Danish Demining Group (DDG) has operated in Afg...

Danish Demining Group (DDG) has operated in Afghanistan since 1999. At present the total work force consist of approximately 570 national employees involved in manual demining, manual surface and sub-surface clearance, mechanical clearance, mine risk awareness and EOD work. The Programme Manager (PM) reports to the Head of DDG and has 10-12 expatriate staff assisting him in the operations.Duties and responsibilitiesExternal relations• Liaise with Afghan authorities, donors, Mine Action authorities including UNMACA, and other organisations active in demining, development and security.• Write proposals and reports to the above actors.• Facilitate field trips with donors, HQ staff and occasionally media.Management duties• Analyse, plan and implement programme developments on a strategic level, including development of responses to donor requirements for integration with other development sectors.• Manage finances with the assistance of the Programme Administrator• Plan, develop and manage human resources in the programme with the assistance of the Administrator.• Monitor and respond to the security environment with regards to Afghanistan’s internal conflict as well as to the risks associated with mine action activities.Internal relations• Liaise with staff in Copenhagen HQ.• Head the management team for DDG Afghanistan consisting of the Programme Manager, Project Managers the Programme Administrator (admin/fin) and the Operations Manager (technical).• Participate in meetings with Technical Advisors and senior national staff and visit field staff regularly.  Qualifications• Substantial international experience from humanitarian/development work including programme development and management responsibilities.• Substantial experience with humanitarian mine action but not necessarily in a technical capacity.• Experience with financial management.• Experience with writing proposals and reports to donors.• Experience with high security environments.• Afghan experience is an advantage.• Diplomatic, patient and persistent.• Fluency in written and spoken English.• Good knowledge of Word and Excel.ConditionsDuty station: DDG HQ Afghanistan, Kabul.Contract: 1 year contract with possibility of extension. Salary and other conditions are generally in accordance with DDG/DRC staff rules.Start: As soon as possible, preferably during July 2009.Further informationQuestions on duties and conditions can be directed to DDG Operations Manager Asia Fredrik Pålsson, ******se note that applications are not to be sent to Mr. Pålsson, but via our on-line application system. See www.drc.dk under Vacancies.Application and CVOnly motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications sent together with a CV will be considered. CV-only applications will not be considered.We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies/Programme Manager – DDG Afghanistan. Please forward application, in English and marked “DDG – Programme Manager”, no later than 26. May 2009. Problems with on-line application?Please contact Anne Oxholm, ****** if you experience problems with your on-line application.BackgroundDDG was established in 1997 as an independent organisation. It has since merged with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in order to create a Humanitarian Mine Action unit within the organisation, hence benefiting from synergies in cooperation but not being limited at the same. The vision of Danish Demining Group is to be the preferred strategic and operational partner working to reduce the humanitarian and socio-economic threats caused by landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). DDG bases its approach upon the principles of the Ottawa Convention’s five pillars of Mine Action, but does not limit fields activities to the removal of anti personnel mines only, and routinely engages in the disposal of the full range of ERW. DDG currently operates in Afghanistan, Somaliland, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Iraq, Chechnya, Uganda and Sudan. DRC/DDG is a non-profit, private, humanitarian organisation, which aim is to protect refugees and internally displaced persons against persecution and to promote durable solutions based on humanitarian principles and human rights, both in Denmark and internationally. Support and capacity building of local and national authorities and NGOs form an integrated part of the work as does relief work and other humanitarian aid, rehabilitation, support to return and repatriation, and the removal of landmines.                                                               APPLY HERE