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Roving/Global
Strategy, Programming & Results (HQ)
Roving
Expatriate contract
24 Sep 2025
10 Oct 2025
174463
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Are you an experienced emergency practitioner looking for a challenging new role? Looking to work with and for affected people in ensuring their rights are respected and protected in emergency situations?
Who are we
Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a new colleague to join our roving Emergency, Protection, Assistance and Coordination Team (EMPACT), a multifunctional team of senior Emergency Response Advisors deployable within 72 hours to support DRC Country Offices respond to emergency situations.
We are looking for a highly engaged, flexible and driven emergency coordinator to deploy globally into emergency contexts across DRC’s operations with a focus on emergency advocacy and communications with the ability to deliver under pressure and with short time frames. DRC’s EMPACT members need to show independence and determination to bring rapid and timely emergency programming to crises and to support country operations in scale up, redesign and roll out of activities. Roving Emergency Advisors need to promote excellence in their field, promote emergency standards, humanitarian principles, CHS standard often in unstable and pressured environments.
About the job
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
- Deploy globally for periods of 1 to 3 months to lead on delivery of country-level communications and advocacy strategies, products and engagement according to DRC’s emergency framework (or could be a focus on advocacy or comms) to align with the emergency response plan linked to DRC priorities and wider humanitarian policies, conventions, principles and forums
- Collaborate with DRC and partners in the affected country, and with communications and advocacy teams at Headquarters to create emergency communications and advocacy strategies that drives awareness, support fundraising, and policy change.
- Ensure that high quality, safe, principled, consultative and engaging communications products across different platforms and mediums
- Build capacity of and increase engagement with colleagues and partners to elevate the communications and advocacy deliverables as well as some external engagement.
About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to have a proven record of advocacy and communications in emergency response, ideally with experience in the sectors DRC works in, and in multiple contexts and a willingness and desire to work in both high-pressure and unstable environments. All employees should demonstrate DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity. Moreover, we also expect the following:
Required
Experience and technical competencies:
- At least 5 years of progressive work experience with international advocacy and communications deliverables in humanitarian emergencies or fragile country contexts
- Strong journalistic and technical photo, video, story, and social media skills. Ability to facilitate the collection of image and story resources. Ability to use mobile phone to capture, and share photographs, video, and audio on social media.
- Experiences in networking with social media influencers and working in international development and humanitarian ecosystems.
- Proven field communications and advocacy experience in emergency settings.
- 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
We offer
Contract length: 12 months
Band: F
Designation of Duty Station: Roving
Start date: as soon as possible
Roving Employees are hired in accordance with DRC’s Terms of Employment for Roving Employees. Salary will follow the DRC’s Terms of Employment for Expatriate Employees; – please refer to the page here for details (some conditions may differ). For questions regarding the vacancy please contact– [email protected]
Application process
All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.
Closing date for applications: 10 October 2025
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website https://drc.ngo/
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DRC as an employer
Founded in 1956, DRC Danish Refugee Council is Denmark’s largest, and a leading international NGO. We have continuously been ranked as one of the best NGOs in the world - and are one of the few with a specific expertise in forced displacement. In over 30 countries, we protect, advocate and build sustainable futures for refugees and other displacement-affected people and communities.
By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of over 6,000 employees. We pride ourselves on our:
- Professionalism, impact & expertise
- Humanitarian approach & the work we do
- Purpose, meaningfulness & own contribution
- Culture, values & strong leadership
- Fair compensation & continuous development
DRC’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. DRC conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks as part of the recruitment process.
Danish Refugee Council is an equal opportunity employer and we consider all applicants based on individual merit and qualifications, regardless of personal characteristics or attributes. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, aiming for a 50% balance of men and women in management roles and ensuring that at least 50% of management roles are filled by national staff. We recognize that a diverse and inclusive team is crucial for achieving our organizational goals and making a positive impact on the communities we serve.