The name Mines Advisory Group was established in the early days of the organisation, when it was decided that MAG’s initial role would be to draw the attention of the international community towards issues relating to mines and UXO. Between 1990 and 1991, the McGrath brothers carried out two assessment missions to Afghanistan and Cambodia, hoping that their findings would mobilise governments and international agencies into more purposeful action. In 1990, war-ravaged Afghanistan was a country of extreme disruption and immense suffering. Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan were being directed back to villages still contaminated by landmines and as a result were being killed or horrifically maimed. One young Afghan boy left a particular impression on Rae McGrath. “His small body had been absolutely shattered by a Soviet-laid POM-Z fragmentation mine,” he remembers. “When we were at the hospital, his family urged us to take his photograph to show the world the horrific impact of these weapons, which we did.” The boy died from his injuries hours after. His photograph was later used by MAG to highlight the dangers and deadly consequences of mines.
- Experience 1 – 3 years
- Location Borno
Responsibilities:
- Provide support and advice to the PM regarding current and future CL activities and tasks for Borno State.
- Provides guidance to CL teams through the management of the PM.
- Support implementation of new program activities and development of CL in new program areas.
- Support the implementation and review of QA/QC procedures for CL
- Conduct regular M&E of CL activities and ensure that recommendations from monitoring visits are acted upon
- Provides support to MAG’s Community Focal Points
- Deliver relevant CL training to new CL staff
- Provide support to and participate in the recruitment of new CL staff
- Support the planning, collection and sharing of case studies
- Support MAG during joint assessments with NGOs that require CL input/expertise
- Support design and implementation of MRE activities as required
- Communicate and coordinate with MAG PM regarding CL/MRE issues
- Ensure information/requests circulated from the PM are responded to and/or circulated to the relevant CL staff.
- Report CL related work/issue to PM as required
- Report the CL activities on a daily basis.
Essential requirements:
- Should be an indigen of Borno state and should provide proof of indigeneity.
- Previous experience of using participatory techniques to gather information in at-risk communities
- Previous experience of carrying out community-based education activities or similar
- University Degree in the field of Sociology, Education or any other related area
- of Experience in overseeing and managing field-based staff and supporting work planning processes
- Experience of data gathering, management and analysis including the development of data gathering mechanisms and tools
- Experience of working with rural communities from a variety of different ethnic groups.
- Good communication and team work skills
- Computer literacy
- Hausa, Kanuri and English language skills.
Method of Application
Please send your application in English with your CV and cover letter in the same document to [email protected]
Your application document should be titled in the following format: MAG_CLTL_YOUR NAME, and this should also be the subject of your email
Note that applications which do not adhere to these instructions will not be reviewed.
