Global Climate Resilience Advisor - Copenhagen, Danmark - Danish Refugee Council

Danish Refugee Council Copenhagen, Danmark

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The Global Climate Resilience & Adaptation Advisor will lead DRC's global work on strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced impacts. You will deliver technical capacity building and support programme design for DRC's response to displacement, seeking to scale, improve and replicate regenerative resilience initiatives. You will support organizational learning and provide technical guidance and training for regions & country operations. In so doing, you will help to strengthen DRC's competitive position as a global leader in Regenerative Resilience in Displacement. You will work in close collaboration with Global Sector & Platform Leads and be a key member of DRC's Go Green team which also comprises a global Environmental advisor and two other advisors on respectively climate mainstreaming and mitigation. This is a full-time global role.

The specific areas of responsibility for the role are as follows:

Technical advice and support:

Provide technical support for Regional and Country offices & staff on regenerative resilience & climate adaptation, and build capacities through online, in-person, site-based trainings and demonstrations to scale-up, improve and expand climate adaptation and resilience initiatives. Technical fields may include a broad range: nature-based solutions, permaculture, regenerative & circular resilience, climate-smart agriculture, groundwater recharge and more

Support regions and countries in project design for climate adaptation and resilience (in above-mentioned technical fields), incl by supporting development of key results indicators

Deliver technical resources, guidance and tools for climate adaptation and resilience

Support documentation and replication of good practices across countries/regions

Resources and learning:

Establish and co-facilitate a Community of Practice comprising staff from DRC countries and regions and actively coordinate & plan with the DRC Green Team

Develop and maintain a roster of technical experts (consultants) in relevant fields related to climate adaptation and resilience

Contribute to learning and evidence-building on climate adaptation and resilience, including by collecting and sharing good practice

Contribute to organisational awareness-raising and internal communication (incl on insite / sharepoint) for organisational change, coordinating with the climate & environmental mainstreaming lead

Strategy and policy:

Provide support to business development, fundraising and partnership development in country and regional offices on the above technical topics

Build global partnerships, incl. in support of evidence-building, advocacy and learning (incl. relationship building with research institutions)

Represent DRC in relevant global policy forums and contribute to key advocacy messages related to climate and displacement.

About you:

To be successful in this role we expect you to have minimum 6 years' experience in progressively more senior roles within the climate adaptation and/or regenerative resilience field. This should include a minimum of 2 years overseeing or delivering technical support to complex multisector programmes, preferably in conflict- or displacement affected locations.

All employees should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required:

Strong knowledge of climate change issues and impacts on conflict- and displacement affected people

Strong technical background in regenerative resilience and/or climate adaptation methods and practices, in one or more specific areas (for ex: circular design, permaculture, regenerative design, agroecology, natural resource management or other)

Experience working in different country contexts and/or regions (e.g. beyond one project or location)

Ability to assess climate risks, develop recommendations and provide technical support for programming to improve resilience and support climate adaptation

Ability to develop and deliver technical trainings (in one or more relevant technical fields, see above)

Ability to establish collaborative working relationships across dispersed geographical locations

Excellent oral and written communication skills, including writing and facilitation

Demonstrated ability to work independently as part of a small team, and to form close working relationships with a diverse range of multi-cultural colleagues

Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point)

Able and willing to travel for up to 45 days per year

An academic degree in climate adaptation and resilience or in any other closely related area (social sciences or a relevant technical field)

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