Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified coordinator who is able to work in a fast paced environment to support the delivery of multiple emergency responses at any time across DRC contexts.

About the job
The purpose of this role is to coordinate support to country offices for emergency funding, including access to emergency funding such as the Global Emergency Response Fund and Emergency Reserve Fund. The role also supports the emergency team with information and data management, coordination of EMU-managed grants, budget monitoring, grant management, reporting and compliance, fundraising and communications. In addition, the role supports the administrative coordination and tracking of emergency surge deployments. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Coordinate and track Global Emergency Response Fund and ERF allocations and prepare financial and narrative reports adhering to compliance and quality standards
• Lead on the coordination of fundraising and communications opportunities for EMU for DRC in Emergencies including development of proposals

• Provide overall budget monitoring, financial and grants management and reporting for HQ emergency managed projects

• Support the administrative coordination of EMPACT deployments, including tracking deployment requests, deployment status, EMPACT availability, deployment timelines, TORs, required submissions, handover documents etc.

• Coordinate information management data and dashboard for global emergencies including international information pages

• Support adaptation of policy, guidelines, and tools, contributing to DRC’s emergency programming linked to emergency funding and EMPACT

About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to have a basic understanding of emergency response in an organization such as DRC and the timely resourcing required, grants and budget experience, proposal writing and reviewing experience, experience working in a fast paced team. Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• At least 3 years of full-time employment of which 2 years should be linked with the international humanitarian sector

• Experience in grants management, project and budget management.

• Strong IT skills including strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel/

• Ability to plan, coordinate and lead processes that include multiple stakeholders and interests.

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Prior knowledge of and experience in engagement with humanitarian donors including foundations and institutional donors

Desirable

• Previous experience within an INGO either HQ or country level.

All employees are expected to demonstrate DRC’s 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.

We offer
Contract length: permanent

Work location: Lyngbyvej 100, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, just by Ryparken station

Start date: July 27th or as soon as possible thereafter

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and AC. The position is at “fuldmægtig” level. This is a national position for which local terms and conditions apply.

We welcome all nationalities to apply for the role. If you do not have the existing right to work in Denmark, DRC will support with applying and paying for a work permit.

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: 10th June. We expect to conduct interviews on 17th & 22nd June on Microsoft Teams.

Further information
For questions regarding the vacancy please contact [email protected]. We will do our best to respond to as many inquiries as possible.

For more information about the Danish Refugee Council, please visit our website drc.ngo.

Danish Refugee Council is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and positive work environment based on mutual respect for all employees. All applicants are considered for employment regardless of personal characteristics or attributes.

Application deadline: Apply no later than 10. June 2026

Location: Copenhagen