Recruitment with purpose

Delivering great hires to the green economy across the globe is what we do at Allen & York. Providing Executive Search & Recruitment support for all levels of staff, we reduce our clients time to hire and help purpose-driven organisations build better teams.

With offices in London, Oxford and on the South Coast, we’re dedicated to making a positive difference to a more sustainable global economy by matching the right people to the right roles.

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Conservation and Environmental Sciences

Hertfordshire

Director of Ecology

Negotiable

Conservation and Environmental Sciences

London

Manager: Social Sciences

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Environment

London

Divisional Manager Water Services

Negotiable

Environment

England

Heritage Director

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Corporate Health and Safety

City of London

Senior Health, Safety & Fire Manager

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Environment

Oman

Environmental Consultant - EIA

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Environment

Lymington

UK Managing Director

Negotiable

Environmental Management and Compliance

Denmark

Sales Executive - EMEA Industrial

Up to €80000 per annum

Carbon and Net Zero

Amsterdam

Manager - GHG Protocol

Negotiable

Sustainability & ESG

Italy

Senior Sales Executive

Competitive

Construction and Infrastructure

Hertfordshire

Head of SHEQ

Car + Excellent Benefits

Environment

London

Manager: Terrestrial Biodiversity and Offset Specialist

Negotiable

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    ​Gleneagles appointed Allen & York to support us in the recruitment of our new Sustainability Director in 2023. As this was a new position within Gleneagles we were encouraged by their technical understanding of the role, the candidate market for such specialists and experience in assisting organisations in a similar situation.​ Following a review of shortlisted candidates their opinions as to who should be interviewed was requested and accepted, resulting in a successful placement.         

    People & Culture Director , Gleneagles

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    ​I can highly recommend the A&Y team for their recruitment services. They have successfully filled several roles for us now, always providing a high calibre of candidates. Their professionalism and great communication makes the entire process an enjoyable one. Thomas is a fantastic recruiter, and we look forwarding to working with him again in the future.

    HR Assistant , Lane Clark & Peacock LLP

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    ​​Working with Thomas and the team at Allen & York has been a great experience and thoroughly appreciate the effort and dedication to supporting our recruitment needs within RSK. Great communication and industry knowledge and a smooth streamlined process for all parties involved, which has helped us find brilliant candidates who are now well-respected employees in our most challenging and complex businesses who require niche and diverse skillsets.

    Recruitment Business Partner , RSK

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    ​Working with Allen & York, and in particular with Lester, has been a very pleasant and productive experience. Lester’s understanding of our requirements was exceptional, resulting in only CVs for applicants that met our brief being forwarded on. Working in partnership with A&Y and using dual branding on adverts also worked really well. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Allen & York to others.

    Head of Strategy & Digital , British Airways Holidays

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    ​​Working with A&Y, and Billy Wright in particular, has been a great experience.  Billy took the time to really understand MacArthur Green and the exciting career opportunities that we are able to offer and was excellent at communicating with candidates and quickly moving things on to a positive outcome.

    Founder/Director , MacArthur Green

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    ​​We have worked with Allen & York several times over the last few years and have always found them to be professional and knowledgeable, they have also found us candidates in situations where we have been unable to fill roles via other methods.

    Talent & Development Manager , RES

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    Allen & York did a great job helping us to find a sustainability director. They sent us a number of candidates who corresponded to our requirements and had experience in our jurisdictions. They also took into account our comments to better focus the search.Kathryn led the project and we very much enjoyed working with her. Kathryn is extremely hard working, focused, and always available. Through her hard work we found and retained an excellent candidate.

    Group General Counsel , United Group

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    ​​Whenever I have a new challenging opening I always think first of Thomas and Allen & York. Why? Because I highly appreciate great communication coming together with the high quality of his recommendations! As a result, lately we filled together another position for Glasgow and the hiring manager is very happy with her new employee. Thank you Thomas!

    Senior Recruiter , DNV

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    ​​“We had a recruitment need in our Ecology Team and were struggling to find good candidates. The decision was taken to appoint one agency only and to give them free reign in the hope that this would provide more of an incentive. After some deliberation, we settled on Allen & York, due to our history of working together and an element of trust that you would be well placed to find the right calibre of candidate. Our Recruitment Consultant found some very good candidates and the end result is that we have an offer for an Allen & York candidate to take up this difficult to fill role and I wanted to make you aware of our appreciation."

    Ecology Recruitment Manager , Global Multidisciplinary Consultancy

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    ​​“We had very specific competency requirement for our HSE Advisors which could not be met through local recruitment. Allen & York were provided with 5 'must have' and 5 'desirable' criteria and within 2 weeks provided CVs which were a perfect fit, and two candidates have now accepted roles.  The service provided met and exceeded expectations.”

    HR Manager , DHL

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    ​​“We have been working with Allen & York for many years and have always been impressed by their professionalism, good customer service and their ability to supply us with strong candidates for ‘hard to fill’ roles”. 

    Recruitment Specialist , RES Group

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    ​"The Allen & York team have stood out in my view as one of the suppliers that acts as a partner to myself and my team. We can call upon them as needed, to deliver a quality service for us and to work with us in partnership to achieve goals. I appreciate their willingness to tailor their approach to suit our specific needs and ways of working." 

    Recruitment Team Lead , Siemens Energy Wind Power, Tidal & Energy Services

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All about people

If you’re thinking about a career in recruitment where you can make a positive impact on people and their careers, Allen & York is the place for you.

Maybe you’re an experienced recruiter looking for a more fulfilling and flexible role. Or you’re just starting out in recruitment and looking for somewhere to make your mark. Perhaps you’re a researcher looking to utilise your well-honed search skills. We’re growing our network to meet the demand in the green jobs sector so we’d love to hear from you.

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