Coordinating Operations Manager

Coordinating Operations ManagerSwedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
Closing date: 15 Feb 2010
Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) - Kabalo

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) is looking for a coordinating operations manager for its mechanical demining project in Kabalo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mission duration - 10 months from the middle of March 2010.

Duties include leading, supervising, and safely managing all aspects of the mission including EOD operations and making sure that SOPs are correctly followed.

You will also be responsible for accounts, wages for local staff, helping and creating organisational and programme budgets in collaboration with the project manager situated at the MSB’s head office.
Duties also include leading and motivating personnel (both the international and local personnel) towards the mission’s goals.

You will also coordinate logistics operations together with the logistics officer and other organisations in the area. This position may include considerable physical activity. You will be expected to perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Experience

- Experience from operational management and organisational development (e.g. humanitarian demining programmes, overseas relief and development programmes, service as a military officer).
- Advanced, technical, international EOD and/or demining background.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills with experience of liaison and networking with partner organisations.
- Experience from mine clearance, with a minimum of two years work.
- International experience as a trainer in the field of Mine Action.
- In-depth knowledge of international standards and regulations for Mine Action.
- A realistic and objective approach to new technologies and methodologies.
- In-depth understanding of the intercultural challenges of working environments in Africa.
- Excellent cooperating ability, both with national and international personnel.
- Knowledge of computer use and data acquisition.
Ability to work under and adapt to stressful and complex conditions.

Education

University degrees in logistics, business administration, transport economics, engineering, or other related fields combined with international experience from humanitarian demining programs. A relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of a formal university degree.

Languages

- Fluent English is essential, both spoken and written.
- In-depth knowledge of technical English.
- Fluency in written and spoken French is highly desirable.

Other requirements

Candidates must be physically capable and medically fit to work and travel and will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical examination by a licensed physician before being contracted.

Candidates under serious consideration must inform their employers of their potential assignment with the MSB and obtain a written agreement in which the employer confirms his/her intention of releasing the candidate on short notice upon request from the MSB.

Profile

We are looking for men and women with a strong commitment towards humanitarian relief and disaster operations. It is of utmost priority that candidates understand, respect and act in the sprit of the mandate and core values of the MSB. The candidate must possess a high level of professional and personal maturity together with an ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers and external partners, such as UN organisations, NGOs, recipient governments and host populations. Candidates must be able to interact with sensitivity and display respect for diversity and gender in multi-cultural environments. A capacity for working under pressure is essential, as work is often in difficult and demanding conditions, where the focus frequently shifts due to changes in priority. The candidate is expected to have excellent analytical and communicative skills, show initiative and take both a hands-on and an analytical approach to tasks and problems.

Contractual conditions

All MSB operational personnel are registered on a roster which contains a wide range of professions and competencies. Individuals recruited to the pool take the MSB’s introduction course and any specialist training courses required. It is from this roster that we select personnel when an operation is to be executed. Working with the MSB on an overseas operation means that personnel from the pool are temporarily employed by the MSB. The MSB pays wages, insurances, travel costs and subsistence allowance during the operation. In addition, participants on introduction courses and relevant specialist training courses receive remuneration from the MSB.
How to apply
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency applies a policy of equal opportunities and takes care to avoid any form of discrimination. We strive for gender balance and qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Your application, which should take the form of a personal letter applying for the post, must be accompanied by a completed "EU CV" (in English) and be submitted via e-mail to camilla.abelson@msb.se

State the position title in the subject line.

Health declaration prior to the recruitment to the MSB personnel pool.doc

CV - EU format.doc

Application deadline 15th February 2010