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Help make diving safer – job opportunities at DAN

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4 months ago

February 14, 2023

Divers Alert Network^® (DAN^®), the world’s leading dive safety organization, is in search of talented people ready to work to make diving safer.

As diving continues to pick up post-pandemic, DAN is stronger than ever and needs qualified professionals in several key areas to serve our growing international membership. DAN offers competitive salaries, company subsidized health insurance, a generous 401k program, and other employee benefits that show we value our employees. Open positions include the following opportunities to work at DAN headquarters in Durham, North Carolina:

Call center medic to respond to medical inquiries and emergency calls from divers, travelers, and health care professionals. For more than 40 years, DAN medics have leveraged their training in emergency medicine and diving to provide the emergency assistance on which divers around the world rely.
Customer relations / insurance agent to respond to questions and provide program details through phone calls and emails. This person should be an excellent problem-solver who can offer support to members and provide a high level of customer service. DAN will cover insurance licensure for qualified candidates.
Commercial lines insurance agent to help dive businesses meet their insurance needs. This person will develop a comprehensive understanding of DAN’s programs and be able to assess which professional liability and commercial general liability insurance products are best suited to each client.
Safety services program coordinator to support DAN’s training, safety, and risk mitigation programs. This person will develop new training modules and engage with stakeholders including dive professionals and businesses, technical and training organizations, and recompression facilities.
Writer to join DAN’s communications team. This person will be responsible for writing dive safety and medical articles and other content to inform and engage divers and promote DAN’s programs, products, and services.

If you have skills that qualify you for one of these positions — or you’re interested in working to make diving safer in any capacity — please submit your resume for our review.

To learn more about these jobs and other open positions go to DAN.org/Careers, or email DAN at jobs@dan.org.

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Hyperbaric and dive medical experts, Midlands Diving Chamber (MDC), has underpinned its long-term support of Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with a one-off donation of £20,000, as the Rugby-based diving doctors wind down the charitable side of its operation.

The donation represents the single biggest financial contribution made to Bite-Back, delivering a huge boost to its campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products.

Spokesperson for Midlands Diving Chamber, Sally Cartwright, said: “For years we’ve admired and supported the ground-breaking work that Bite-Back is doing to save, protect and celebrate sharks. It’s a genuine pleasure to help ensure it stays at the forefront of shark conservation in the UK.”

Midland Diving Chamber first supported the charity at the inaugural Bite-Back at Cancer event in 2007 and then annually for the next six years. It even hosted its own James Bond-themed party on the Thames to fundraise for the marine NGO.

Campaign director for Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We can’t thank MDC enough for its continued support and now for this massive contribution to our pioneering shark conservation campaigns. It makes us very proud that the country’s premier diving medical experts have chosen to back our campaigns that extend from parliament to primary schools. This financial windfall will allow us to continue to lead the shark conservation agenda in the UK and deliver measurable shark conservation breakthroughs to keep the oceans healthy.”

Bite-Back’s No Fin To Declare campaign to end the UK’s import and export of shark fins is now just months away from achieving Royal Ascent into law and, earlier this month it launched a free 56-page teaching resource for Key Stage 2 & 3 students on the importance of sharks and the threats they face.

Midlands Diving Chamber is based at St. Cross Hospital in Rugby and operates a hyperbaric decompression chamber offering NHS funded recompression to divers with Decompression Illness (DCI) together with other Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) treatments. Any diver with medical concerns should contact MDC on either 01788 579 555 or 07931 472 602.

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Live Ocean Foundation supports exceptional marine scientists, innovators and communicators who play a vital role in the fight for a healthy future.

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