Roving Community Liaison Manager

The starting salary package for this position is £41,704 GBP / approx. $55,596 USD plus per diem when travelling

About the role:

MAG is seeking to recruit a Roving Community Liaison Manager to join our Operational Development Team (ODT). Reporting to the Senior Community Liaison Advisor (SCLA), you will play a central role in supporting the effective delivery of CL activities by undertaking structured missions to MAG’s programmes. These visits will focus on providing support, capacity building and mentoring to Community Liaison staff.

You will also work to improve quality, accountability, innovation and learning in relation to MAG’s CL activities through supporting the SCLA with the design and delivery of CL tools and approaches and ensuring examples of best practice relating to CL, are shared between programmes. In addition, you may be required to support emergency response initiatives or the start-up of new operations.

This position requires a large amount of travel – around 60% to 70% of working time, perhaps more -  with varying mission lengths and locations, some of which may be organised at short notice. A high degree of flexibility is therefore required to undertake this role.

About you:

You will have previous experience of working overseas in the Humanitarian Mine Action sector, with experience of leading, capacity developing and managing national staff to implement Community Liaison (CL) projects and activities.  You will have excellent technical knowledge of core CL programming areas, including Risk Education, Non-Technical Survey and Impact Monitoring. You will possess strong participatory learning and facilitation skills and will have applied these to train others. You will have a proven background in conducting monitoring and evaluation/quality assurance assessments and demonstrated ability to enhance and improve the quality of technical delivery. Finally, you will be able work independently while being part of a geographically diverse team.

We would be especially pleased to hear from you if you have a working knowledge of French or a relevant second language (Spanish or Arabic), as well as experience of designing and delivering programmes relating to small arms/light weapons (SALW) management.

You should be aware, MAG’s areas of operations are often remote with basic amenities, so you will need to be able to live and work in challenging environments, where the need for your skills and MAG’s work is most.

Benefits:

MAG staff are rewarded with generous benefits:

• • Salary: The starting salary package for this position is £41,704 per annum including all allowances and this increases with service.
• • Leave: We recognise our staff work hard and need the appropriate time out to stay motivated. You'll have a minimum of six weeks annual leave per year.
• • 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. In order to strive towards gender diversity within the team, we would strongly welcome applications from female candidates.

HOW TO APPLY

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

MAG – Roving Community Liaison Manager - Application Pack

Please return the Application Form to humanresources@maginternational.org by the closing date of 10 January 2022. 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.