Le Conseil Danois pour les Refugiés recrute un Conseiller en partenariat régional et localisation au Sénégal.
Resources, training and learning
- Be the go-to person for technical support with the use of global tools and resources, including (acceptable) adaptations to fit to specific contexts in the region.
- Support staff learning and development in the region, including providing induction for new staff in the region.
- Support partner capacity development, when relevant and within own expertise
- Engage local networks, partners, stakeholders in systematic discussions and learning loops
Technical advice and support to program development
- Provide technical programmatic and operational advice to develop and mainstream a localized approach to programming in DRC operations
- Support the development of regional/country-level structures that enable localization ambitions
- Collaborate closely with country level support staff to ensure a localized approach is embedded in support functions
- Contribute to scoping for new programmatic and funding opportunities to improve and increase localization efforts
- Contribute to the identification and conceptual development of model program concepts under the heading of localization and partnership engagement, for potential replication
- Collaborate closely with regional and country-level sector and platform technical advisors to ensure localization is mainstreamed across DRC ‘s response framework
- Provide support on proposal writing with key partnership elements
- Support Countries and the region on the identification and selection of partners.
Strategy and policy
- Support with the strategic direction of localization ambitions, with a special focus on but not limited to feeding into Regional and Country Strategic Plans.
- Lead on localization operationalization analysis and planning in selected countries (in collaboration with the global Go Local lead (Civil Society Engagement Unit)
- Support the development of strategic alliance and partnership
Other
- Engage in other regional and global tasks and collaborations in pursuit of Go Local ambitions.
Required Qualifications
- 6 years demonstrable experience in similar advisory or operational roles in international humanitarian and/or development organisations, preferably in a mix of country and regional roles and at senior level.
- You should have demonstrable experience developing equitable partnerships, raising funds for, and overseeing programming with local stakeholders.
- You have substantial experience working with local partners, a strong understanding of the compliance-aspects of partnering
- Experience with rolling out organizational change processes and documenting learning is highly desirable.
- Social science master’s degree in development or humanitarian studies, sociology, political science, human geography or similar
- Knowledge of engagement concepts, participatory techniques and methodologies applied by projects in humanitarian and/or development contexts.
Desirable:
- Previous experience in Latin America and/or North Africa or similar context.
Required Skills & Qualities
- Demonstrable skills with the design and facilitation of trainings and workshops;
- Excellent communication skills for writing and presentation;
- Demonstrable abilities in problem solving as well as taking a flexible and innovative approach to working;
- Demonstrable skills with the design of programming concepts for fundraising;
- Demonstrable ability to lead and support change processes at management level;
- Able to travel up to 40% of the time;
- Able to operate in a physically demanding working environment;
- Full professional proficiency in English;
- Professional proficiency in Spanish and/ or French depending on the work place.
Are you interested? Then apply for this position online: www.drc.dk/about-drc/vacancies/current-vacancies. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English.
DRC encourages all applicants to apply and does not practice any discrimination in any recruitment process. DRC provides equal opportunity in employment and prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
Closing date for applications: 7/26/23 . Applications submitted after this date will not be considered.
Due to the urgency of the position, DRC has the right to recruit a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline.