Looking for a good green job in MN? Here are a few opportunities to check out...

Below are a few posting for great green jobs that we’ve seen around recently and want to share with you. Good luck!

Program Coordinator with Energy Smart: The Energy Smart program helps Minnesota businesses achieve cost savings through energy efficiency. Through direct, personalized assistance, Energy Smart helps businesses take full advantage of utility Conservation Improvement Programs (CIP) and other products and services that achieve energy efficiency. Energy Smart is a program of Minnesota Waste Wise, a non-profit affiliate of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. The Energy Smart Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and conducting new business outreach and research, maintaining program data base, creating monthly activity reports, providing Energy Star building benchmarking services and assisting other program staff as needed. Learn more and apply >>

Community Outreach Manager with Chinook Book: With a smart, fun aesthetic, Chinook Book has become a beloved consumer media brand promoting sustainable communities and shopping local. The parent company, Celilo Group Media, is seeking a dynamic individual to fill the role of Community Outreach Manager in its Minneapolis office. The Community Outreach Manager develops and manages key relationships with local schools, non-profit organizations and merchants to successfully implement advertising and circulation sales and promotions. Would friends and co-workers describe you as motivated, organized and creative? If so, this position may be for you. 

Director of Environmental Projects with Minnesota Environmental Initiative: The director of environmental projects is a senior management-level position with a primary responsibility for designing and managing stakeholder dialogue projects at MEI. Specific responsibilities in 2011 are likely to include: leadership of dialogue projects focused on air quality and on agriculture and water quality; work on MEI events related to environmental policy and business sustainability; design and development of new dialogue projects. The director of environmental projects will work closely with MEI’s executive director, senior manager of development and communication, chief financial officer, senior director of strategic project planning, project managers and project associates. The position reports to MEI’s executive director, and is responsible for directly supervising multiple project staff. Learn more and apply >>

Business Development Manager with Eureka Recycling: Eureka Recycling, based in the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, is the only organization in Minnesota that specializes in zero waste. A 501©(3) nonprofit organization, Eureka Recycling’s mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable.Working with the Director of Business Development and other members of the Business Development team, the Business Development Manager will be responsible for business planning and analysis work to maintain and improve existing programs, such as zero waste event services, commercial composting and marketing recyclable materials. Will develop new revenue generating zero waste programs based on the organization’s strategic direction, and play an integral role in the day to day operations of existing programs, including hands-on work with partners and at events, and will be responsible for leading a collaborative business planning team. Learn more and apply >>

Program and Administrative Assistant with Energy CENTS Coalition: The Energy CENTS Coalition has worked to ensure affordable and continuous utility service for low income Minnesotans for over 20 years. We develop policy proposals, provide legislative and regulatory advocacy, design energy programs and offer energy services. We strive to gain fair treatment from utilities, legal protections from government and adequate resources from both to keep people’s homes warm and lights on. Learn more and apply >>

Where do you look for work in the clean energy industries in Minnesota?
Here are just a few places that we know of.

Minnesota-specific job boards that you should check include PCA’s NextStep and SEEK Job Listings, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Jobs List, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Job Board, and DEED’s MnEnergyCareers Job Portal.

Other popular job search engines with energy listings include careerbuilder.com, idealist.org, indeed.com, job.com, monster.com, yahoo.com, and nationjob.com.

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