Mechanical Support Manager, Angola
The starting salary package for this position is £57,856 GBP per annum (approx. $73,200 USD) including all allowances
About MAG:
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is an international humanitarian organisation based in Manchester, UK, and working in 32 countries. We remove landmines and unexploded ordnance to release safe and productive land for communities, and work to reduce the threat of armed violence by supporting governments to safely manage weapons and ammunition. In 1997, MAG was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for our work campaigning for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
About the Angola programme:
MAG has been active in Angola for more than 20 years clearing landmines and other explosive remnants of war. The programme currently operates in the east of Angola in Moxico, Lunda Sul and Lunda Norte provinces. Landmine clearance operations are focussed in Moxico, some of the poorest and most marginalised communities in the country. We also have a small Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) project. Our focus is to improve the security and wellbeing of these communities by returning safe land for productive use.
About the role:
The Mechanical Support Manager will be responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of our mechanical assets. The role is responsible for training, assessing, and monitoring all national staff who utilise the Minewolf 240, working to build local capacity for humanitarian mine action activities. The role can often be remote, working in challenging contexts away from home comforts, but the lifesaving impact the work has on local communities is very real, and rewarding. This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in MAG’s life-saving work on a day-to-day basis.
About you:
You must be a qualified mechanic with experience operating, maintaining, and repairing mechanical assets including significant experience working on tillers and excavators. You must have fleet management experience. You should have experience conducting and supervising field operations of mechanical assets. You will have experience of conducting training and mentoring to our locally recruited operators and mechanics. Areas of operations are often remote with basic amenities, so applicants will need to be able to deal with living and working in challenging environments, as part of a flexible and committed team, to save lives in communities which need it most.
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 on the MAG website, using 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
How to apply
For the further information on the role, the application pack and details of how to apply, please visit the MAG website at www.maginternational.org/vacancies-at-MAG by the closing date of Tuesday 25th July 2023.