Overview
The Danish Refugee Council is seeking a Global Anticipatory Action Specialist to provide technical leadership for an anticipatory action portfolio in East Africa and the Great Lakes region, supporting the expansion of AA programming and ensuring timely, dignified, efficient, and sustainable assistance.
Key Responsibilities
- Assume responsibility as the technical focal point for all AA activities in assigned countries, supporting project delivery and coordinating between countries.
- Assume grant and project management responsibilities of regional projects.
- Support institutionalising AA for displacement in national and regional government structures.
- Contribute to technical working groups and participate in partner discussions.
- Support countries in direct delivery of anticipatory action projects, including development of conflict and protection analyses, contingency plans, preparedness activities, trigger development and release actions.
- Work with country teams in the development of frameworks and policy-level discussions at local and national government levels.
- Provide input into programmatic guidance, capacity strengthening tools, and policies on AA.
- Work with DRC's broader Innovation, Data and Analysis team regarding the use of data and displacement forecasting models in AA.
- Support business development activities to expand the AA portfolio, working with countries to develop proposals and engage with prospective donors.
- Contribute to external advocacy and representation of DRC in relation to AA.
- Work closely with the DRC's global advocacy team on policy engagement.
- Support the further positioning of DRC as thought leader on AA for displacement.
- Support to establish and maintain clear lines of communication with AA project staff at country levels.
- Support project’s grants staff or focal points to ensure AA project staff are submitting quality and timely technical AA reports.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of experience in a similar senior technical role overseeing AA projects or initiatives, coordinating across countries and engaging with external stakeholders.
- At least 5 years' experience with anticipatory, early action or rapid response programming/projects in conflict setting. Alternatively, at least 5 years' experience with conducting (rapid) conflict analysis, peacebuilding in emergency work, setting up/modifying emergency interventions in conflicts or similar relevant experiences will be considered.
- Experience directly implementing AA projects.
- Experience with conflict situations and an understanding of conflict, protection and emergency programming in displacement contexts.
- Able and willing to travel for up to 35% of time and operate in a physically demanding working environment.
Qualifications
University Degree in Peace, Conflict, Security, Development Studies, War Studies, Political Sciences, Data Science, Environmental Science/Climate Change, or similar qualifications
