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Humanitarian Mine Action Operations Manager
Organization Danish Refugee CouncilLocation Syrian Arab RepublicType FULL TIMEPosted 15 May 2026Deadline 27 May 2026
Program/Project ManagementMine Action
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**Who are we?**
The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunities for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home. The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956 and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.
**DRC Syria**
DRC has been operating in Syria since 2008, initially responding to the Iraqi refugee crisis before pivoting to a full-scale response to the Syria crisis from 2011 onwards. Our work encompasses the full cycle of displacement—responding to life-saving humanitarian needs and supporting community recovery until durable solutions can be achieved. DRC Syria takes an area-based approach to supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and host communities across our key sectors: Economic Recovery and Resilience, Protection, WASH, Shelter and Infrastructure, and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (including Humanitarian Mine Action). With an established rapid response mechanism, DRC can rapidly respond to emerging crises and shocks to meet acute emergency needs. Recognizing the significant need for early recovery and resilience programming to ensure dignified, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions for fragile communities, DRC’s programmes foster resilience for individuals and communities in situations of protracted displacement and during the initial stages of post-conflict recovery, towards a durable solution of their choice. With active portfolios in the neighboring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye and Iraq, DRC offers a cross-border, regional response to the Syria crisis, through cross-border protection monitoring, advocacy, and trends analysis.
**Overall purpose of the role:**
The OM is accountable for all aspects of HMA work in Syria. The OM supervises HMA operations and sub-ordinates (direct reports listed above) to ensure HMA is conducted effectively, safely, and in accordance with the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and DRC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
The OM will develop detailed plans for HMA activities in Syria in cooperation with INGOs and non-HMA partners, national authorities, local actors and communities, and implement HMA activities under the UNMAS coordination umbrella.
The Operations Manager plays a central role in scaling and managing DRC’s Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) programme in Syria, ensuring safe, effective and IMAS-compliant operations while advancing localisation, national capacity development, integrated programming, and strategic partnerships with national authorities, communities, UN agencies, NGOs and local actors.
The role contributes to strengthening sustainable national mine action capacity and supports DRC’s humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach through close integration with protection, livelihoods, shelter, WASH and area-based recovery programming.
The OM ensures that operations are adequately staffed with competent and qualified personnel and monitors the safety and quality of all activities through regular visits to project sites. The OM prepares appropriate reporting within DRC, to the UN and national authorities, and to donors and partners as required.
The role is also expected to contribute to DRC’s localisation commitments through strengthening national leadership, partnerships and sustainable Syrian mine action capacities.
**Responsibilities:**
***Operations Management***
- Plan, implement, monitor and evaluate all aspects of HMA activities.
- Ensure the prioritisation of national authorities (and/or UNMAS in their absence) is taken into consideration in planning of operations.
- Manage, monitor and supervise staff (direct reports listed above), ensuring that they carry out their duties as tasked and as per job descriptions.
- Lead the structured mentoring, coaching and professional development of national staff with the objective of progressive nationalisation of leadership and technical positions.
- Ensure the highest possible standards of safety and security are maintained in all operations as per IMAS, NMAS and DRC SOPs.
- Promote safety culture, and safe and effective methods of munitions clearance and disposal.
- Exercise responsibility for safe storage and handling of explosives, including within warehousing structures.
- Monitor HMA productivity and recommend methods and practices to enh
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