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Jobs and careers in resilience

As the world grapples with new risks related to climate change, compounding events or the interconnection of systems, we are assisting in the emergence of professions with the role to address these issues.

Disaster risk management is a sector that has more than 50 years of existence. It has allowed for both the creation of new professions such as disaster risk managers as well as the adaptation of existing ones in other sectors such as urban planning or insurance.

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PreventionWeb, in tune with the latest developments in the field, seeks to assist these new trends, and bring more information about these new careers in resilience to the global disaster risk reduction community.

To this end, we are hosting a series of interviews with professionals that are trailblazers and leaders in their job, providing concrete examples of what they are doing and recommendations for aspiring professionals. 

Have a look at our interviews below, as well as trainings to enhance your career, and new job opportunities. Get a feel of the jobs of the future!

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Academic programmes
Academic programmes across the world which offer education on all levels (including bachelor, master, diploma, etc.) related to disaster risk reduction.
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Trainings related to disaster risk reduction, disaster risk communication, sustainability, resilience, recovery and beyond.

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Professor in Risk and Disaster Reduction
The main purpose of the job is to carry out research, teaching and administration within the IRDR, especially in the areas of risk and disaster reduction, and to contribute to curriculum development and teaching on the IRDR.
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London
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Senior Research Fellow (RiskPACC)
The UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) is a cross-UCL Institute, which aims to lead research, knowledge exchange, and advanced teaching in the area of risk and disaster reduction. IRDR aims for leadership in the UK and international.
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London, The Hague and Nairobi
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Climate and Peace Advocacy Advisor
International Alert is looking for an exceptional candidate to join our international team as Climate and Peace Advocacy Advisor. This comes at an exciting time for the organisation as we are stepping up our advocacy and influencing work on the climate, natural resource management, environment and peacebuilding nexus. Are you going to going to lead our influencing strategy on this nexus?
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London, United Kingdom
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Lecturer in Geospatial Science
The main purpose of the job is to carry out research, teaching and administration within the IRDR, especially in the area of geospatial science, including advanced geospatial data analysis and programming, geographic information science and remote sensing
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London, United Kingdom
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Lecturer (Teaching) in Social Anthropology
The main purpose of the job is to carry out research, teaching and administration within the IRDR, especially in the areas of social anthropology and to contribute to curriculum development.
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London, United Kingdom
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Associate Professor in International Relations
The main purpose of the job is to carry out research, teaching and administration within the IRDR, especially in the areas of international relations in a humanitarian context, and to contribute to curriculum development.
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London, United Kingdom
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Lecturer (Teaching) in Humanitarian and Disaster Logistics
The main purpose of this post is to provide leadership and delivery of teaching in the area of logistics, humanitarian crisis and disaster response and research method
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London, United Kingdom
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Professor and Head of Department, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction
UCL invites applications for the role of Professor and Head of the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. To fill the role we are looking for candidates of international standing with a background in leading edge research.
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