Ukraine's green jobs market is moving faster than its education system
Employers across Ukraine are already looking for specialists with green skills. The education system hasn't caught up. That's the headline finding from a new study by the Green Transition Office, which reviewed job vacancies for environmental and sustainability specialists posted during the first half of 2026. The research anchored an online event, "ESG Competencies for Green Transformation," hosted on 14 July by the Green Transition Office together with KSE Graduate Business School.
Andriy Kitura, Director of Development at DiXi Group and Head of the Green Transition Office, opened the event. He walked participants through the Office's role as an independent advisory body under Ukraine's Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, and explained what prompted the team to look into demand for green specialists in the first place.
Oleksandr Vysotskyi, Senior Climate Change Expert at DiXi Group and the Green Transition Office, presented the findings. The idea came from a pattern the Office kept running into: companies and public sector bodies reaching out in search of people with green competencies, only to find the talent pool too thin. So the team set out to map exactly what employers are asking for.
"We looked at 325 vacancies from 237 companies and organisations posted in the first half of 2026 and checked them against a set of 100 sustainability and environmental skills we'd developed at the Office. That gave us six job profiles the market needs right now, each with its own mix of core skills, supporting knowledge and cross-cutting competencies," Vysotskyi said.
The vacancies came from job boards, social media and company websites. The full study is available here: https://gto.dixigroup.org/assets/images/files/gto-rynok-pratsi-a4.pdf
KSE Graduate Business School used the event to introduce its "ESG Leadership and Sustainable Impact" certification programme and open enrolment for its second cohort.
Watch a recording of the event here: https://youtu.be/Sge8FIgETTk?si=brAJ7BtRaidMSmDy
The "ESG Leadership: Strategy, Ethics, Impact" programme is a joint effort between the Green Transition Office and KSE Graduate Business School. The Office brings the expert support, sector knowledge and ESG context; KSE Graduate Business School handles the academic standards, teaching methodology, accreditation and how the programme runs day to day.
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