Overview
Develop and implement Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) capacity development plans and awareness materials for IOM staff and contractors in Ukraine. The role involves conducting risk assessments, developing safety procedures, and liaising with relevant authorities and communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) capacity development plan for IOM staff and contractors.
- Develop supporting documentation for UXO management and awareness (guidelines, SOPs, training material).
- Perform in accordance with requirements of the financing body Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).
- Develop community engagement mechanisms to prevent potential future UXO-related incidents and raise awareness.
- Participate in preparing Environmental, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) Due Diligence reports.
- Conduct UXO risk assessments for the Project's selected objects and adjacent areas.
- Integrate the developed algorithm of actions regarding UXO findings during construction activities into the Emergency Response Plan of the Environmental, Social, Management and Monitoring Plan(ESMMP) package.
- Develop a separate annex to the ESMMP package in case of increased risk of finding UXO.
- Participate in selecting applicable contractors and manage their work progress.
- Respond to donors’ requests on UXO-related issues.
- Initiate and supervise the conduction of non-technical surveys by contractors and accept their work.
- Develop and deliver Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) sessions.
- Incorporate International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) in SOPs, documentation flow, and routine UXO work.
- Advise on further preventative measures to be undertaken during project implementation.
- Collect information about the physical circumstances at the site and other factors relevant to decision-making processes.
- Liaise with governmental authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and relevant communities in managing UXO issues.
Required Experience
- 7 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in risk education related to explosive hazards, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and small arms and light weapons is required.
- Experience in community liaison, non-technical survey, demining, and explosive ordnance risk education (EORE).
- Experience in capacity building and training of internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven risk education training and educational material development experience.
- Experience in liaising with governmental authorities, national/international institutions, United Nations (UN) agencies, and non-governmental organizations.
- Experience in working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking, and other vulnerable groups.
- Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations, non-governmental or government institutions/organizations in a multi-cultural setting is an advantage.
- Experience in curriculum development, training delivery, communication/education material development, or health promotion.
- Able to work in difficult and insecure circumstances.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Law, Engineering, Security Studies or Military Sciences or related fields.
