About The Role:

When you become a Field Officer in HALO you join a team with a shared commitment to making life safer and more secure for vulnerable communities across the world. HALO provides extensive technical and management training for the role of Field Officer, and you do not require previous knowledge of landmine clearance or ordnance disposal.

HALO wants people that are adaptable, resilient, and mature, with strong intellectual curiosity and initiative. We are looking for leaders who can perform and inspire others in austere conditions.

HALO Field Officers work across our programmes in various roles and with early line management responsibilities. You need aptitude and fortitude to function in dynamic and challenging environments, and you should have demonstrable management and leadership qualities.

HALO’s training will prepare you for deployment to any country programmes where you could be leading hundreds of local employees. On the Field Officer course you will receive technical training in mine clearance, explosive ordnance disposal and minefield survey. You will learn to use HALO’s finance, logistics, security, HR, IT, and quality management systems. Once deployed to a programme, in addition to operational field work you will be involved in data analysis, risk assessment, equipment auditing and maintenance, overseeing the repair of vehicles and writing reports and proposals.

You will live and work alongside people from a range of backgrounds and cultures. You will need excellent interpersonal and soft skills to develop effective working relationships with people that understand and interpret the world differently than you.

The six-and-a-half-month Field Officer course has been awarded 120 credit points at Level 9 of the Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework. For those that succeed, further professional training and development opportunities will stimulate and support career progression.

Working for HALO is a unique opportunity, but it can be tough. However, if you genuinely want to make a difference to people's lives it could be the job for you.

HALO has six values that all staff are expected to demonstrate through their behaviour and conduct:

Courage
Discipline
Integrity
Respect for Others
Loyalty
Selfless Commitment
If you want to join HALO, you must align with these values.

Requirements
Essential:

Attitude: Resilience, determination, initiative & perseverance
Stamina and fortitude: Able to cope with physically demanding conditions
Flexibility: Adaptable, able to adjust to changing circumstances, comfortable navigating ambiguity, willing to deploy to ANY global HALO programme at short notice
Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and direct others, build effective relationships and develop potential
Teamwork: Form part of functional teams, work effectively alongside others, committed to shared goals, willing to offer support, champion diversity
Solution-oriented: Able to identify solutions to problems and implement them; self-motivated and able to work independently
Practical Ability: Will do whatever is required to get the job done; motivated by physical challenges and adept at acquiring new practical skills
Communication: Strong English language skills (C1) in oral and written communication; able to be both persuasive and diplomatic across cultures; patient when working with interpreters
IT Skills: Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office suites
Desirable:

STEM qualification or experience
Foreign work experience
Humanitarian sector experience
Project management experience
Management of security and safety in a professional context
Experience of working or living with people from different cultures
Knowledge of languages such as Arabic, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Spanish or Russian.
Driving licence
Benefits
Living overseas allowance (currently $350 per month)
49 days annual leave rising to 56 following 2 years’ service
Accommodation and food provided
Private health insurance
Non-contributory life assurance
Emergency medical insurance, including repatriation

Please send your resume/CV