Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 14 Aug 2016
Community Liaison Manager – DRC
The salary package for this role is generally£31,868 - £39,012 per annum* including basic salary, cost of living allowance and hardship allowance where applicable.
About MAG:
MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict.
About the DRC Programme:
MAG has been working in DRC since 2004 and currently has a team of 6 expatriate staff and 30 national staff working in several provinces of DRC. MAG conducts a range of technical clearance activities, aimed at decreasing the risks posed by mines and unexploded ordnance, which were left scattered throughout the country during the war. As well as conducting technical clearance work, MAG delivers risk education to local communities and also works with national authorities, to improve the storage of weapons and destroy surplus stocks.
About the role:
As a Community Liaison Manager with MAG you will work with local communities and a wide range of stakeholders. Our community liaison roles are varied, and can involve designing and delivering Risk Education programmes to be implemented in the region by our Community Liaison teams, collecting and analysing data on accidents and MAG’s impact to lower these, conducting non-technical surveys, or building relationships with communities so that MAG’s teams can enter a region to start the process of making it safe. Our Community Liaison Managers are essential to MAG’s life-saving work and this is a great opportunity to be part of that.
About you:
You will have experience of leading, motivating and managing national staff, have strong participatory learning and facilitation skills and experience of conducting assessments in order to design and implement appropriate interventions. In addition, you should have experience in designing and delivering formal or informal training, with the ability to organize and coordinate activities or projects. We’d be especially pleased to hear from you if you have previous experience of working in Africa. Candidates must be fluent in French language.
You should be aware though, 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.
How to apply:
For the further information on the role, the application form and details of how to apply, please visit, the MAG website at www.maginternational.org/vacancies-at-MAG by the closing date of 14 August 2016.
