Country: Iraq
Closing date: 20 Nov 2016
The total salary package for this position is £33,868 - £37,012 per annum* including basic salary, cost of living allowance and hardship allowance.
About MAG:
MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict.
About the Iraq Programme:
Iraq is MAG’s longest-established programme, with around 500 national staff and 55 teams operating over 5 areas in Northern Iraq. Since 1992, MAG has released land back to local populations which has been used to build & improve infrastructure, including new roads, schools and hospitals. As well as conducting technical clearance work, MAG also delivers risk education to communities, to further reduce the threat to the life and limb of local populations. MAG Iraq works in close collaboration with national & regional authorities and the UN to ensure efforts are integrated into development strategies, to ensure maximum impact on the local communities we serve.
About the role:
You will be responsible for providing training, support and capacity building to a large team of national medics spread across 5 locations to ensure the highest possible quality emergency medical support is available. With oversight and responsibility for our medical SOPs, equipment and the overall quality of medical support in the programme, this is a great opportunity to use your extensive medical knowledge to support an organisation working hard to improve the lives of communities in a very challenging environment.
About you:
The successful candidate will need to be a qualified medical doctor or senior paramedic with advanced skills in trauma life support, including experience outside a hospital setting particularly within isolated environments with limited means of support. You will need experience of pre-hospital treatment of accident victims including providing first aid in remote and isolated locations. You should also possess experience in designing and delivering training and managing large teams of national staff.
How to apply:
For the further information on the role, the application form and details of how to apply, please visit, the MAG website at www.maginternational.org/vacancies-at-MAG by the closing date of 20 November 2016. We will be interviewing on an on-going process, so please submit your application as soon as possible.