Students and Young Professionals: want some help with your career in water resources? Download the free January 2017 Water Resources IMPACT, 'Careers in Water Resources'. Josh has a great article there: "Strategies for Tackling the 21st Century Job Search".
A note from Josh:
Note: One of the better lists in terms of quality in a long time (although relative). And, lots of internships! Also, on quasi-vacation starting tomorrow, so might be a slow week next week, but will do my best (FYI).
The list as a PDF:Download 17 January 2017 - JWJ
Word docx: Download 17 January 2017 - JWJ
You can check out Josh's website for all the jobs. His jobs are on Facebook, too.
I will list the jobs I posted last week that are still open, any new ones and my usual general employment resources sites.
Here are Josh's 17 January 2017 jobs online.
Here is a link to the weekly water news for 7 - 13 January 2017
Follow Josh on Twitter: @joshnewtonH2O. Follow Josh's Water Jobs on Twitter: @joshswaterjobs
As more jobs come in I will post them at the bottom (Additional Positions) and date when I post them. I start the additional positions with the ones I posted the week before that are still open. I am also posting some general job sites.
Some General Employment Resources:
1) Check out - Vacancies in aid, development, humanitarian & nonprofit sector (volunteers, consultants or F-T employment)
2) UN Jobs in Water Resources
3) UN Jobs in Water Management
4) UN Jobs in Water and Sanitation
5) Global Water Jobs
6) WASH Vacancies
7) Academic Jobs Online
8) Get Hydrology Jobs
9) AAG Jobs
10) Jobs Click 'View Jobs' at
11) - Current Openings - Updated every few days
12) Geoscience Job Board
13) California DWR Jobs
14) AZ Water Career Center
15) Florida Water Jobs
16) NYC DEP
17) Nature Conservancy jobs
18) State of Washington Careers
19) Idaho DEQ
20) OSU Water Resources Program
21) Water District Jobs
22) Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences
To the jobs!
Josh’s Pick:
1) Programme Officer – UN-Water (New York): 10 February (If you want to be in the center of what goes on around water in the UN system, this is the position to have. Plus, a great team to work with (speaking from experience))
Notable:
2) Director General – IWMI (Sri Lanka): 21 February
Deadline today! (17 January)
3) Consultant for Desalination Road Map for Asia Region – Oxfam GB (Manila): 17 January
4) WASH Consultancy – UNICEF (South Sudan): 17 January
5) US nationals: Environmental Protection Specialist – US Department of Defense (Fort Belvoir, VA, USA): 17 January
Minimum experience level requested:
0-4 years
6) Project Officer (Water Security and Climate Change) – UNESCO (Paris): 24 January
7) Policy Analyst (Climate Change Adaptation) – OECD (Paris): 22 January
8) Agricultural Climate Adaptation Specialist – WRI (Washington DC): Until filled
9) Account Manager Supply Chain – CDP (Berlin): 15 February
10) Project Officer (Nordic region) – CDP (Berlin or Stockholm): Until filled
11) Program Assistant (Climate & Energy) – Ceres (Boston): Until filled
12) Staff Attorney (2) – Western Environmental Law Center (Seattle, WA, USA): Until filled (One of the positions required 8 years experience)
13) French speakers: Education Programme Associate – UNU-EHS (Germany): 22 January
14) Program Manager (City and Practice Management - Africa) – 100 Resilient Cities (Rockefeller Foundation) (London): Until filled
15) Jordan nationals: Senior Project Officer (AWANE Project) – Oxfam (Jordan): 26 January
16) Jordan nationals: Project Manager (AWANE Project) – Oxfam (Jordan): 26 January
17) Bahasa Indonesian speakers: Research Analyst – WRI (Jakarta): 31 January
18) Kyrgyzstan nationals: Water Management Specialist – UNDP (Kyrgyzstan): 27 January
19) Azerbaijan nationals: Project Assistant – UNDP (Azerbaijan): 23 January
5-9 years
20) Water Stewardship Manager – The Rivers Trust (Flexible/Home-based, UK): 20 January
21) Proposal Development Manager (Fresh Water) – WWF (Flexible): 6 February
22) Grants Manager – Pisces Foundation (San Francisco): 31 January
23) Senior Writer – American Rivers (Washington DC): Until filled
24) Local hire: Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist – World Bank (Pakistan): 9 February
25) Communications Manager – CDP (London): 6 February
26) Environmental Affairs Officer – UN-DPKO (Various): 8 February
27) Technical Advisor (Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience) – PCI (Washington DC): Until filled
28) Water Resources Management Engineers and Specialists – ICF International (Fairfax, VA, USA): Until filled
29) Executive Director – Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (Vienna, MD, USA): 31 January
30) Project Officer – IIASA (Vienna): 31 January
31) French speakers: Technical specialists – Chemonics (Madagascar): 23 January
32) Adaptation Funding Specialist – Chemonics (Mozambique): 23 January
33) Chief Technical Advisor – UNDP (Myanmar): 26 January
34) Sinhala and/or Tamil speakers: Technical Advisor – UNDP (Sri Lanka): 22 January
34) Development Manager – Splash (Seattle, WA, USA): Until filled
35) Natural Resources & Agriculture Officer – ADB (Manila): 30 January
10+ years
36) Senior Research Fellow (Water Cluster) – SEI (Bangkok): Until filled
37) Senior Climate Change and Development Officer – United Nations (Executive Office of the Secretary-General) (New York): 2 February
38) Executive Director – State and Federal Contractors Water Agency (Sacramento, CA, USA): 13 February
39) Country Director (India) – Institute for Sustainable Communities (New Delhi): Until filled
40) Mekong basin nationals: Chief Hydrologist – Mekong River Commission (Laos): 31 January
41) Associate Director (Natural Infrastructure) – 100 Resilient Cities (Rockefeller Foundation) (New York or London): Until filled
42) Associate Director (Innovation for Urban Water Solutions) – 100 Resilient Cities (Rockefeller Foundation) (New York or London): Until filled
43) Head of Resource Mobilization and Outreach – Ramsar Convention Secretariat (Switzerland): 5 February
44) Director of Regulatory Compliance (WaterEquity) – water.org (Kansas City, MO, USA): Until filled
Not stated (other):
45) Project Manager (Healthy Watersheds California) – Pacific Forest Trust (San Francisco): Until filled
46) Program Manager (Clean Water Initiatives) – Operation Blessing International (Virginia Beach, VA, USA): 12 March
47) Spanish speakers: Water and Solar Project Coordinator – ClearWater (Ecuador): 3 February
48) Sales Associate (Water Publishing and Events) – Actual Media Inc. (Toronto): Until filled
49) US nationals: Natural Resources Specialist (Water) – US Bureau of Reclamation (Sacramento, CA, USA): 27 January
50) US nationals: Geographer – USACE (Alexandria, VA, USA): 20 January
51) Environmental Organizational Development Specialist – Cowater International (Canada and Peru): Until filled
Not stated (academic):
52) Assistant Professor of Water Policy, Politics and/or Planning – University of California-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA, USA): 31 January
53) Postdoctoral Position (Multi-scale Hydrology and Processes Group) – Penn State University (University Park, PA, USA): Until filled
54) Associate Professor (Ecohydrology) – University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA): 3 February
55) Postdoctoral Research Associate: Exploring nature’s role in achieving U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ, USA): 28 February
56) Assistant Professors (4-position coordinated hire) – University of Idaho (Moscow, ID, USA): 22 January
WASH:
57) WASH Results Programme Manager – Plan International UK (London): 31 January
58) WASH Associate Experts / Regional Representatives – WASH for Life (Home-based): Until filled
59) External Outreach to WASH in Emergencies Specialists for UNICEF Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) – UNICEF (Eastern African Countries): 31 January
60) Programme Assistant – UNICEF (Malawi): 23 January
61) WASH Coordinator – Oxfam GB (Myanmar): 31 January
62) Iraq nationals: WASH Specialist – UNICEF (Iraq): 24 January
63) WASH Project Manager – British Red Cross (Sierra Leone): 29 January
64) WASH Manager – International Medical Corps (Turkey): 18 January
65) Arabic speakers: WASH & MEAL Field Assistant – International Medical Corps (Turkey): 18 January
66) Head of Water – WSUP (London): 5 February
67) Un(e) Responsable Technique WASH – Première Urgence Internationale (Cameroon): ASAP
68) Philippines nationals: WASH Advisor – Oxfam (Manila): 30 January
69) Uganda nationals: WASH Specialist – UNICEF (Uganda): 30 January
70) WASH Program Manager – Solidarités International (Myanmar): Until filled
71) Cambodia nationals: Program Manager (District Wide) – WaterAid Australia (Cambodia): 25 January
72) Afghanistan nationals: Technical WASH/Nutrition Director, Initiative for Hygiene, Sanitation and Nutrition (IHSAN) – Aga Khan Foundation (Afghanistan): 29 January
73) Kenya nationals: WASH Assistant (Laboratory Technologist) – NRC (Kenya): 30 January
Consultancies:
74) Water Sanitation and Hygiene In Health Care Facilities Expert (WASH) – UNICEF (New York): 27 January
75) Communications and Operations Freelance Consultant – The Water Trust (Brooklyn, NY, USA): 28 January
76) Climate Information Services (CIS) Consultants – Winrock (Home-based w/travel): 31 January
77) German and French speakers: Berater (m/w) Kommunikation im Wasserprogramm – GIZ (Tunisia): 26 January
78) Consultant (Environmental Security) – GEF (Washington DC): 22 January
79) Albania nationals: 3 (three) Junior experts in communication and facilitation for environmental center – UNDP (Albania): 20 January
80) Status Assessment and Proposed Management Regime for Mare Aux Cochons Ramsar Site – UNDP (Seychelles): 21 January
81) Albania nationals: National consultant on drafting the data processing manual – UNDP (Albania): 23 January
82) Mekong basin nationals: Riparian Database Expert – Mekong River Commission (Home-based): 27 January
83) Various levels (3-12 years exp): Roster For Individual Consultants (Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilient Recovery) – UNDP (Home-based): 15 February
84) Uganda nationals: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Development – UNDP (Uganda): 27 January
85) Community Based Mangroves Restoration and Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Specialist – UNDP (Timor-Leste): 27 January
Tenders:
86) Real Time Evaluation of the UNICEF Emergency Response Supporting Children and Women in 10 provinces in Viet Nam Affected by Drought and Salt Water Intrusion Crisis – UNICEF (Vietnam): 20 January
Internships:
87) GIS Services Internships – ESRI (Various, USA): Until filled
88) Monitoring and Evaluation Intern – WSUP (London): 26 January
89) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNESCAP (Bangkok): 11 July
90) Internship – CDP (Berlin): Until filled
91) Water Programs Data Intern – charity: water (New York): Until filled
92) Spanish speakers: Intern/Assistant to the Senior Regional Advisor (Americas) – Ramsar Convention Secretariat (Switzerland): 27 January
93) Sustainable Urban Water Transdisciplinary Research Program for Undergraduates – Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN) (Various, USA): 10 February
94) Environment & Climate Change Intern – UNDP (Samoa): 23 January
95) Intern (Environmental and Social Safeguards) – Conservation International (Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled
96) RISE Project Intern – TNC (New York): 25 January
97) Intern (Urban Development and Water Division) – ADB (Nepal): 15 March
98) Intern (UNEP Legal Affairs-Regional Office for Europe) – UNEP (Geneva): 25 January
99) Intern (UNEP Programme Support-Sustainable UN facility) – UNEP (Geneva): 25 January
100) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Panama): 26 January
101) Communications Analyst (Intern) – WSSCC (Geneva): 25 January
102) Programs Analyst Intern – World Toilet Organization (Singapore): Until filled
Scholarships:
103) Graduate Assistantships in Water Science – University of Delaware (Newark, DE, USA): 9 February
104) PhD Opportunity in Coastal Wetland Ecology – University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT, USA): 10 February
Other:
105) VIA Water Fund: Call for proposals – VIA Water (Various): 10 April
106) Dutch and ~70 country nationals: Young Expert – Dutch Water Sector (Various): 1 March
Additional Positions:
Posted: Last Week
107) Position: (Colombo, Sri Lanka) - Director General. Closes: 21 February
108) Position: (Perris, CA) - Director of Customer Service. Closes: 31 January
109) Position: (Irvine, CA) - Development Services Specialist Closes: 25 January
110) Position: (Oroville, CA) - Local Manager. Closes: 18 January
111) Position: (Mitchell, SD) - Conservation Agronomist. Closes: 18 January
112) Position: City of Corpus Christi (TX) - Director of Water, OUF.
Posted: 17 January 2017
113) Position: North Fork John Day WC (Long Creek, OR) - Executive Director. Closes: 27 January
114) Position: (Corvallis) - Pesticide Specialist. Closes: 26 January 2017.
Posted: 21 January 2017
115) Position: (UK) - Water resources modelling specialist. Closes: 1 Feb
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