Global Strategy Coordinator

Contract

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Are you good at connecting people around a common purpose ? Come and join us in an exciting role as our global strategy coordinator !

Who are we?

This role is in the Department for Strategy, Programme, and Learning (SPL), in the Division for Effectiveness, Knowledge and Learning (EKL). In SPL, we are leading the strategy, driving DRC’s programmatic development and global programming, and ensuring a continued strong learning from what we do. Being largely responsible for the content of what we do – or the ‘what’ - in SPL, we work closely with analysis of the environments we work in globally, relevant programmatic themes for our responses, as well as the underlying logic connecting them. This includes supporting the understanding of what change DRC contributes to.

About the job

Under the guidance of the Department Management Team, and relevant entities that govern DRC’s strategy, the role of the Global Strategy Coordinator will be to facilitate, coordinate, and track the implementation of DRC’s global strategy.. The Global Strategy Coordinator works across all HQ departments, with a close functional link to the Operational Steering Committee (OSC) for the DRC Strategy. Day-to-day leadership will be ensured by the Head of EKL, who you will bereporting to.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating, leading and supporting DRC’s global, strategic planning process
• Supporting DRC’s communication on Strategy 2025
• Facilitating and supporting the governance of DRC’s strategy
• Working closely with the SPL management group and supporting relevant submissions to Executive Management Team (EMT) meetings
• Working closely with the Advocacy, Press, and External Relations team (APEC) on aligning the external communication around the Strategy and strategic ambitions

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a combination of 5+ years of experience in coordination, strategic planning, or similar fields, in the international / humanitarian sphere.

All employees should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• A strong programmatic understanding of the sectors of DRC’s response framework

• Ability to demonstrate experience of horizontal and vertical collaboration with subject matter experts and management level colleagues.

• Strong proactive communication skills

• A master’s degree in a relevant technical area
• Fuency in English

Desired

• Working Level French is considered an advantage

We offer

Contract length: permanent contract

Work place: Borgergade 10, 1300 Copenhagen, Denmark

Start date: 1st January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter

The post is located in our HQ in Denmark and the incumbent is expected to be based there. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and AC. This is a national position for which local terms and conditions apply.

Application process All applicants must send a cover letter, an updated CV in English as well as a degree certificate. Apply online on our page Current Vacancies at www.drc.ngo. Closing date for applications: 15th December 2023.

Further information

For questions regarding the vacancy please contact Volker Hüls, [email protected]

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.