Looking for jobs in Brussels, Belgium? I’ve compiled a “database” of organizations working in the heart of the EU.

I’m currently looking for jobs in Brussels. As anyone who has been unemployed understands, this is a taxing process. Finding the right organization can be difficult, and even when you think you’ve found the perfect match, they may not be hiring for a position that suits your background. This can be a frustrating, emotional, mentally defeating and demoralizing process. But we all go through it, and once you land a job, it makes all of that hard work worth it.

If you’re like me and also searching for jobs in Brussels, this list may help! I’ve compiled this list of organizations while in the search, and I thought it may be a helpful list to share for anyone in a similar position. As my background knowledge/work experience is in fields surrounding climate change, agriculture, environmental protection, migration and social justice, this list is categorized by organizations working on these themes.

It also helps to be subsribed to daily job alerts from EuroClimateJobs and EuroJobs, and checking the EURACTIV JobSite. You can also add up to 20 customized LinkedIn alerts, based on organizations you want to be notified by or customized words or the titles of positions you’re searching for. In addition to these search methods, I frequently check this list of organizations’ job postings, as some of these do not make it through to these channels.

This list is in no way exhaustive, and I will be updating it as I find more organizations. Also, as many of these organizations are cross-cutting, they may appear in multiple themes. Some of them are cross-cutting but only appear in the most relevant theme. I hope it can be a helpful place to start for anyone on the hunt! Please leave a comment if you found these helpful 🙂

Categories in alphabetical order:

  • Agriculture/farming
  • Climate change
  • Circular economy
  • Development/policy/government
  • Environment/biodiversity
  • Environmental resources
  • Food/food waste
  • Humanitarian efforts
  • Marine/oceans
  • Migration/refugees/asylum seekers
  • Renewable energy

Agriculture/Farming

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

Compassion in World Farming

RISE Foundation

Ecorys

Euroseeds

Agriculture consulting Europe

Agroecology Europe

International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food

Agricord

European Initiative for Sustainable Development in Agriculture

European Agroforestry Federation

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

European Conservation Agriculture Federation

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

European Conservation Agriculture Federation

Crop Life Europe

COLEACP

World Food Programme

IFOAM EU Group

CEJA Young Farmers

International Platform of Insects for Food & Feed (IPIFF)

European Food Bank

EIT Food

European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO)

Urban Farming in Brussels

Eclo Farm

Urbileaf

Sky Farms

Urban Harvest

Farmers Brussels

Urban Agriculture in Brussels

The Beginning of Beans

Brussels Federation of Professionals in Urban Agriculture

Urban Gardens

Forest Farm

Good Food Brussels

Urban Ecology

Urban Farm Company

Urban Agriculture Non-Profit

Fruit Collect

Bellona

Internship farm…

Food/food waste

Too Good to Go

Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

European Food Bank

EIT Food

Climate Change

European Climate Foundation (ECF)

Climate Alliance

European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability

European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST)

Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Carbon Gap

Negative Emissions Platform

Climate Bonds

Generation Climate Europe

Sandbag – smarter climate policy


Circular economy

Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)

Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP)

Bio-Based Europe

Plastics Europe

European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology (ESWET)

Too Good to Go

Zero Waste Belgium

Zero Waste Europe


Environment/biodiversity

General…

Green European Foundation (GEF)

Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

European Environment Agency (EEA)

European Environmental Bureau

European Environmental Citizens’ Organisation for Standardisation (ECOS)

Greenpeace

European Bureau for Conservation and Development

Belgian Biodiversity Platform

EuroParc

Bees

Urban beekeeping

Beelife EU

Beeodoversity

Clean Air

Clean air citizen science prog in Brussels

Environmental Justice

European Coalition for Corporate Justice

Environmental Law

European Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law

Environmental Defense Fund

Environmental Resource Management (ERM)

Client Earth

Milieu

Forests

Fern NGO

Institute of Nature and Forest Research

Marine

JPI Oceans

Seas at Risk

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions

Water

Wetlands International

Wildlife conservation

Bird Life International

Rewilding Europe

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Eurogroup for Animals

Development/Policy/Government

Baastel

European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)

Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Local Governments for Sustainability, Europe

European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA)

Mobilise Your City


Digital/Tech

GeSI

currENT Europe

Environmental resources


Humanitarian/Philanthropic efforts

Alliance2015

European Food Bank

The International Rescue Committee

CARE International 

European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

Relief Web

Red Cross

UNICEF 

Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea)


Migration/refugees/asylum seekers

PICUM

Migrant Policy Group

European Network of Migrant Women

European Return and Reintegration Network

Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (FEDASIL)

Caritas Belgium

Redcross

EU Agency for Asylum

IOM Regional Office in Brussels

European Programme for Integration and Migration


Renewable energy

Solar Heat Europe

Solar Power Europe

Smart Energy for Europe Platform

European Biogas Association

Ocean Energy Europe

Airborne Wind Europe

WindEurope

Hydrogen Europe

European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology (ESWET)

Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants (CEWEP)

Euroheat & Power (EHP)

Energy/transport in general…

Transport and Environment

European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and Environment (FEDARENE)

European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)