Job Details:
Organisation: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Deadline Sun, 6 Jan 2019
Job type: Permanent
Location:
The starting salary package for this position is £77,154 GBP (approx. $103,000 USD) including all allowances.
About the Iraq programme:
Following decades of conflict, Iraq is heavily contaminated with landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) and the ongoing regional crisis has added to the scale of this problem. MAG has been working in Iraq since 1992 and after expansion into new area over the past 12 months; we currently have 700 national staff and 88 teams operating in 6 areas in northern Iraq. By clearing hazardous areas, MAG has enabled new schools, roads and hospitals to be built, opened up vital trade routes and allowed communities to use their farming land in safety, giving them greater food security and an escape from poverty. Most recently, our work has supported the safe expansion or establishment of camps for displaced people and clearance of areas of return, as well as delivering life-saving risk education for those fleeing the violence.
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 role:
As a senior technical manager, you will be responsible for ensuring quality, safety and efficiency in our humanitarian mine clearance and EOD/High Risk Search operations. You will hold a recognisable EOD and IED qualification and have extensive experience of implementing efficient clearance operations in challenging environments. Working closely with and reporting to the Technical Operations Manager, you will be accountable for ensuring the highest quality of programming. You will also support the Technical Operations Manager in developing the programmes technical strategy, plans, proposals budgets and technical training in addition to managing and overseeing the performance and development of the Technical Field Managers.
About you:
You must be qualified to a minimum of IMAS EOD 3 and have technical knowledge of mines, unexploded ordnance and IEDs. The post holder will also need to be familiar with IEDD and High Risk Search operations through working for a similar organisation, in either the humanitarian, commercial sector or military/civil service sectors.
You must have excellent people management skills with extensive experience of leading and motivating a team. The post holder will also be required to have strong project management skills with the ability to coordinate, design, manage, improve and report on technical operations. This is a demanding yet highly rewarding position that will be suited to a highly motivated, solution-focused and flexible manager. You will need previous experience of managing all phases of large-scale technical operations.
For 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 6 January 2019.
Technical Field Manager- Team Leader, Iraq
Job posted by: MAG (Mines Advisory Group) - Fri, 7 Dec 2018Job Details:
Organisation: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Deadline Sun, 6 Jan 2019
Job type: Permanent
Location:
The starting salary package for this position is £77,154 GBP (approx. $103,000 USD) including all allowances.
About the Iraq programme:
Following decades of conflict, Iraq is heavily contaminated with landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) and the ongoing regional crisis has added to the scale of this problem. MAG has been working in Iraq since 1992 and after expansion into new area over the past 12 months; we currently have 700 national staff and 88 teams operating in 6 areas in northern Iraq. By clearing hazardous areas, MAG has enabled new schools, roads and hospitals to be built, opened up vital trade routes and allowed communities to use their farming land in safety, giving them greater food security and an escape from poverty. Most recently, our work has supported the safe expansion or establishment of camps for displaced people and clearance of areas of return, as well as delivering life-saving risk education for those fleeing the violence.
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 role:
As a senior technical manager, you will be responsible for ensuring quality, safety and efficiency in our humanitarian mine clearance and EOD/High Risk Search operations. You will hold a recognisable EOD and IED qualification and have extensive experience of implementing efficient clearance operations in challenging environments. Working closely with and reporting to the Technical Operations Manager, you will be accountable for ensuring the highest quality of programming. You will also support the Technical Operations Manager in developing the programmes technical strategy, plans, proposals budgets and technical training in addition to managing and overseeing the performance and development of the Technical Field Managers.
About you:
You must be qualified to a minimum of IMAS EOD 3 and have technical knowledge of mines, unexploded ordnance and IEDs. The post holder will also need to be familiar with IEDD and High Risk Search operations through working for a similar organisation, in either the humanitarian, commercial sector or military/civil service sectors.
You must have excellent people management skills with extensive experience of leading and motivating a team. The post holder will also be required to have strong project management skills with the ability to coordinate, design, manage, improve and report on technical operations. This is a demanding yet highly rewarding position that will be suited to a highly motivated, solution-focused and flexible manager. You will need previous experience of managing all phases of large-scale technical operations.
For 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 6 January 2019.