Mechanical Support Manager, Angola

The starting salary package for this position is £57,856 GBP per annum (approx. $73,200 USD) including all allowances

About the Angola programme:

MAG has been active in Angola for more than 20 years clearing landmines and other explosive remnants of war. The programme currently operates in the east of Angola in Moxico, Lunda Sul and Lunda Norte provinces. Landmine clearance operations are focussed in Moxico, some of the poorest and most marginalised communities in the country. We also have a small Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) project. Our focus is to improve the security and wellbeing of these communities by returning safe land for productive use.

About the role:

The Mechanical Support Manager will be responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of our mechanical assets. The role is responsible for training, assessing, and monitoring all national staff who utilise the Minewolf 240, working to build local capacity for humanitarian mine action activities. The role can often be remote, working in challenging contexts away from home comforts, but the lifesaving impact the work has on local communities is very real, and rewarding.  This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in MAG’s life-saving work on a day-to-day basis.

About you:

You must be a qualified mechanic with experience operating, maintaining, and repairing mechanical assets including significant experience working on tillers and excavators. You must have fleet management experience. You should have experience conducting and supervising field operations of mechanical assets. You will have experience of conducting training and mentoring to our locally recruited operators and mechanics. Areas of operations are often remote with basic amenities, so applicants will need to be able to deal with living and working in challenging environments, as part of a flexible and committed team, to save lives in communities which need it most.

Benefits:

MAG staff are rewarded with generous benefits:

• Salary: The starting salary package for this position is £57,856 GBP per annum including all allowances and this increases with service.
• Accommodation: MAG will provide accommodation in-country.
• Leave: We recognise our staff work hard and need the appropriate time out to stay motivated. You'll have a minimum of six/eight weeks out of the programme per year (for permanent contracts).
• Flights: MAG provides three international flights home per year (for permanent contracts).
• Insurance: All international staff are automatically covered by MAG's comprehensive insurance package including: Personal accident and medical expenses insurance; Death by natural causes insurance and access to 24-hour medical assistance including evacuation and repatriation.

Please see the candidate information sheet in the application pack for further details on these benefits.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to safeguarding and background checks, please click here. You can also find more information in the candidate information pack, available through the link below.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles, we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.

HOW TO APPLY

For further information about this opportunity, as well as the application form, please download the candidate information pack, below:

MAG – Mechanical Support Manager, Angola - Application Pack

Please return the Application form to humanresources@maginternational.org by the closing date of Tuesday 25th July 2023. Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every application. If you have not heard back from us within 3 weeks of applying, it means that your application has not been successful.