Mine Action Third Party Monitoring Field Monitor; national position

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iMMAP Inc. implements a Third‑Party Monitoring (TPM) project funded by the U.S. Department of State Office for Weapon Removal and Abatement (WRA) with the purpose of monitoring and verifying U.S. funded Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) activities in Ukraine at regularly scheduled intervals to confirm the accuracy of PM/WRA implementing partners' reports and the compliance with the terms and conditions of their respective agreements or contracts.

The
Mine Action Third Party Monitoring Field Monitoris responsible for all tasks assigned by the Field Team Leader and Project Manager as follows:

• Conducting field visits to monitor and verify PM/WRA’s Implementing Partner’s (IPs) activities regularly, proportionally taking into consideration the relevant IPs’ tasks, periods of previous visits, area of IPs responsibility, and visiting each PM/WRA’s IP’s mine/ERW clearance (Conventional Weapon Destruction
  -CWD) and EORE activities in accordance with project objectives and following International / National Mine Action Standards (IMAS/NMAS) requirements.
• Ensuring that field activities are organized and carried out in accordance with IMAS/NMAS and followed the IPs SOPs.
• Collecting and gathering the necessary data and information from IPs, local administration, beneficiaries and interested parties with following submission the data to management for review and compiling.
• Engaging local communities to determine and confirm CWD and EORE activities in their location in order to assess the impact of the CWD and EORRE activities, whether access to basic social services and economic opportunities had improved through the activities of the PM/WRA’s IPs.
• Conducting after‑action reviews (AAR) after‑site visits and providing daily reports to the Field Team Leader (FTL) and Information Management officer (IMO).
• Establishing and maintaining working relationships with the IPs in areas of responsibility and interest as well with the National Mine Action Authorities (NMAA) locally and other partners in the field.
• Conducting field visits in accordance with project objectives and established targets for each IP operated in the area of responsibility, preparing mission Monitoring and Verification reports after each field visit.
• Working closely with IPs to ensure that project‑relevant information is shared promptly and liaise with IPs to ensure implementation of the project objectives.
• Know the area of responsibility, security situation, routes and geography to ensure effective planning and implementation.
• Ensuring the coordination of assigned tasks with IPs for smooth implementation and reporting.
• Assist the TPM Project Manager and Field Team Leader in preparation and maintaining of internal documentation, records and data base.
• Ensuring submission of the collected data to the internal database and keeping tracking of the field activities.
• Reporting on any IPs non‑conformities and gaps identified during the monitoring (verification) field visits.
• Complete additional tasks assigned by the TPM Project Manager and Field Team Leader.
• Act as security focal point when security staff are not joining the field visit.

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to coordinate and implement field activities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to establish relationships with stakeholders, with good negation skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of mine action mandates and operations.
• Capacity to produce coherent and good quality…