This issue of SRJobsReport analyzes 2 years of jobs listings from the 2 biggest suppliers of CSR jobs postings 1) BSR’s jobs board and 2) the London-based 3300-member listserv, CSR-Chicks. 89% of the positions posted through BSR are located in the US, 5% in the UK and 3% in China. 78% of the positions posted by CSR-Chicks are located in England, 10% in the US, and 6% in other European countries. Over the past 24 months I have identified over 600 jobs postings meeting my predetermined criteria:
- The position must be full time permanent;
- The job must have something to do with corporate social responsibility (CSR);
- Administrative junior-level positions are not included (ie: Admin Assistant)
Top 5 findings
- CSR job listings increased 48% between 2004 and 2005
- Peaks for CSR-Chicks are highest in February
- Mostly consumer product-related companies are hiring for CSR
- Most of the CSR positions focus on monitoring and compliance
- Top Employers were Business in the Community and BSR
The positions are then coded in my database by Type of Employer. They are as follows:
- Internal – Private sector companies
- Associations – Support organizations such as BSR or IBLF
- Public Sector/ Multilateral – Such as the World Bank or National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Boutique – Small consulting firms (headcount around 2-200) such as Cameron-Cole, Corporate Citizenship Company or Maplecroft.
- Management Consulting firms – Headcount 200-2000 such as Ernst&Young or KPMG. Please note that these firms have many types of CSR practices within the firm, such as Ethics, CSR Strategy, Community Involvement management or Compliance.
- Compliance – Monitoring firms such as Intertek, Cal Safety, or SGS.
- Research – Organizations that focus on research and education such as Great Place to Work Institute or University of Leeds.
- SRI – Socially responsible investing organizations such as Calvert or Institutional Shareholder Services. Please note that BSR and CSR-Chicks are not the leading job postings sites for SRI positions so the SRI-related data is not representative of hiring practices within SRI.
- NGO – Nonprofits such as Oxfam or VolunteerMatch.
The following chart illustrates the number of postings by employer type. BSR postings are in orange while CSR-Chicks positions are in green. Note that most of BSR’s postings are internal while most of CSR-Chicks postings are Association listings.
Number of CSR Job Listings Per Month: The following chart shows the number of CSR jobs listings per month separated by source (CSR-Chicks vs. BSR) and year (2004 vs. 2005). The CSR-Chicks lines are in brown (2004) and red (2005) while the BSR lines are in green (2004) and blue (2005).
Number of CSR Job Listings Per Month: The following chart shows the number of CSR jobs listings per month separated by source (CSR-Chicks vs. BSR) and year (2004 vs. 2005). The CSR-Chicks lines are in brown (2004) and red (2005) while the BSR lines are in green (2004) and blue (2005).
- 48% increase in listings: There was a 35% and 57% increase in listings from BSR and CSR-Chicks respectively between 2004 and 2005. Average increase for both CSR-Chicks and BSR was 48%.
- Significant CSR-Chicks Peaks in Feb: Both years, CSR-Chicks showed significant peaks in February and July with significant declines in January and March. This suggests February is the best time to search for a CSR Job in London.
A deeper look at the corporate private sector jobs: Of the 171 corporate private sector positions, 60% of the positions were posted via BSR.
Types of Positions in the private sector: Most of the jobs fall into the Monitoring category with 40%. Environmental-related positions (including environmental compliance) are the 2nd most common-type of position at 19%. The CSR General category are positions with “social responsibility” or “corporate citizenship” in the title. The Other category includes jobs for researchers, IT staff, and project managers.
op Top Employers were BITC for the UK and BSR for the US: The top employers were Business in the Community (BITC) with 41 postings and BSR with 30 postings. Other employers with over 10 postings were Accountablity (18), Wal-Mart (14), Disney (14), and Forum for the Future (12).