Job Details:
Organisation: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Deadline Sun, 7 Apr 2019
Job type: Permanent
Location:
Mauritania
Technical Field Manager, AMD – Mauritania
The total salary package for this position is £61,404 per annum (c. USD $81,950) including salary and 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 MAG in Mauritania:
One predominate area of focus in MAG’s programmes across West Africa is Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) work, working with national defence and security authorities towards the safe storage management as well as destruction/relocation of weapons and munitions. MAG is implementing various AMD projects in Mauritania. One focuses on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) though the support of a reinforced national and regional security, implemented with the National Gendarmerie and the General Direction of National Security. We will shortly begin a weapons marking project implemented with the Army.
Other projects including destruction and/or relocation of munitions have been developed and could start over the coming few months.
About the role:
Our Technical Field Managers are the core of our work. MAG’s TFMs are responsible for the day-to-day management of all technical interventions and provide support in managing administration, finance, procurement, reporting and planning. MAG’s AMD TFMs liaise with national and local defence and security authorities, seeking to improve weapons and ammunition stockpile management.
This role in Mauritania will focus on various AMD operations, which include the construction and rehabilitation of arms and ammunition stores, training on the management of weapons stores, weapons markings and the development of databases. It will also support for the establishment of national frameworks for the effective control of small arms and light weapons, armoury construction, design and management, weapons management, and needs assessment.
About you:
Ideally, you will be qualified and experienced in AMD work, with previous experience working for a similar organisation, either in the humanitarian or commercial sector. However, we will also consider applications from candidates who have gained the necessary technical and practice experience in the military and can demonstrate a keen interest and willingness to work for a humanitarian mission and to learn the skills needed for AMD work. Where required, MAG will offer on the job training in all areas of AMD.
Successful candidates will also need excellent diplomacy and intercultural skills to effectively build relationships with the national staff as well as local authorities and security forces. All candidates should be willing to take on the challenges of working in the developing world and work as part of a flexible and committed team, to save lives in communities that need it the most. For this particular role, fluent French language skills are essential and English language skills are desirable.
For the further information on the role, the application form and details of how to apply please visit, the MAG website at www.maginternational.org/vacancies-at-MAG by the closing date of 7 April 2019. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible, as the advert will be taken down once an appointment is made. If you have not heard back from us within 3 weeks of applying, it means that your application has not been successful.
As part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.
Technical Field Manager, AMD – Mauritania
Job posted by: MAG (Mines Advisory Group) - Fri, 22 Mar 2019Job Details:
Organisation: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Deadline Sun, 7 Apr 2019
Job type: Permanent
Location: Mauritania
Technical Field Manager, AMD – Mauritania
The total salary package for this position is £61,404 per annum (c. USD $81,950) including salary and 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 MAG in Mauritania:
One predominate area of focus in MAG’s programmes across West Africa is Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) work, working with national defence and security authorities towards the safe storage management as well as destruction/relocation of weapons and munitions. MAG is implementing various AMD projects in Mauritania. One focuses on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) though the support of a reinforced national and regional security, implemented with the National Gendarmerie and the General Direction of National Security. We will shortly begin a weapons marking project implemented with the Army.
Other projects including destruction and/or relocation of munitions have been developed and could start over the coming few months.
About the role:
Our Technical Field Managers are the core of our work. MAG’s TFMs are responsible for the day-to-day management of all technical interventions and provide support in managing administration, finance, procurement, reporting and planning. MAG’s AMD TFMs liaise with national and local defence and security authorities, seeking to improve weapons and ammunition stockpile management.
This role in Mauritania will focus on various AMD operations, which include the construction and rehabilitation of arms and ammunition stores, training on the management of weapons stores, weapons markings and the development of databases. It will also support for the establishment of national frameworks for the effective control of small arms and light weapons, armoury construction, design and management, weapons management, and needs assessment.
About you:
Ideally, you will be qualified and experienced in AMD work, with previous experience working for a similar organisation, either in the humanitarian or commercial sector. However, we will also consider applications from candidates who have gained the necessary technical and practice experience in the military and can demonstrate a keen interest and willingness to work for a humanitarian mission and to learn the skills needed for AMD work. Where required, MAG will offer on the job training in all areas of AMD.
Successful candidates will also need excellent diplomacy and intercultural skills to effectively build relationships with the national staff as well as local authorities and security forces. All candidates should be willing to take on the challenges of working in the developing world and work as part of a flexible and committed team, to save lives in communities that need it the most. For this particular role, fluent French language skills are essential and English language skills are desirable.
For the further information on the role, the application form and details of how to apply please visit, the MAG website at www.maginternational.org/vacancies-at-MAG by the closing date of 7 April 2019. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible, as the advert will be taken down once an appointment is made. If you have not heard back from us within 3 weeks of applying, it means that your application has not been successful.
As part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.