Senior Operations Advisor - Partnerships

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Join us as a Senior Operations Advisor - Partnerships to Support DRC's Vision for Localisation – Apply Now!

Who are we?

The Operational Support and Oversight (OSO) section in our HQ-Operations Department plays a crucial role in providing worldwide support and oversight to mitigate risks across our implementing entities globally. We empower our Regional Offices (ROs) and Country Offices (COs) to proactively identify and address operational risks, ensuring alignment with our internal standards, policies, and external laws. As part of DRC’s 2030 vision for localisation, DRC aim to enhance support for local actors and systems in crisis response and durable solutions. The Localisation Unit (LU) in our Strategy, Programme, and Learning Department leads efforts to operationalise this vision, collaborating closely with OSO to efficiently implement our global localisation aspirations.

About the job

The Senior Operations Advisor - Partnerships (SOAP) plays a vital role in globally supporting the use of DRC tools and policies by ROs and COs. Working within OSO alongside other Senior Operations Advisors and the Senior PCM Advisor (SPCMA), the SOAP provides essential assistance for risk management and global learning related to localisation. Collaborating closely with the Global Risk Management Advisor (GRMA), the LU, and Task Force for Operationalisation of Partnership Ambitions, the SOAP contributes significantly to shaping DRC's strategic direction for localisation by coordinating the development of tools, policies, and processes.

The SOAP fulfils a multifaceted role with a focus on enhancing operational effectiveness and ensuring alignment with DRC's strategic objectives. This includes:

• Mapping and assessing donor compliance requirements for partners with the Institutional Donor Unit.
• Identifying global needs for contractual partnership modalities with the Localisation Unit and stakeholders.
• Scoping compliance requirements and propose risk mitigation measures for identified partnership modalities.
• Ensuring consistent global adoption of contract templates by COs and provide direct support in negotiating contract terms.
• Engaging with global humanitarian organisations to understand compliance approaches in contract templates for local partners.
• Supporting COs and ROs in meeting risk management responsibilities related to localisation, working closely with SOAs.
• Ensuring lessons are drawn from the implementation of the localisation policy, in order to contribute to policy and process development in coordination with the GRMA.
• Providing training sessions to enhance COs' and ROs' proficiency in utilising the Risk Management Framework and Risk Registers within partnership contexts.
• Extracting global learning from OSO and support planning and action for internal and external audit follow-ups related to localisation.
• Actively contributing to shaping , the Partnership Compendium for PCM Field Guide Version 3 in close collaboration with the SPCMA and LU

About you

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have a solid background in various operational functions. Additionally, you must demonstrate a capacity to translate field experience into operational support for offices.

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

Required

• Minimum 7 years' experience in the humanitarian/development sector.
• Solid experience in various operational functions, with a focus on local partnerships.
• At least 3 years of field experience in a coordinator/management position.
• Ability to translate field experience into operational support for offices.
• Sound understanding of the humanitarian system and localisation.
• Excellent communication skills in written and oral English.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30 days a year.

Desirable

• Experience working in different operational functions within the sector.
• Previous experience in organisations implementing projects with partners.
• Familiarity with current developments and risks in international NGOs like DRC.
• Relevant qualifications or education in humanitarian/development studies or related field.
• Proficiency in additional languages.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and lead initiatives.
• Experience in developing and maintaining project cycle management approaches.

We offer

Contract length: Project financed – 9 months (37 hours per week including lunch), with the possibility of extension based on available financing in 2025.

Workplace: Borgergade 10, Copenhagen Denmark.

Start date: April 1st or as soon as possible thereafter.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and AC (fuldmægtig niveau). This is a national position for which local terms and conditions apply.

Please note that you need to have the right to work in Denmark (through nationality or obtaining a work visa) to be considered for this role.

Application process All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV in English. Apply online on our page Current Vacancies at www.drc.ngo.

Closing date for applications: Due to the urgency in filling this role, we will conduct interviews on a running basis.

DRC encourages all applicants to apply. DRC provides equal opportunity in employment and prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

Further information

Should you have any questions regarding the vacancy, please contact: Svend Monrad Graunbøl, Head of Operational Support and Oversight, [email protected].

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