This report is the culmination of the second major global survey of the humanitarian workforce that has been undertaken by ELRHA. Since the publication of the scoping study, there has been increasing attention on the need to accelerate and scale up the development of professional systems for the humanitarian sector. To do this, there was also a recognised need for more detailed research to understand the humanitarian career pathway and the access to professional development opportunities as experienced by staff in different regions of the world. In 2011,ELRHA created a number of advisory groups (‘hubs’) in key regions around the world in order to explore how the creation of a global systemforhumanitarian professional developmentcould be achieved. The global survey that is presented in this report has been developed in collaboration with these regional hubs.