About the job

Your main duties and responsibilities will vary with each deployment but may include:

• Lead development of partnership emergency response strategy (or partnership component) and maintain responsibility for the implementation and monitoring of this strategy
• Support countries with embedding emergency preparedness with partners and/or Partnership/Localization Strategies;
• Support countries with delivering capacity building for DRC and DRC partners before or in emergency or for emergency contexts;
• Support countries with emergency programming proposals to include meaningful and equitable partner engagement including supporting or leading joint proposal development processes
• Support project coordination and implementation of current projects involving DRC partners, provide day-to-day mentoring to Partnership Unit team and DRC Partners to ensure projects are implemented ensuring compliance to and alignment with DRC processes and Core Humanitarian Standards.
• Ensure DRC partner compliance is adhered to, troubleshoot and ensure lessons learned and best practice
• Line management of partnerships team in DRC
• Consortium management (for non-partnership deployments)

About you

We are looking for experienced staff to work at the point of delivery with a hands-on, flexible, and collaborative approach. It is also important that you understand the humanitarian architecture, are dedicated to the humanitarian imperative, and committed to helping and engaging with the affected population.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in a similar position that includes partnership engagement and coordination and/or consortia management in emergency contexts including 3 years staff management experience
• Knowledge of key donor regulations, procedures and requirements specifically for partnerships (UN, EC, USG, etc.).
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise and prioritise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities and ability to delegate
• Ability to work in a multicultural context as a flexible and respectful team player as well a good communicator across stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills in English, including ability to present complex technical information in a simple way and deliver capacity building
• Proven ability to live and work in an unstable, insecure environment
• Knowledge of CHS and humanitarian principles and PSEAH
• Experience in contracts will be an advantage

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.