Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Salary:£50,400
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type:Permanent
Reports To:Operations Manager Central America
Key Internal Contacts/Relationships: Other members of the Operations Team, Project Managers (PMs), Construction Team, International Finance Manager, Administration Teams in the region
Key External Contacts/Relationships: Armed Forces, Police, Public Ministery, District Attorneys, in all of Central America. Regular contact with the General Technical Advisor for Ammunition and Explosives.
About HALO:
HALO is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in 30 countries and territories, with over 8,000 staff. Most of our staff are local employees and include a growing number of women.
Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence.
HALO addresses human suffering caused by armed violence in some of the world’s most fragile places, securing weapons and ammunition and working with both state and community actors to reduce the prevalence of armed violence.
In Central America HALO has been working since 2017 in El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras, doing WAM activities across the 3 countries.
About the role:
Reporting directly to the Operations Manager (OM), the Ammunition Technical Specialist (ATS) will provide technical support to HALO Central America operations, including the planning and delivery of Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) activities in Central America (CA) and, when needed, in other HALO programmes. The ATS will ensure technical delivery are implemented in accordance with the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATGs) and other international standards (MOSAIC, IMAS, etc) as well as with HALO’s policies and mandate.
This role includes a significant