Are you interested in where you live, how places are changing and who makes the decisions about the environment we live in?
Geographers look at how and why the areas we live in develop and change. They understand the interactions and flows between the regional, national and international.Both private and public sector employers are found in this sector and range in size from small consulting companies or housing charities to huge construction companies or government departments. Opportunities exist for openings in both urban and rural environments, contributing to projects from broad based to the specialised and from administrative support roles to managerial and strategic posts.
Besides evidence of a keen interest and understanding of issues affecting settlement successful employees should demonstrate skills in communicating their ideas to a range of audiences, problem solving, computer and IT, good spatial awareness and graphical skills, report writing, synthesis and analysis.
In this category we are mainly profiling jobs based in the UK and Europe. For careers in this field based elsewhere see the section called ‘Development and Global Issues’.
The following settlement jobs are popular with geographers
- Planner
- Housing manager
- Surveyor
- Urban regeneration officer
- Local government services
- Estate agent
- Town planner
- Transport officer
- Environmental engineer
- Construction or property lawyer
- Environmental consultant
- Conservation officer
Daryl
Housing Statistician with the Civil Service
Kate
Chartered Surveyor
Simon
Transport Planner
Mike
Graduate Transport Planner
Hilary
Transport Strategist
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