Country Director, Sudan
This role is subject to MAG receiving confirmation of funding
The starting salary package for this position is £69,224 GBP / approx. $93,500 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 role:
MAG is hiring for a Country Director to provide strategic leadership and representation for MAG as we establish our new programme in Sudan, maintaining robust oversight of the programme to ensure quality delivery of MAG activities. Reporting to the Regional Director, you will be responsible for the effective establishment and integration of strategic, programmatic and operational management, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and MAG’s mission and mandate in order to maintain the quality, relevance, and consistency of all programme activities. You will have a wide variety of strategic responsibilities including contract management, donor liaison, people management, security management, capacity building and risk management. You will be responsible and accountable for the delivery, effective management, monitoring and evaluation and development of the programme.
About you:
You will be an experienced senior manager with significant experience of strategic management and direction of complex humanitarian projects. This experience should include implementation, risk assessment and mitigation, management, monitoring and evaluation, and contract and statutory compliance. You will be a proven leader, with expertise in new business development including contract negotiation, programme design and development. You will be a strong communicator, able to represent and negotiate on behalf of MAG as well as manage complex stakeholder relationships including local partners, government bodies, donors, and other NGOs with tact and diplomacy. Experience of programme start-up in particular would be highly advantageous. Ultimately you will be driven, creative, and solution-focused, with the capacity to live and work in challenging environments with limited supervision, and overall commitment to MAG’s core values and strategic direction.
About the Sudan programme:
MAG has been previously operational in Sudan, and is re-establishing its programme in response to high humanitarian mine action needs as a result of the ongoing conflict. With programme start-up ongoing, MAG plans to scale up programming to conduct emergency survey, clearance and explosive ordnance risk education activities, in support of humanitarian delivery and early post-conflict recovery in conflict-affected communities.
How to apply
Further information and 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/work-for-us/vacancies by the closing date of Sunday 12th October 2025.
MAG will support the successful applicant with any visa or work permit required, including application, administration and costs, however applicants will need to be able to obtain these within a reasonable time period to be considered for the role, due to programme needs.
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 here and background checks here. You can also find more information in the candidate information pack, available on our website.
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.