Knowledge Management Senior Advisor

Application period 06-Oct-2025 to 12-Oct-2025
Functional Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Head of Mine Action, the Technical Senior Advisor will carry out the following duties:

Summary of key results:

• Institutional and Organizational Analysis
• Technical Review
• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration
• Products and Deliverables
• Institutional and Organizational Analysis:
• Strategic institutional and organizational review and vision alignment:
• Lead a strategic review of SSTS, SESU, and the NGU focusing on expanded roles in humanitarian demining, EO training infrastructure reconstruction.
• Develop a strategic framework that aligns training design and facility development with operational needs, long-term organizational goals, and global best practices.
• Conduct comprehensive gap analyses to identify institutional, technical and infrastructure deficiencies and areas for improvement and innovation.
• Provide actionable recommendations to senior leadership to ensure each state institution can deliver safe, effective, and sustainable demining, EO-related operations and reconstruction efforts.
• Develop a strategic workforce plan, and training plan that addresses current and future skill gaps across the mine action sector.
• Technical Review:
• Evaluate and optimize resource allocation, logistics, training facilities, infrastructure readiness and equipment readiness to support large-scale and complex mine action operations.
• Identify and mitigate technical and operational bottlenecks through innovative solutions, leveraging data driven decision-making and predictive analytics and practical solutions.
• Identify innovative practices and technologies to improve operational effectiveness.
• Review and assess Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) facilities, EOD/IEDD training centers, classrooms, and support infrastructure against international standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:
• Lead consultations with internal stakeholders, including STSS, SESU, and NGU leadership, training Staff, , and operational personnel, to ensure alignment with organizational goals, technical requirements, training facility needs, and training objectives.
• Foster a collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Engage with external stakeholders, including relevant ministries, international organizations and donor agencies, to build strategic partnerships and identify potential synergies.
• Products
• Develop a comprehensive technical needs analysis, infrastructure and organisational training roadmap for SSTS, SESU, and NGU prioritizing key issues and providing actionable insights for decision-makers and international donors.
• Design training frameworks and operational roadmaps that integrate innovative technologies, adaptive strategies, and global best practices.
• Provide clear evidence-based pathways for implementation, monitoring, and evaluation to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals.
• Produce detailed technical annexes on training facility and infrastructure requirements such as EOD, IEDD, EDD facilities, classrooms, and logistics.

Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree), in a field related to Mine Action with ten (10) years of relevant experience is required; OR
• First-level university degree (Bachelor's or equivalent) in a field related to mine action with twelve (12) years of relevant experience.

Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, defined as experience in project management in military, humanitarian, conflict, post-conflict, or development contexts
• A minimum of two (2) years of high level advisory experience, managing complex projects, budgets, and providing recommendations is required.
• Experience in writing and reviewing reports is required.
• Experience working in a developing country is desirable
• Experience working in mine action, particularly in Ukraine, is desirable.

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English is required (read, write, speak)

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