Operations - Senior Assistant

Supports the UNMAS Syria Response Programme's operational coordination for humanitarian mine action. The assistant helps plan team deployments and explosive-ordnance assessments, maintains IMSMA data and incident records, liaises with authorities and communities, monitors missions, and produces updates that identify operational successes and challenges for the Head of Operations.

• Coordinate team deployments and related operational activities under established plans and procedures
• Draft plans, reports and documentation for explosive-ordnance assessment tasks
• Organize operational meetings and liaise with local authorities when required
• Record explosive ordnance and hazardous-area information in standard IMSMA forms
• Complete and record IMSMA accident and victim reports with affected communities
• Monitor missions and maintain operational documentation with the coordination team
• Compile operational information and prepare daily and weekly updates on successes and challenges

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with one year of relevant experience, or a high school diploma with five years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience in programming, monitoring, operations or planning
• EOD Level 2 certification meeting IMAS standards, with proof of completion submitted with the application
• Fluent English
• Fluent Arabic

• Mine action experience

• Data management
• Field operations
• IMSMA reporting
• Explosive ordnance assessment
• Stakeholder liaison

• IMSMA