HMA Technical Field Manager

Place: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Starting date: As soon as possible
Duration of contract: 12 months

Application review on a Rolling Basis: Due to the urgency of this recruitment, we encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.
We need you to support our field teams in deploying this massive emergency response. Your help can make a difference. Join us!

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development & humanitarian projects in more than 55 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide

At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.

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JOB CONTEXT:
From February 2022, HI has re-opened a Country Programme in Ukraine to respond to the humanitarian needs triggered by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. In 2024, HI pillars of interventions are: 

• Health: HI aims to improve access to quality physical rehabilitation and mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS) for conflict-affected vulnerable population.
• Protection: Given the scale of humanitarian and protection needs, HI intervenes at various levels to ensure that vulnerable conflict-affected populations have access to multi-sectoral services tailored to their needs. In addition, HI aims to foster a disability-inclusive humanitarian response.
• Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) : Ongoing attacks dangerously exacerbated Explosive Ordnance (EO) contamination in Ukraine.

-       EORE/CPP: HI is conducting a multi-pronged approach to EO Risk Education and Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP), adaptable to the evolution of the conflict in Kharkivska Oblast and Dnipro.

-       Advocacy

-       Demining: HI has commenced TS/ MMC activities in Kharkivska Oblast in Sept 2026 and will be seeking BAC accreditation in early 2027.

-       NTS: HI is implementing Non Technical Survey activities in Kharkivska Oblast since 2025

-       VA (victim Assistance) 

- HI Ukraine Program: 

• Volume: 7M€/year – 100 + staff
• Donors: CDCS, SDC, WHO, UNMAS
• Partners: Relevant Ministries, local organizations, hospitals, local authorities, etc.

YOURMISSION:
The HMA Technical Field Manager holds a critical role in providing expert technical guidance and support to all staff involved in HMA activities with a primary focus on Land Release Operations.

 HMA teams cover the response dedicated to the comprehensive approach to Humanitarian Mine Action by HI in Ukraine including Data collection, Non-Technical Survey (NTS), Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE), Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP), Victim Assistance (VA), Advocacy, Demining. HI intends to implement HMA activities in areas where communities are exposed to Explosive Ordnance threats in line with needs analysis and the tasking order received by the Mine Action Center.

 The HMA Technical Field Manager (TFM) and has the primary function of providing technical advice and managing all national and/or international staff assigned to him/her throughout all Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) activities., as part of its Integrated approach for HMA and coordinate jointly with the EORE PM activities in the project. The TFM will support NTS Operations and Demining Operations, conduct field mentoring  provide technical support and quality management to the teams operating throughout the designated area of operations. 

The HMA TFM reports directly to the Chief of Operations in Ukraine.

As the HMA TFM you will plan your activities closely with the Chief of Operations, Security Liaison Officer (North-East), and PM EORE, and will be expected to liaise with other technical specialists and mine action operators.

Mission 1: Operational Implementation

• Contribute to NTS and demining Operations planning and implementation in line with the existing frameworks
• Contribute to project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
• Ensure project data management for NTS and demining
• Contribute to the coordination of project teams
• Contribute to external project communication

Mission 2: Management

• Manager as a role model: embody HI's values on a daily basis, and be a role model.
• Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking.
• Operational manager: organise the operational management of his or her team, structure the work around identified processes, steer performance and facilitate the resolution of problems.
• First HR & Coach: contribute to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behaviour.

 Mission 3: Emergency Preparedness and Response

Contribute to the program’s emergency preparedness initiatives, and in an emergency, adapt his/her working arrangements to contribute to an effective humanitarian response from HI.

• Understand and comply with all HI SOPs and inform the CoO and Security Liaison Officer/Manager of any change in the security situation.
• Provide regular security updates to HMA Supervisors for dissemination to teams.
• Provide technical guidance and oversee the safety of HMA operations conducting threat assessments

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

The security situation in Ukraine remains relatively stable, although air alert is frequently active. However, markets, restaurants and cafes are open, and life continues as normal. There is a strict curfew, the hours depend on the region. Most attacks by RF target energy structures, mainly power grids and power plants, resulting in planned or unplanned disruptions of electricity, water, heating and occasionally internet across the country.
HI has 2 hubs, one in the East (based in Dnipro), one in the North East (based in Kharkiv), and the coordination office is in Kyiv. HI staff is accommodated in guesthouses or in hotels (during business trips), usually near HI offices, restaurants, cafes, shopping centers within walking distance and near a shelter (the shelter is either in the building or easy to reach).
Movements between sites can be made by car (Hi drivers) or by train, depending of the region, time and security restrictions.

Requirements

• IMAS EOD 3 certification from an accredited training institution;
• Basic knowledge in EORE
• NTS and demining qualifications
• 5 years working in the field of Humanitarian Mine Action;

• Experience in coordinating and managing Land Release Operations (NTS teams and demining teams)
• Experience in analysing data, conducting desk assessment and collecting information through survey, interviews, focus group discussions
• Experience in delivering presentations and trainings;
• Experience in project cycle management, budgeting, procurement, logistics.

• English: C2
• Ukrainian : C2 (preferred)

Benefits

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission: Join the team

• 12 months International contract
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Unemployment insurance benefits for EU nationals;
• Pension scheme;
• Medical coverage with 50% of employee contribution;
• Repatriation insurance paid by HI;
• Perdiem:  597 net/month - paid in the payroll
• Hardship: 500 € net/month paid with your salary
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: according to the level of the mission 5 days every 8 weeks
• Payment for travel costs (air ticket & visa) and transport of your personal effects;
• Mission of more than 12 months: a child allowance of 100€ per month, per child paid in the payroll
• Housing: Collective / taken in charge by HI;
• If you are resident in the country: local package.