Partnership and Localization Advisor (Country-Focused)

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Provide technical programmatic and operational advice to develop and elevate a localized approach to programming in DRC Country Operations.
• Support the development of country-level organizational structures that enable localization ambitions.
• Collaborate closely with country level programme and support staff to ensure a localized approach is embedded in the COs' partnership approaches and mainstreamed across DRC's response in the country.
• Contribute to scoping for new programmatic and funding opportunities to improve and increase localization efforts.
• Lead on supporting/implementing globally initiated pilot localization initiatives in selected countries, in collaboration with the localization team.
• Support staff learning and development in COs, including coaching and mentoring of direct counterparts, focused learning for wider programmes teams, and providing induction for new staff.

This role supports DRC's vision to shift from direct implementation to increasingly supporting local actors to take the lead in humanitarian responses, enabling local leadership in contexts characterized by conflict, displacement, fragility and political instability.

Required qualifications and experience:

• At least 7 years' demonstrable experience in similar advisory or operational roles in international humanitarian and/or development organizations
• Demonstrable experience developing and overseeing programming that supports local leadership
• Substantial experience working with local partners, with strong understanding of operational aspects of partnering including donor compliance requirements
• Master's degree in development or humanitarian studies, sociology, political science, human geography or similar
• Fluent in written and spoken English and the working language of the country of residence
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time and operate in a physically demanding working environment

Contract length: until 31st December 2027, with possibility of extension subject to funding. Band: F – non-management. Work location: DRC Jordan (Amman), Lebanon (Beirut) or Kenya (Nairobi). Start date: 1st April 2026 or soonest thereafter. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council's Terms of Employment for employees on national contracts.

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is one of the world's leading humanitarian NGOs, working to protect and support refugees and displaced people worldwide. DRC is operationalizing its Localization Vision 2030 to shift from direct implementation to increasingly supporting local actors to take the lead in humanitarian responses.