Risk, Disaster and Humanitarian Careers Discovery Evening 2025

About the event

The UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction's annual career discovery event is your chance to explore career paths in risk, disaster, business continuity, and humanitarian sectors. Undergraduate and postgraduate students will connect directly with organisations offering roles in these fields. Employers will showcase opportunities in their organisations and engage with students in a relaxed, one-on-one setting.

• Who can attend: Open to UCL and external undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Cost: Attendance is free, but registration is required.
• Time: The event runs from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Drop in at any time to visit exhibitor stalls and speak with representatives.
• Tickets: If you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket to reduce waste.

Exhibitor Stalls

Explore career opportunities and pathways by visiting stands from commercial organisations, international NGOs, public sector agencies, and academic institutions. Learn about job vacancies, volunteering roles, and internship programmes—many with global reach.

This year, we’ll also feature dedicated stalls from UCL RDR’s Master’s programmes and UCL Careers, offering expert guidance on further study and career development. Meet RDR alumni and current PhD students, who will share insights into their career journeys and answer your questions.

Exhibitors include

British Red Cross

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. It is part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters, and individual emergencies. It helps vulnerable people in the UK and abroad prepare for, withstand, and recover from emergencies in their own communities.

• Website: www.redcross.org.uk
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/british-red-cross/

Cabinet Office/COBR

COBR or COBRA is shorthand for the Civil Contingencies Committee that is convened to handle matters of national emergency or major disruption. Its purpose is to coordinate different departments and agencies in response to such emergencies. COBR is the acronym for Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, a series of rooms located in the Cabinet Office in 70 Whitehall.

Find out more: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL)

CNWL is an NHS provider of mental health, sexual health, physical health, addictions, eating disorder, and learning disability services. It primarily offers care in the community but also provides hospital-based and residential services, as well as healthcare in prisons in London and surrounding areas.

Horizonscan

Horizonscan is a team of business continuity, resilience, and crisis management experts. They build long-term partnerships with businesses to increase their ability to handle disruptive events. Their consultants bring real-world experience from careers in emergency services to corporate security management.

Howden

Howden is the 5th largest employee-owned business in the UK and one of the largest insurance groups in the world. They manage premiums on behalf of millions of clients spanning 100 countries.

Lockton

Lockton is the world’s largest independent insurance broker, focusing on exceptional client service and expertise across insurance, employee benefits consulting, and risk management. It operates in over 140 locations globally and employs more than 12,500 colleagues.

Marico Marine

Marico Marine is an independent marine consultancy providing solutions for ports, harbours, shipping, and energy sectors worldwide. It specialises in risk assessments for marine and maritime safety, protecting life, the environment, property, and business continuity.

Met Office

The Met Office combines weather and climate science with expert insights to help people make decisions based on the weather and changing climate. It collects and analyses massive amounts of data daily, using cutting-edge technology to provide actionable insights.

Moody’s Insurance Solutions

For over 30 years, Moody’s RMS has led the transformation of the catastrophe risk industry, helping organisations make better decisions to improve human and environmental outcomes. Their risk management solutions include advanced modelling, analytics, and insights to build resilience against extreme weather and climate change.

• Website: www.rms.com/careers/graduates
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/rms/

Needhams 1834

Needhams 1834 is a risk and resilience consultancy that has been working internationally since 1996. It is a small, bespoke consultancy catering to high-end, high-risk clients.

NHS England – London

NHS England – London provides oversight and leadership for NHS services in the region, serving a population of approximately 8.17 million. It works with Integrated Care Boards, GP Practices, acute trusts, and other stakeholders. It is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB)

SEL ICB is an NHS statutory organisation working with NHS bodies and local authorities in its area to improve outcomes, tackle inequalities, and enhance productivity. It is also a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement dedicated to ending poverty. Its Volunteer Resourcing and Experience Coordinator will be presenting volunteer roles and pathways into working with Oxfam.

Start Network

Start Network consists of over 90 non-governmental organisations across five continents. They focus on tackling systemic issues in the humanitarian sector, promoting locally led action, innovation, and early and rapid financing to enable effective responses to crises.

Verisk

Verisk provides analytic insights that transform industries, focusing on risk assessment and resilience. It employs advanced technologies to offer precision, speed, and scale in risk management solutions. In 2023, Verisk received Great Place to Work® certification for its outstanding workplace culture.

Alumni

Candice O’Real

Graduating from the Risk, Disaster and Resilience MSc in 2023, Candice works as an Emergency Management Officer for Ealing Council.

Libby Kay

Libby graduated from the Global Humanitarian Studies BSc in 2024. She is a National Management Trainee on the National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP). The NGDP is the only graduate scheme for local government and has a high record of success with many graduates moving into management positions in councils after they complete the scheme.

Sophia Barry

Working at Action for Stammering Children, Sophia graduated from the Global Humanitarian Studies BSc in 2024. She can share her insights into routes in the charity sector, early careers, and the fundraising sector.

Other stands

Humanitarian Policy and Practise MSc

Are you interested in understanding the complexity of humanitarian crises, and learning how to shape more ethically and politically sensitive responses in humanitarian contexts? Working alongside interdisciplinary experts at UCL, you’ll reflect on current policies, practices and political dynamics, and explore how to identify and shape forms of humanitarian responses suited to contemporary and future challenges.

RDR Master's programmes

At UCL RDR, we offer master's programmes with taught and research components which aim to meet the growing need for experts trained to analyse and provide solutions to complex issues. In all our master's programmes, students explore the characterisation, quantification, management and reduction of risk and disasters, along with their associated impacts, from a diverse range of scientific, technical, socio-economic, political, environmental, ethical and cultural perspectives.

UCL Careers

UCL Careers will be on-hand to answer all your career queries, big or small.

Interested in exhibiting?

Does your organisation want to participate in the Career Discovery Event? Apply for an exhibitor stall by completing this form. Please note this form is for stall bookings only. To attend the event as a guest, register using the link below.

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