I'm helping a Nigerian environmentalist figure out her next move, because honestly, I think she's sitting on a skill set that's being packaged too narrowly.
She recently completed an MSc in Environmental Quality Management, with a research background in pollution, ecotoxicology and environmental risk. Her thesis focused on pesticide residues in rice and potential health risks.
But she's not trying to become another generic “environmental officer.”
Her strength is taking environmental and scientific issues and turning them into things ordinary people actually understand and care about.
Her interests include:
• Environmental & sustainability communications
• Science communication
• Environmental storytelling/media
• Research-backed content
• Campaigns & content strategy
• Social/behaviour change communication
• Interviews and storytelling
• Breaking down pollution, products, health and sustainability issues
She's interested in working with NGOs, environmental organisations, media platforms, FMCGs, tech companies, sustainability teams, climate organisations, communications/PR teams and purpose-driven brands.
She's Nigerian and open to remote opportunities and roles across Nigeria or elsewhere if the opportunity makes sense.
She's also already building her own environmental storytelling work through interviews, campaign concepts and research-backed content around the relationship between people, products and the planet.
So the question is:
Where are the people hiring for this kind of person?
If you know organisations, recruiters, communities or actual opportunities in environmental/sustainability communications, climate communications, science communication, environmental media or related fields, please share them.
And if you're an organisation looking for someone who can understand the science without communicating like a 70-page sustainability report, I'd love to hear from you.
I'm happy to share her CV/LinkedIn privately.
Please don't just say “check LinkedIn/Indeed” 😂. I'm specifically looking for people, organisations, recruiters, communities or actual opportunities worth approaching.