainable economy that will help distinguish LA as a center of innovation and prosperity."

"Research shows that the best way to create jobs is to build new companies, and that is exactly our mission here at LACI. Our goal is to find and nurture up and coming clean technology companies and provide them with the tools and mentorship they need to succeed, including access to our growing network of government, business and education leaders. After just a month of being open, we already have two terrific portfolio companies and look forward to welcoming many more," said Fred Walti, executive director.

LACI currently has two portfolio companies: 350Green (developing electric vehicle charging networks) and Gridtest Stystems (producing test equipment for electric vehicle charging stations and infrastructure).  Gridtest was recently selected as one of the winners in the California region of the 2011 Cleantech Open competition (Gridtest won the Transportation category).

Additional information on LACI, including the application process for join the incubator, is available on the LACI website.

- cross-posted from Green VC

Renewable Energy HR Conference is December 6 - 7 in London (Discount Available)

The Renewable Energy HR Conference and Expo will take place from December 6 - 7 in London. This event will focus on issues of staffing and retention in the renewable energy sector, and include presentations and case studies.  Speakers will include

• Estrella Martin Segurado, Global Head of HR, EDP Renewables
• Gary Robinson, Group HR Director, RES Group
• Johan Swarts, Vice President Global Compensation & Benefits, Suzlon Energy
• Anneke Bremner, European HR Manager, Suntech Power International
• Merete Sandager Thomsen, Employer Branding Advisor, Vestas Wind Systems
• Valerio Senatore, Chief Financial Officer & HR, Martifer Solar Italy (Martifer Group)

Complete conference information and registration is available here.  Readers of Green Collar Blog can obtain a 10% discount when registering online with code GJN10

Green Job of the Day: Chief Operating Officer, Water.org (Kansas City, MO)

Green Job of the Day is a feature of Green Collar Blog which highlights a job opening pertaining to environmental or social responsibility.

Job: Chief Operating Officer
Organization: Water.org
Location: Kansas City, MO

An excerpt of the job announcement follows below. The complete job announcement is available here.

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Co-founded by Gary White and Matt Damon in 2009, Water.org represents the coming together of two organizations – WaterPartners International and H2O Africa, with combined history spanning 25 years. Together, these founding organizations have impacted more than 1.1 million lives in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America.

Water.org is a global nonprofit working to ensure safe water and basic sanitation for everyone in the world. The organization goes beyond traditional approaches to clean water and sanitation, focusing on addressing the underlying causes of this crisis and innovating to deliver sustainable change.

Momentum has built in support of Water.org. In 2008, the organization was invited to attend the Clinton Global Initiative and in 2009 was featured at CGI’s opening plenary session, where Matt and Gary announced the formation of Water.org. That same year, Gary received the Skoll Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and in 2011, Time Magazine named Gary and Matt two of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for their work in delivering accessible, safe water and sanitation. In the past 12 months, Water.org secured $12 million in new grant commitments to scale WaterCredit in Asia and Africa.

...

The Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) is critical to the success of Water.org. This individual must demonstrate the ability to operate in a progressive, forward-thinking manner with an eye toward continual innovation. The COO’s primary deliverables include: building and leading teams, ensuring operational and program execution, attaining strategic and financial results, establishing processes, systems, and reporting mechanisms, and driving effective and efficient implementation – all of which will enable innovation and growth.

...

[end excerpt]

Green Job of the Day: Jobs via Redfish Technology (Multiple Locations)

Green Job of the Day is a feature of Green Collar Blog which highlights a job opening pertaining to environmental or social responsibility.  For today's edition we're spotlighting multiple jobs available via Redfish Technology - a recruiting firm that serves the green technology sector:

• Business Development Manager-Demand Response - Energy Efficiency (New York, NY) 
• Site Operator - Renewable Energy Generation (Flemington, NJ) 
• Solar Sales Executive - PPAs (Boston, MA) 
• Solar Sales Executive - PPAs (Hartford, CT) 
• Wet Chemical Process / MES Engineer (R&D) - Solar (Norcross, GA) 
• Wet Chemical Process Engineer (R&D) (Norcross, GA) 

In addition, the following job postings from Redfish were highlighted a couple of weeks ago

• Laser Scribe Engineer - CIGS Solar Manufacturing (Denver, CO)
• UV Print Engineer - CIGS Solar (Denver, CO)
• Business Development Manager-Demand Response - Energy Efficiency (Chicago, IL)
• Electrical Engineer - Electric Vehicles (San Francisco, CA)
• Senior Mechanical Engineer - Electric Vehicles (San Francisco, CA)
• Director - Utility Storage Engineering (Santa Monica, CA)
• Health & Safety Coordinator - Fuel Cell Industry (Long Beach, CA)

Free "Opportunity Fair" at Clean Energy Connections in Springfield, MA (November 2)

Clean Energy Connections, a conference organized UMass Amherst which will take place on November 2nd in Springfield, Massachusetts, will include an Opportunity Fair.  The Opportunity Fair will provide a forum to network and access resources relevant for clean energy job seekers and entrepreneurs.  A list of organizations participating in the fair is available here.

The Opportunity Fair will take place at 2:15 pm at the MassMutual Center and is free and open to the public.  More information on other portions of the Clean Energy Connection conference is available here.

San Francisco Green Festival (November 12-13) to Include "Tips for Your Green Job Search" Session (Free Event)

Leonard Adler, Founder of Green Jobs Network (publisher of this blog) will be presenting a session on "Tips for Your Green Job Search" at the upcoming San Francisco Green Festival.  This session will take place on November 13 at 4:00 pm in the Green Business Pavilion and additional information is available here.

Thanks to our friends at Green America, readers of Green Collar Blog can receive compilmentary admission to the San Francisco Green Festival by downloading a free ticket via this link.