Partnership and Localization Advisor (Country-Focused)

Required

• Fluent in written and spoken English and the working language of the country of residence
  
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time
  
• Able to operate in a physically demanding working environment
  
• Master’s degree in development or humanitarian studies, sociology, political science, human geography or similar
  

Desirable

• Demonstrable skills with the design and facilitation of training and workshops
  
• Excellent communication skills for writing and presentation
  
• Demonstrable skills in project design and proposal development
  
• Demonstrable ability to lead and support change processes at management level
  
• Advanced level in written and spoken French or Arabic
  

• 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.
  
• Contribute to the identification and conceptual development of model program concepts under the heading of localization and partnership engagement, for potential replication.
  
• Support with CO’s strategic direction of localization ambitions, with a special focus on but not limited to supporting the development of localization roadmaps/strategic plans at country and their reflection into Country Strategic Plans.
  
• Lead on supporting/implementing globally initiated pilot localization initiatives in selected countries, in collaboration with the localization team.
  
• Provide technical support with the use of global tools and resources, including (acceptable) adaptations to fit to specific contexts.
  
• 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.