Ralph Legg

Experience

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  Around Asia Language School

  Sept 2007 - Aug 2009

  Senior English Language Teacher
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  A2Z English

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2011

  English Teacher
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  美丽中国 Teach For China

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2013

  Programme Manager

  Managed international and Chinese teachers to achieve ambitious academic and personal growth outcomes for 2000+ students in 11 under-performing rural government schools.Collaborated with schools and education bureaus to create long-term vision and goals for student achievement and teacher leadership development.Collected and analysed student/school performance data in order to submit regular reports on areas of intended impact.Built sustainable relationships with local experts and education non-profits to develop contextual understanding and enable holistic program support.Designed project vision, goals and objectives for regional-specific training for incoming cohort of 250 new teachers.Directed facilitation and evaluation of bilingual 4-day training for 50 new teachers from China and the United States. Show less

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  Tutors United

  Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

  Programme Manager

  Designed and managed affordable supplementary learning programmes for primary school students in low-income communities in inner city London.Formulated monitoring and evaluation procedures to measure organizational impact and determine key areas for project growth.Recruited, trained and managed tutors to lead students to academic outcomes beyond national averages for English and Maths. Established and developed strong working partnerships with key stakeholders, including housing associations, parent associations and social enterprises to expand project scope and development. Show less

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  The HALO Trust

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2020

  Responsible for the management of 600 staff facilitating humanitarian mine action activities across 6 Angolan provinces, including minefield clearance, survey, explosive ordnance disposal, weapons and ammunition disposal, and physical security and stockpile management.Operational, financial and logistical management of diverse portfolio of 12+ donor contracts worth $35 million, including projects with USDoS, FCDO and Government of Japan. Responsible for strategic design, planning and facilitation of all in-country of HMA projects, including development of $60 million demining project with Government of Angola in KAZA region to employ 840 people and clear 15 million m2 of landmine contaminated land.Served in working group to support national mine action authority to formulate Angola’s first 5-year National Demining Strategy (NDS) and develop National Mine Action Standards (NMAS).Served as organizational representative and session facilitator at international events for global mine clearance sector, including Wilton Park’s ‘Landmine Clearance in Angola’ conference (Johannesburg, 2019) conference and 4th Review Conference for the International Mine Ban Treaty (Oslo, 2019).Designed and implemented projects for weapons cutting, armoury refurbishment and destruction of ammunition in support of Angolan National Police’s National Disarmament Campaign 2020.Developed and maintained international and domestic relations with diverse range of stakeholders, including USDoS, EU Commission, international embassies, National Geographic, Ministry of Defence and the national mine action authority (CNIDAH).Collaborated with FCO, Kensington Palace and the Angolan Government to successfully design and coordinate the Huambo leg of HRH Prince Harry’s visit to Angola in September 2019. Show less Managed all operational planning, training and implementation of minefield clearance and explosive ordnance disposal in Benguela Province, Western Angola. Managed all administrative, logistical and liaison aspects of the Benguela Location, including facilitating project visits for external evaluators, media and donors.Designed and launched HALO Angola’s internationally recognized 100 Women In Demining In Angola project to support empowerment of women through employment, training and career development in the humanitarian demining sector. Maintained and developed programme-wide Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) for Mine Clearance, Logistics and Finance. Formulated programme policy documents on Safeguarding, Human Resources, and Recruitment, as well as designing and facilitating associated training packages and workshops for staff. Show less Oversaw the administrative and logistical closure of HALO’s Mozambique programme in accordance with national legislation after the announcement of the country’s mine free status.Engaged in regular liaison and negotiations with principal donors, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) and National Mine Action Authority (IND) regarding the disposal, donation and export of key capital equipment.Responsible for the documentation and archiving of all operational, legal and financial documentation accumulated during the 23 year existence of the programme.Coordinated monitoring and evaluation visits for DFID external evaluators (ITAD), including site visits, stakeholder meetings and beneficiary workshops.Managed the demobilization of remaining programme staff, including redundancies packages and integration in post-employment training programmes. Show less Managed field operation teams in manual and mechanical mine clearance, survey, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Battle Area Clearance (BAC), and Weapons and Ammunition Disposal (WAD). Supported HALO’s Physical Stockpile and Security Management team to conduct nationwide military ammunition store assessments (Ivory Coast).Coordinated in-country assessment for the deployment of Mine Detection Dogs (MDGs) for technical survey, including training site selection, minefield visits and sourcing of logistics (Nagorno Karabakh).Led mobile Explosive Ordnance Disposal team to location and destroy unexploded ordnance on military firing ranges (Georgia). Show less Designed, planned and facilitated qualitative post-mine clearance case study research with mine-impacted communities in Somaliland. Researched and produced first country-wide baseline assessment on remaining landmine contamination in Somaliland, including full analysis of socioeconomic impact upon low-income communities.Managed community liaison teams to collect pre and post-clearance socioeconomic data from rural households impacted by explosive remnants of war. Oversaw all Quality Control (QC) and Quality Management (QM) of programme database and socio-economic data produced by minefield survey and household surveys. Designed and produced project proposals and reports for international government donor agencies, including DFID, Irish Aid, GFFO & PM/WRA.Collaborated with regionally based NGO and government agencies to coordinate mine action and development activities to support local beneficiaries in the post-clearance setting. Show less

  • Country Director / Programme Manager

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Location Manager and Deputy Programme Manager

    Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Country Representative

    Jun 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Field Operations Officer

    Jul 2015 - May 2016

  • Programme Officer

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
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  The HALO Trust

  May 2021 - now

  Strategic multi-year project planning to facilitate the establishment and growth of the first comprehensive humanitarian mine action programme in Ethiopia.Designing finance, logistics, human resources and administration systems to function in compliance with national legislation and government proclamations.Overseeing the development of new Standard Operating Procedures and aligned training package for Ethiopian recruits to qualify local recruits as manual deminers.Building productive and collaborative long-term partnerships with government ministries and regional government officials to ensure coordination with national development plans and prioritization of activities in accordance with local needs.Conducting the first minefield baseline survey assessment in Ethiopia since 2004 to establish remaining landmine and explosive ordnance contamination in Somali Region.Establishing and managing first administrative and operational bases for The HALO Trust in Ethiopia. Show less

  • Mine Action & Environment Project Manager for the Horn of Africa Region

    May 2023 - now

  • Country Director / Programme Manager

    May 2021 - Apr 2023