The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, and confident Emergency Coordinator for Diaspora Emergency Action and Coordination (DEMAC) for 12 months (with the possibility to extend)
Who are we?
DRC (Danish Refugee Council), founded in Denmark in 1956, is Denmark’s largest and the world’s leading non-profit, independent, rights-based refugee organization.
Our vision is to assist refugees, internally displaced people, and their host communities to a dignified life. We protect lives and human rights and empower beneficiaries throughout conflict displacement by providing shelter, food, and hope in terms of work, education, and integration towards a sustainable future.
DEMAC is a global initiative hosted by Danish Refugee Council, which aims to enhance coordination among diaspora organisations involved in humanitarian assistance, and across diaspora organisations, local actors, and institutional humanitarian actors. Further, DEMAC seeks to increase engagement and visibility for diaspora organisations in the humanitarian system. Throughout the past decades of shocks and crises, diaspora have been key actors in responding to emergency and long-term needs in crisis-affected countries, often scaling up their support significantly during times of crisis. Based on past research and engagement with diaspora across several contexts, it has been shown that diaspora are dedicated and agile responders who engage consistently and innovatively in humanitarian responses, often with access to hard-to-reach populations and as facilitators of the localization agenda. Despite the strengths of diaspora as humanitarian responders, they often work in parallel to the formal humanitarian system and there is a lack of coordination mechanisms linking diaspora, local actors, and institutional humanitarian actors.
To read more, please visit www.demac.org.
ABOUT THE JOB
The Emergency Coordinator will manage the daily implementation of DEMAC’s operational response activities, which will include the overall programmatic and administrative coordination of several projects across diverse contexts. Her/his task will include, but will not be limited to:
Coordination
Project Management and Quality Assurance
Representation
Programme Development and Grants/Contracts Management
Strategy, Innovation and fundraising
About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to excel in mobilizing and collaborating with various actors and partners, taking the lead with autonomy in your work, able to work simultaneously on multiple priorities and projects while collaborating with colleagues in DEMAC team and the Diaspora Programme. All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.
Reporting
The DEMAC initiative is part of the DRC Diaspora Programme, and the Emergency Coordinator will report to the Head of DEMAC. To read more about the Diaspora Programme, please visit https://drc.ngo/relief-work/diaspora-programme.
We offer:
DRC encourage all qualified candidates to apply, irrespective of nationality, race, gender, or age.
Application process
All applicants must send a cover letter, an updated CV in English as well as a degree certificate, letter of enrolment or residence permit.
Closing date for applications: April 14th 2024. Due to the urgency in filling this role, we will conduct interviews on a running basis. We expect to start conducting interviews from April 2nd.
Further information
For questions regarding the vacancy please contact raphael.capony@drc.ngo
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.