Mine Action Specialist

**Overview of position**

**General Background**

- Our client supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.
- Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.
- Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.
- With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, our client offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.
- A flexible structure and global reach mean that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale. Please provide general background information on the context of the engagement.

**Background Information - Peace and Security Cluster**

- For over 20 years, our clients Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) has served as a key implementation platform supporting the work of its largest partner.
- Through a strategic partnership, PSC delivers interlinked portfolio, programme and project management services, reinforced by robust oversight and risk management controls tailored to operations in complex and high-risk environments.
- Operating under the leadership of the Cluster Director - who holds overall authority and accountability for PSC’s performance on behalf of its clients - the Cluster provides day-to-day management of their partners field programmes.
- This includes comprehensive support across human resources, procurement, contract management, planning, implementation, and financial oversight, ensuring full compliance with our client rules and regulations and donor requirements.
- PSC’s service delivery is complemented by cross-cutting initiatives, including knowledge and information management, gender equality, diversity and inclusion and quality assurance.
- The Cluster enables agile deployment and operational flexibility, allowing field programmes to respond swiftly to shifting needs in dynamic operational contexts. It also plays an essential role in donor reporting and visibility, ensuring that funding is used transparently and effectively.

**Background Information**

- Established in 1997, our clients partner works to eliminate the threat of landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW), and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Their partner leads operational responses, coordinates mine action across the UN system, and contributes to global standards and policy development.
- They supports the UN's vision of "a world free of the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance, where individuals and communities live in a safe environment conducive to development, and where mine survivors are fully integrated into their societies."
- Operating under mandates from both the UN General Assembly and Security Council, their functions as a specialized service within the Department of Peace Operations (DPO).
- They operates under UN legislative mandates of both the General Assembly and the Security Council, or at the request of the UN Secretary-General or his designated official. When instructed by the Security Council or called upon by Member States, their partner deploys under humanitarian, peace and security mandates.
- Their main headquarters is in the UN Secretariat, New York with a sub-office in Geneva.
- They provides direct support and assistance in the areas of explosive hazard threat mitigation to 18 countries/territories/missions, has a standby rapid response capacity and global technical advisors in the field of IEDs and Weapons and Ammunition Management.
- As an office within DPO, their partner supports peacekeeping and special political missions in accordance with Security Council mandates.
- They chair the Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action (IACG-MA) and leads the Mine Action Area of Responsibility under the Global Protection Cluster. It also chairs the IMAS Review Board and leads the UN Coordinating Task Force on IEDs, supporting the Secretary-General’s Disarmament Agenda.

**Background Information - Sudan**

- The Sudan Programme, based in Port Sudan, works in close coordination with the National Mine Action Authority (NMAA), the UN Country Team and humanitarian partners. The project aims to protect civilians from the threat of explosive ordnance (EO) and strengthen the resilience of conflict-affected communities through a comprehensive, gender-mainstreamed and conflict-sensitive mine action response. It also supports broader humanitarian, early recovery and stabilization efforts by enabling safe access to areas contaminated by EO.
- Their Sudan’s key activities include land release operations, including urban EOD activities and building clearance, with the operational focus expected to shift toward the clearance of AT mines, including minimum-metal variants; delivery of both direct and indirect Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE), tailored to different gender and age groups; and provision of technical advice to humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding (HDP) actors to help them safely operate in EO-affected environments. The project also leads the coordination of the Mine Action Area of Responsibility (MA AoR) in Sudan, co-chairing the sector under the Global Protection Cluster framework. Through this role, their partner ensures that mine action is effectively integrated into humanitarian coordination mechanisms and that EO threats are adequately understood and addressed at all levels.
- While the Programme’s current operational footprint is primarily focused on areas under the control of the Sudan Government - especially urban areas in Khartoum and Al Jazirah - Sudan aspires to expand its outreach to all EO-affected regions, addressing both legacy contamination and new threats emerging from the ongoing conflict.

Role objectives

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Project Unit / Chief of Operations (HPU/CoO) or its representative, the Mine Action Specialist will perform the following tasks:

**Operations – Design and planning**

Support in providing input to the HPU or its representative on programme and project design documents from an operational and technical standpoint, such as:

- Workplan (e.g., nature of the threat, technical personnel and equipment requirements, etc.)
- Concept of Operations
- Input into the documents above is from the operational and technical aspects encompassing mine action pillars (e.g., clearance, explosive ordnance disposal, explosive ordnance risk education, victim assistance, advocacy, and stockpile destruction)
- Ensure that implementation plans have viable timelines, are assigned appropriate resources, and that implementation options reflect the knowledge of the context, as well as mechanisms and policies; key implementation documents include:
- Our clients Project Agreements
- Solicitation documents used to contract third parties (i.e., contractors and grantees)
- Human resources plan
- Support the design and planning of the national concept of operations and workplan, providing technical input to help ensure alignment with applicable standards, priorities and operational requirements.

**Operations - Implementation and monitoring**

- Support and participate in the technical reviews to ensure operations are conducted in accordance with our clients policies and both International and National Mine Action standards, such as: Project management standards, Health, safety, social and environmental standards, Gender parity and mainstreaming policies, Ethics and standards of conduct, Information management systems and standards and Organizational design standards and human resources policies;
- Where applicable, in collaboration with the NMAC and as tasked, conduct routine on-site QA of Min