Francis Hughes - NRC

The Career Guide

Welcome to The Career Guide Podcast!

The Career Guide Podcast is a behind-the-scenes conversation with professionals who have managed to develop long-term careers overseas with organizations like the United Nations, EU, NATO, and OSCE. The goal of this interview series is not to provide technical details and advice already covered in this course but to hear from career professionals about the experiences, challenges, and life as an international professional.

Today we are joined by Francis Hughes, from Dublin who is an Emergency Response Manager with the Norwegian Refugee Council Surge Team. Francis started his career as a nurse in Dublin before moving to London where he studied Tropical Nursing. Francis then did a Masters's in International Humanitarian Action as part of the NOHA network. Francis worked in South Sudan, Iraq, DR Congo, Indonesia, Yemen, Sudan, and Iran and his role was to deliver first-line/lifesaving assistance to newly displaced populations in crisis including Food Security, Non-Food Distribution Items, Shelter, Water, and Sanitation (Latrines, Water Treatment Pumps), setting up Camp Management and Protection (including Child Protection and Emergency Cash Assistance)

His job involves preparing conflict and crisis mapping, stocking warehouses, and negotiating access with armed groups and national authorities to access hard-to-reach and newly accessible areas where displacement occurs within 48hrs.

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