Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke søger Humanitarian Specialist

Are you a dedicated humanitarian specialist with experience in working with youth or age, gender and diversity more broadly in areas such as protection and resilience? Do you want to contribute to developing ActionAid Denmark’s approach to crises and combine your humanitarian experience with ActionAid Denmark’s (AADK) vast experience in development? Then this a unique chance, apply now!

As Humanitarian Specialist, you will

Provide technical input to programs implemented in contexts where both development and humanitarian programming is relevant. You will contribute to quality assurance using your expertise and knowledge of sector standards such as CHS and SPHERE in our projects that follow AADK’s approaches as well as AA’s Humanitarian Signature.

Humanitarian technical input

  • Provide technical input on youth, protection, resilience, preparedness, age, gender and diversity to our programs in the humanitarian/development contexts 
  • Support ActionAid members and their local partners in implementing programs with a focus on youth and women in humanitarian/development contexts 
  • Develop and carry out virtual and face-to-face training and capacity development/sharing activities in relation to youth leadership, protection and resilience in humanitarian/development contexts
  • Facilitate and support the representation of crises-affected groups in different national and international fora  
  • Contribute to AADK communication, campaign and policy departments as needed on specific humanitarian projects

Project Management 

  • Coordinate the continued development of projects in close collaboration with ActionAid members and other AADK colleagues and teams 
  • Coordinate and provide technical input on project planning and implementation on thematic areas as per competencies within protection, resilience, accountability, livelihoods or cash programming 
  • Coordinate selected projects implemented by ActionAid members and their local partners including monitoring implementation and finance as well as disbursements of funds 
  • Ensure that all internal policies and relevant donor compliance are adhered to
  • Provide input on AADK’s implementation of CHS compliance plans in close collaboration with AADK colleagues and teams 

The job requires that you have

  • Relevant academic degree
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience with in-country implementation within on or more of the mentioned themes; age, gender and diversity in humanitarian programming and/or within humanitarian program areas such as protection, resilience, accountability, livelihoods or cash programming
  • Strong project cycle management knowhow and experience

It an advantage if:

  • You have knowledge of working with local partner organizations
  • You have experience with working specifically with youth in humanitarian settings

We expect:

  • You have a solid amount of self-motivation, and can push for action while understanding your own mandate and that of others
  • You identify opportunities for the organization, lift quality, and seize these opportunities by building leadership in others
  • You can move fast and push implementation through in complex situations and contexts with due respect to partnership principles and capacity considerations

You are:

  • Highly motivated to join a dual mandated organization, and to empower young people and AADK partners to work and respond in their communities.
  • Excited about joining an informal work environment with committed professionals and room for humor and laughter
  • IT savvy and excited about working on increasing virtual options and decreasing CO2 by less air-travel
  • Proficient in English, Danish a benefit, not a requirement

It is a prerequisite that you are culturally sensitive – you appreciate cooperation also when the individual has a different background and approach than you. You have a strong sense of purpose.

The Team

The role is based in the International Policy and Program team.  The team consists of 18 colleagues, mainly located in Denmark, but also abroad.

In both our long-term development work and in our work in humanitarian contexts we focus especially on young women and men who live in poverty and exclusion. We help organize communities of action that can take up the struggle against injustice, poverty and discrimination.

We are in the process of developing and expanding our humanitarian profile and portfolio. We currently have humanitarian programs in several countries with funding from Danida and the EU.

We aim to expand our activities as we strongly believe working with local partners has real impact on the lives of the people we work with, while pushing for transformative change in the humanitarian sector.

We focus on shifting power to affected communities and actively building leadership of women and young people affected by crises.

Our focus on HOW humanitarian response is done and by WHOM is just as important to us as WHAT we do.

We offer you

  • An 8-year appointment with flexible work hours situated in Copenhagen, so that a healthy balance between private- family- and work life is possible  
  • 30 travel days per year most likely to vulnerable contexts in Asia, Middle East and Africa
  • A comprehensive compensation package and pension scheme where salary and employment-conditions are in accordance with the agreement between AADK and the AC organizations
  • A broad, professional network of passionate, international colleagues  
  • A shared mandatory organic lunch
  • An informal and dynamic working environment characterized by a modern management-culture and cooperation across the organization 
  • Flexibility around your physical office environment, including, but not limited to, a “free seating” approach and working-from-home options (existing culture pre-covid 19).

Application

Application deadline: May 10th at midnight Danish time (CET) 

Start date: expected to be August 1st.

First round of Interviews is expected to be conducted week 20 or 21 (DK). The interview process has a 1st and possibly 2nd interviews. Between 1st and 2nd selected candidates should expect an assignment, and a personality profile. Location: Fælledvej 12, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.  Possibly online should candidate location and/or Covid -19 restrictions demand.

You can get more information about the position through Humanitarian Policy and Program Manager Kirsten Hjørnholm on kis@ms.dk or HR partner on cvi@ms.dk.     

See more about working in AADK here: www.ms.dk/job

Read more about our new strategy here: https://www.ms.dk/dokumenter/strategier    

We only receive applications through our recruitment system, as such please use the link below to submit your application.  

ActionAid Denmark

AADK is working on creating political and social change in 45 countries throughout the world.

We are organizing people in strong communities to contribute to sustainable global development and a just distribution of the world’s wealth. Founded in 1944, AADK has devoted decades of community organizing to drive local and international development initiatives including initially the reconciliation and reconstruction of the war-torn Europe after WWII. AADK is headquartered in Denmark and a part of ActionAid International. Together, we are a global team working with more than 25 Mio. people around the world and we are growing as an organization. In 2022, we will be 30.000 members, more volunteers and more stakeholders.AADK is an inclusive workplace which welcomes a diversity of people and ideas. As an equal opportunity employer, AADK invite everybody with relevant qualifications, independently of any identity markers (such as race, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, social or economic status or any other), to apply. AADK does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. Any transgression in this regard should be addressed to complaints@ms.dk.