environmental programme coordinator
Environmental programme coordinators develop programmes for the improvement of environmental sustainability and efficiency within a organisation or institution. They inspect sites in order to monitor an organisation's or institution's compliance with environmental legislation. They also ensure education for the public on environmental concerns.
environmental programme coordinator environmental programme coordinators develop programmes for the improvement of environmental sustainability and efficiency within a organisation or institution. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include legal studies, environmental policy, circular economy, habitat restoration, environmental legislation.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £40,083 a year for Conservation professionals (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2151). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only environmental programme coordinator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Administration and Management
- Law and Government
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Building and Construction
- Customer and Personal Service
- Communications and Media
- Engineering and Technology
What you'd actually do
- Develop sustainability project goals, objectives, initiatives, or strategies in collaboration with other sustainability professionals.
- Monitor or track sustainability indicators, such as energy usage, natural resource usage, waste generation, and recycling.
- Assess or propose sustainability initiatives, considering factors such as cost effectiveness, technical feasibility, and acceptance.
- Provide technical or administrative support for sustainability programs or issues.
- Review and revise sustainability proposals or policies.
- Develop reports or presentations to communicate the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does environmental programme coordinator do?
Environmental programme coordinators develop programmes for the improvement of environmental sustainability and efficiency within a organisation or institution. They inspect sites in order to monitor an organisation's or institution's compliance with environmental legislation. They also ensure education for the public on environmental concerns.
What skills does environmental programme coordinator need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include legal studies, environmental policy, circular economy, habitat restoration, environmental legislation, green building standards. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace environmental programme coordinator?
Our AI-durability model gives environmental programme coordinator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.