Community Liaison Manager – Team Leader, Iraq

The starting salary package for this position is £42,904 (approx. $57,250 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 areas over the last four years and is the largest humanitarian mine action organisation in the country with 1,200 national staff and 92 teams operating in six areas. 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, MAG has supported the safer return of IDPs to their communities, expansion or establishment of camps for displaced people through clearance, as well as delivering life-saving explosive ordnance risk education for at-risk populations.

About the role:

The Community Liaison Manager – Team Leader (CLM-TL) is an exciting opportunity to lead a unit delivering on humanitarian protection interventions in Iraq. The CLM-TL will provide senior and strategic support to the Technical Operations Manager (TOM) and be the CL focal point within the wider Iraq programme, with national authorities, INGOs and the wider humanitarian community. The CLM-TL will manage a team of international Community Liaison Managers and national CL partners on both strategic and operational levels. The position plays a key role in identifying and recommending areas for development and expansion, as well as advising how MAG Iraq can focus current activities to achieve maximum benefit for beneficiary communities.

Under the direction of the TOM, the CLM-TL will lead the CL unit, made up more than 30 teams, and develop MAG Iraq’s CL strategy and implementation plan. The CLM-TL is responsible for monitoring and analysing progress on targets and outcomes related to CL activities. The position will conduct research on MAG Iraq’s CL approach and its evolution and has scope to employing innovation and creativity to improve materials, processes, activity delivery and beneficiary outcomes. The position also plays a role in providing quality CL input into proposals, reports, and other relevant stakeholder documentation.

About you:

You will have previous experience working in the protection and/or humanitarian field, with strong management, capacity building and monitoring skills. The post holder will have previously worked with a range of protection/humanitarian actors including national authorities, international organisations and coordination mechanisms.

The successful candidate should also have strong skills in information management and impact monitoring. In addition, you will have a solid experience in community based work and participatory approaches and the ability to mentor and manage a team remotely. Experience in mine action and coordination with mine action authorities and stakeholders as well as knowledge of international mine action standards and current approaches to CL is a distinct advantage. Fluency in English is essential, Arabic language skills are desirable.

Benefits:

MAG staff are rewarded with generous benefits:

• Salary: The starting salary package for this position is £42,904 GBP / approx. $57,250 USD per annum 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. As Iraq is considered a hardship posting you will receive an additional 10 days leave.

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

MAG – Community Liaison Manager – Team Leader, Iraq Application Pack 

Please return a completed application form to humanresources@maginternational.org. 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.