Standards & Training Manager, Iraq

Job posted by: MAG (Mines Advisory Group) - Wed, 13 Feb 2019

Job Details:

Organisation: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)

Deadline Sun, 3 Mar 2019

Job type: Permanent

Location: Iraq

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The starting salary package for this position is £71,404 GBP per annum /approx. $95,300 USD including all allowances.

 

 About MAG:

MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict.

 

About the Iraq programme:

Following decades of conflict, Iraq is heavily contaminated with Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) including landmines and Victim Operated Improvised Explosive Devices (VOIEDs) in urban and rural environments.  MAG has been working in Northern Iraq since 1992 and after expansion into new areas over the past 4 years; we currently have several hundred national technical teams operating across multiple provinces in northern and central Iraq. MAG conducts widespread land release activities utilising integrated methods and has lead development of IED clearance approaches in Iraq. 

 

About the role:

The Standards and Training Manager (STM) will manage a Training, Monitoring and Evaluation Team (TMEU) with international and national staff to develop and deliver quality Training Management Packages (TMPs) at all levels of EOD and IED clearance competencies set out in IMAS. To implement comprehensive Quality Management Systems QMS) across all areas of technical operations in order to maintain safety, improve standards and promote best practise. To conduct incident investigations and prepare comprehensive incident and lesson learnt reports.

 

About you:

You must have a relevant and recognised EOD/demining/IEDD qualification or suitable practical experience. Have up-to-date knowledge on IED clearance in the Middle East, knowledge of integrated mine clearance techniques through working for a similar organisation, in either the humanitarian, commercial sector or military/civil service sectors. Additionally, you will have specific experience of designing and delivering formal or informal training, as well as excellent organisational skills. You must be willing to take on the physical challenges of working in a ‘hands on’ role in post-conflict environments, as part of a flexible and committed team.

 

For the further information on the role, the application pack and details of how to apply, please visit, the MAG website at www.maginternational.org/vacancies-at-MAG by the closing date of the 3 March 2019.

 



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