Overview
Responsible for ensuring high-quality delivery of Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) activities from fundraising to operational procedures, training, and partner oversight to support an effective HMA operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Update HMA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and secure re-accreditation.
- Lead planning of HMA activities.
- Oversee and ensure timely and quality implementation of HMA activities.
- Ensure availability and serviceability of equipment.
- Support procurement planning.
- Forecast and monitor expenditure of allocated HMA budget lines.
- Collaborate on safety and access issues.
- Participate in project cycle management processes.
- Contribute technical input to HMA donor reports.
- Conduct technical capacity assessment of local partners.
- Provide technical management, supervision, and mentoring to staff and partners.
- Supervise operational activities of local partners and DRC staff.
- Deliver and track training.
- Monitor productivity and provide recommendations.
- Ensure regular coordination with DRC HQ HMA staff.
- Conduct regular internal quality assurance (QA) and external quality control (QC) of teams and activities.
- Support QA reviews by the Country Office MEAL team.
- Facilitate external QA processes and follow up on recommendations.
- Represent DRC in area-level HMA-related meetings.
- Coordinate with local HMA partners and duty bearers.
- Contribute to the design and development of the area-level HMA strategy.
- Line manage the HMA team and performance management.
- Conduct annual appraisals of staff.
- Ensure staff well-being and capacity building.
- Conduct a training needs analysis and create a capacity-building strategy.
Required Experience
- At least 3 to 4 years of experience in Humanitarian Mine Action within an international context (e.g. NGO, UN).
- Proven expertise and operational knowledge of a wide range of HMA equipment used in Land Release operations.
- Demonstrated experience in the technical planning of Non-Technical Survey (NTS), Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Land Release operations.
- Proven experience in supervising staff conducting NTS, EORE, EOD and Land Release activities in the field.
- Demonstrated ability to train and build the capacity of national HMA staff in EORE, EOD and Land Release operations.
- Experience with project management including budget and planning processes in a humanitarian context.
- Experience working with organizational functions such as HR (e.g., appraisals, workforce planning), logistics and procurement (e.g., equipment and asset management), finance (e.g., budget follow-up), and security.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in international relations, social work, law or another relevant field.
- IMAS EOD Level 2 certification is required. IMAS EOD Level 3 preferred.
