Environmental Career Opportunities

What Environmental Career Opportunities does

Environmental Career Opportunities (EcoJobs.com) is a privately held Washington, DC-based company that operates a niche online job board focused exclusively on environmental and conservation careers. The platform connects two distinct user groups: environmental employers (conservation nonprofits, government agencies, environmental consulting firms, and companies hiring for sustainability roles) who pay to post job listings, and environmental job seekers who can access free listings, subscribe for access to additional postings, and receive free email alerts segmented by environmental job category. The platform organizes opportunities across seven pre-defined verticals: Natural Resources & Conservation, Environmental Science & Engineering, Environmental Advocacy & Communications, Environmental Law & Policy, Renewable Energy & Sustainability, Outdoor & Environmental Education, and Environmental Internships.

The underlying technology is a conventional WordPress-based job board platform with standard features including employer and subscriber login portals, categorized job listings, search functionality, and an email alert system. The company layers content marketing on top through the Green Jobs News blog, which publishes environmental career advice, conservation topics, and employer best practices. According to the company's own claims, the platform has been in operation for over 20 years and reaches more than 50,000 targeted environmental job seekers every two weeks.

The business model is a two-sided marketplace with recurring subscription revenue on both sides. Employer advertisers pay to post listings on an annual billing cycle and receive a 50% discount as first-time advertisers, with publisher-assisted ad optimization provided by founder Betty Brubach. Job seekers can browse free listings or pay a subscription for access to additional postings. The company operates with a lean team of 11 employees, has no disclosed outside funding, and has been led by Betty Brubach as publisher and top recruiter throughout its operating history.

Name

Environmental Career Opportunities

Legal name

Environmental Career Opportunities

Website

https://ecojobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Environmental Career Opportunities (EcoJobs.com) is a privately held Washington, DC-based niche job board that connects environmental employers (conservation nonprofits, government agencies, and consulting firms) with job seekers across seven environmental career verticals via paid employer postings and job seeker subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board

NAICS

Administration of Conservation Programs (92412), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Nature, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Conservation (BPADALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural & Environmental Education Expeditions (Citizen Science, Conservation Volunteering) (THAAAOAH)

Keywords

• Environmental job board
• Green careers platform
• Conservation jobs marketplace
• Renewable energy employment
• Environmental job listings

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Employer Job Postings: Environmental organizations, government agencies, and companies pay to post job listings to reach the platform's targeted environmental job seeker audience. First-time advertisers receive a 50% discount.
2. Job Seeker Subscriptions: Job seekers can access hundreds of additional jobs beyond the free listings by becoming paid subscribers. Subscribers also receive free email alerts for job categories of interest.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Environmental Career Opportunities operates EcoJobs.com, an online job board marketplace that connects environmental job seekers with employers in the conservation and green economy sectors. The platform lists jobs across seven specialized categories — Natural Resources & Conservation, Environmental Science & Engineering, Environmental Advocacy & Communications, Environmental Law & Policy, Renewable Energy & Sustainability, Outdoor & Environmental Education, and Environmental Internships — and monetizes via employer job postings and job seeker subscriptions.

Product overview

EcoJobs.com is a single unified job board platform for environmental and conservation careers. The platform provides job listing services for employers to advertise environmental positions and subscription-based access for job seekers to browse and apply for positions across seven job categories: Natural Resources & Conservation, Environmental Science & Engineering, Environmental Advocacy & Communications, Environmental Law & Policy, Renewable Energy & Sustainability, Outdoor & Environmental Education, and Environmental Internships. Additional services include a free job alert system and the Green Jobs News blog.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EcoJobs.com Job Board Platform Online two-sided marketplace job board connecting employers advertising environmental positions with job seekers pursuing environmental and conservation careers. Listings are organized into seven categories: Natural Resources & Conservation, Environmental Science & Engineering, Environmental Advocacy & Communications, Environmental Law & Policy, Renewable Energy & Sustainability, Outdoor & Environmental Education, and Environmental Internships. Includes free job alert emails by category and a content blog (Green Jobs News).

Quantifiable outcome

• Reach of 50,000 targeted environmental jobseekers every 2 weeks per employer posting

Named customers13 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Largest generalist job aggregator offering free postings, broad reach, and increasingly vertical categorization — primary competitive alternative for employers weighing niche vs. generalist channels.
• ZipRecruiter: Major generalist job marketplace with AI-driven matching, serving small and mid-sized employers across verticals — competitive threat to niche boards on price-to-reach.
• LinkedIn: Dominant generalist professional network and job platform with extensive environmental, sustainability, and ESG job categories — competing alternative channel for both employers and job seekers.
• Idealist: Major nonprofit and mission-driven job platform with a substantial environmental/nonprofit employer base; overlaps with EcoJobs on employer universe but covers broader social-impact verticals.

Others

• USAJobs: Official U.S. federal government job portal — relevant because many EcoJobs.com postings are for government environmental positions (e.g., Deputy Director, Bureau of Environmental Protection), making it a partial substitute for public-sector listings.

Direct peers

• Environment Jobs: Specialist environmental job board serving conservation, sustainability, and renewable energy employers with paid employer postings — closely mirrors EcoJobs.com's vertical specialization and revenue model.
• Conservation Job Board: Operates a niche online job board focused exclusively on conservation, ecology, and environmental careers, with global reach and employer-side paid postings — directly comparable two-sided marketplace to EcoJobs.com.

Emerging players

• Climatebase: Climate-focused job board and community targeting climate tech, climate policy, and climate conservation roles — newer vertical entrant competing for the same employer and job seeker base.
• Sustainable Business: Online media and job board covering green business, cleantech, and sustainable careers — adjacent audience and partial employer overlap with environmental niche.
• Green Jobs Network: Smaller specialist job board focused on green and sustainability roles — overlapping vertical with EcoJobs but smaller scale and emerging traction.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/environmental-career-opportunities

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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