HMA Team Leader (Demining Supervisor)

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency with a mandate to protect, advocate and promote durable solutions for displacement affected populations.

DRC has been operating in Ukraine since 2014, currently DRC employs over 700 staff in Ukraine and will continue significant scale-up in 2024 to implement emergency response in the Protection, Livelihoods, Shelter/NFIs and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (humanitarian mine action) sectors, using direct interventions, support to duty bearers and civil society organizations (CSOs), and partnerships with CSOs. DRC will continue and adapt its durable solutions portfolio to the evolving context.

About the job

DRC has been operating in Ukraine for more than 10 years with emergency and durable solution interventions for assisting IDPs, returnees, host communities, and conflict-affected populations. With the outbreak of the conflict in February 2022, DRC has shifted its programming to emergency response to meet the urgent needs of conflict-affected population in the country. The Demining Supervisor shall be able to lead TS/MMC/BAC process in Mykolaiv and assist the area south Technical Field Manager in prioritizing and planning EO Clearance tasks.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Supervise MMC/BAC DRC HDP Teams.
• Support TFM/TA and QM unit in refresher training to MMC/BAC team when necessary.
• Provide administrative, welfare and disciplinary supervision of all DRC HDP team members.
• Represent the teams at all coordination meetings, providing feedback as necessary.
• Conduct daily meetings with the teams to plan operational activities.
• Report on MMC/BAC materials and equipment to the TFM.
• Send daily reports to TFM.
• Ensure that all operational equipment and running supplies and stock in the field are replenished on a timely manner.
• Report any damages, malfunction or loss of any equipment.
• Make sure that the driver maintains a vehicle mileage log.
• Report to the management any vehicle break-down and unserviceability.
• Be familiar with IMAS, NMAS and DRC HDP SOP and procedures in relation to NTS/TS/MMC/BAC.
• Be overall charge of all clearance operations in the field locations.
• Carry out any other responsible task as directed by TFM and TA.
• Be responsible for submitting logistical requests to the Supply Chain with the minimum of 2 weeks’ notice for procurement.
• Once per month conduct QC of three percent of the subsurface cleared area.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to demonstrate proactivity in Explosive Ordnance Clearance process and the ability to lead multi gender teams by respecting core competencies of DRC. You are expected to correctly monitor compiling of task folders and reporting system of DRC HDP sector. Moreover, you should be able to describe working knowledge of DRC national staff rules and understand recruitment process. You are expected to demonstrate understanding of DRC procurement procedures. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Deminer Qualification
• Team Leader Qualification
• Good working knowledge of Ukrainian and basic/moderate English Language
• DRC E-Learning Mandatory Courses

Desirable

• DRC E-Learning Performance & Development Review Course Qualification
• DRC E-Learning People Planning Course Qualification

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer:

Contract length: Open ended contract.
Level: G – Management
Designation of Duty Station: Mykolaiv - Full time based

Start date: 1st July
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national staff.

This position is open to national applicants only. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment; please refer to www.drc.ngo under Vacancies.

Application process:

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages in English).

Applications are open until 24th June 2024

Applications sent by email will not be considered.

We reserve the right to conduct further interviews before the deadline for submission of applications.

Founded in 1956, DRC Danish Refugee Council is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO. We have continuously been ranked as one of the best NGOs in the world - and are one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In over 40 countries, we protect, advocate and build sustainable futures for refugees and other displacement-affected people and communities.

By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of around 8000 employees. We pride ourselves on our:

• Professionalism, impact & expertise
• Humanitarian approach & the work we do
• Purpose, meaningfulness & own contribution
• Culture, values & strong leadership
• Fair compensation & continuous development

DRC’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. DRC conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks as part of the recruitment process.

Danish Refugee Council is an equal opportunity employer and we consider all applicants regardless of race, age, ability, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. We have a strong ambition to further enhance the diversity of our workforce and our goal is to achieve 50% gender balance and at least 50% representation of national staff in management roles. We acknowledge the importance of fostering a diverse and inclusive team to successfully achieve our organizational goals and positively impact the communities we serve.