Víctor Fernández Salinas

ACADEMIC TRAINING

October 2017 – September 2019 MSc GIS at Birkbeck, University of London.

September 2014 – June 2015. Master’s Degree in Teacher Training for Secondary Education. Valencia International University (VIU)

September 2009 – June 2014 Degree in Geography. University of Alicante (UA)

RELLEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

May 2020 – nowadays. International organization for Migration (IOM). Position held and nature of work: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) associate. Provide remote support to the DTM response to the Venezuela situation through the review, processing and analysis of data collected through the DTM and other relevant displacement and mobility data collection.

October 2016 – May 2020. The Village SEN school. Position held and nature of work: High Level Teacher Assistant. Plan and prepare lessons with teachers, participating in all stages of the planning cycle, including in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans.

February 2015 – June 2015. ‘La Concepción’ Primary and Secondary School (Ontinyent). Position held and nature of work: Internship as a Geography and History teacher. At the beginning I was assisting the professors and, after learning the methodology, I started giving lessons on my own. I had to prepare and organize the class on my own and, afterwards, I had to evaluate the students’ knowledge.

July 2014 – August 2014. Work experience in Ontinyent and Valencia Provincial Council (250-hour Internship). Position held and nature of work: tourist guide in “La Dipu et Beca” program of practical training; supervisor at the Municipal Natural Park “Pou Clar” in charge of providing valuable information to visitors and tourists.

June 2013 – September 2013. Internship in Catalonia TV (Barcelona) (250 hours). Position held and nature of work: general knowledge of the climatology and geography of Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula and Europe to develop the daily weather forecast; and creating different weather maps for various programs and news channels.

FURTHER TRAINING

May 2020 – July 2020. Delivered by the Geoinnova association. Advanced QGIS training on advanced geoprocessing tools and methods. (90 hours)

August 2019. Webinar offered by NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). Advanced Webinar:  Introductory Webinar: Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Assessment & Resilience (8 hours)

July 2019. Webinar offered by NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). Advanced Webinar: Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land Degradation and Sustainable Cities SDGs (6 hours)

September 2018. Webinar offered by NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). High Temporal Resolution Air Quality Observations from Space (4 hours)

July – August 2018. Webinar offered by NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). Monitoring Urban Floods Using Remote Sensing (4 hours)

July – August 2018. Webinar offered by NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET). Advanced webinar in Radar Remote Sensing for Land, Water & Disaster Applications (8 hours)

July 2015. Delivered by the geoinnova association. GVSIG: GIS tools for disaster risk management (50 hours)

March 2014. Course offered by the Department of Building and Planning of the University of Alicante. How to manage a city? (20 hours)

December 2013. Course imparted by the Department of Human Geography of the University of Alicante.

Techniques and strategies for integrated heritage management (20 hours)

September 2013. Course offered by the Department of Physical Geography and Regional Geographic Analysis of the University of Barcelona. Climate Applications of Geographic Information Systems (25 hours)

December 2011. Valencia University. Vice-rectorate of participation and territorial projection. Internationalization and innovation in the company (5 hours)

October 2011. Course taught by the Department of Regional Geographic Analysis and Physical Geography of the University of Alicante. Where is the middle east going? Arab civil society as a driver of change (20 hours)

October 2010. Course taught by the Department of Regional Geographic Analysis and Physical Geography of the University of Alicante. Palestine occupation and conflict (20 hours)

CONGRESSES AND PUBLICATIONS

April 2015. Granada. International congress about culture and city. Image and representation of the urban. historic cities and cultural events. Communication Speaker: City of letters, paper buildings. A literary image of the city of Ontinyent. (Awaiting the official publication of the conference proceedings)

November 2014. Madrid. VII International Congress of planning. heritage and territorial planning as tools for further development. Digital publication of the conference proceedings in the article Laws planning and sustainable urban mobility in the Valencian Country. Publication http://www.fundicot.org/#!vii-ciot/cq0i (Thematic Area A. Volume I pp.175 – 190)

November 2014. Seville. II International Congress of urban planning, land management and sustainability organized by the Spanish Association of Professional Planning, Planning and Sustainability (AEPUOS). Speaker of communication: The medium cities in the Valencian Country. The need for the creation and implementation of a supra-municipal plan for Valencia Central Region. (Awaiting the official publication of the conference proceedings)

May 2014. Barcelona. I Meeting of Young Researchers in Geography. Speaker of communication: Urban and social activities for a good recovery of Ontinyent’s historic center.

Publication https://mega.co.nz/#!AZlQXYrY!CKupG7F2TtYPyivdGh-747mVg9Ajnmb-tRGrPPvr2KI (pp. 155 -. 162)

 October 2011. Volunteer in the Organization of the XXII Spanish Geographers Congress

14 June 2011. Publication of the article Effects of climate change on agricultural and forestry activities in the Interdisciplinary Group of Critical Studies (GIECRYAL). University of Alicante. Department of Human Geography.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

June 2019. Level 3 award in pediatric first aid

July 2016. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

March 2016 Ministry of Justice of Spain. Central Register of Convicts. Criminal record.

March 2016. Department of Education of the United Kingdom. National College of Teaching and Leadership. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

January 2009. European driving license (B)