Senior Technical Advisor - Capacity Development

Senior Technical Advisor – Capacity Development (Civil Defence), Syrian Arab Republic The starting salary package for this position is £87,628 GBP including all allowances. This is a fixed term role for 18 months. This is an unaccompanied post. About MAG: MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce the threat of armed violence by supporting governments to safely manage weapons and ammunition. In 1997, MAG was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for our work campaigning for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. About the role: Reporting to the Country Director with a technical line to the Technical Director, you will be responsible for Leading MAG’s capacity development partnership with Syria Civil Defence, providing senior technical advice at institutional level and building a nationally owned capacity to plan, manage and deliver explosive ordnance response and risk education safely and to standard. Managing MAG’s embedded capacity development team, ensuring their work is coordinated, technically sound and directed towards agreed capacity development outcomes. As well as support the Country Director in developing the strategy, plans, proposals and budgets for this workstream, and to manage MAG’s contractual and reporting obligations to the donors funding it. Represent MAG on capacity development matters with Civil Defence, SNMAC, the Ministry, UNMAS, GICHD, donors and the wider mine action sector. About the Syria programme: MAG has been responding to the Syria crisis since 2013, working to support development by finding and destroying the explosive remnants of war so that communities can raise their families and pursue their livelihoods in a safe and secure environment, free from fear of death or injury. In addition to our current programme in the North East, you will also support the safe expansion of initiatives across all of Syria, based on where and how opportunities arise in the future. Requirements Responsibilities: Institutional Capacity Development and Technical Governance · Lead MAG’s technical relationship and capacity development partnership with Civil Defence, agreeing institutional priorities, intended outcomes and a sequenced capacity development plan. · Oversee the development and embedding of the systems needed for safe and effective delivery, including training, standard operating procedures, quality management, accreditation and operational information management, aligned with National Mine Action Standards, IMAS and MAG Global Technical Standards. · Advise Civil Defence leadership on operational planning, tasking, prioritisation, equipment and resource requirements, and support preparation for accreditation and formal national tasking arrangements. · Coordinate the specialist input required…