Global Food Security Advisor (specialized in Regenerative Agriculture)

Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp; København; On-site; DKK 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Danish Refugee Council is seeking a Global Food Security and Regenerative Agriculture Advisor to lead the Food Security technical area within the Economic Recovery portfolio. The role emphasizes regenerative agriculture, climate adaptation, and knowledge sharing across country offices and partners.

The advisor will drive strategy, provide technical guidance, and lead capacity-strengthening efforts, including trainings and webinars, with frequent international travel in fragile contexts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in progressively senior Food Security roles, incl. 5+ years in regenerative agriculture/land restoration.
• Experience in displacement contexts is a strong advantage.
• Ability to travel up to 40% for field work and trainings.
• Proven track record in strategic design, advocacy and knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and advocacy for Food Security and regenerative agriculture globally.
• Provide technical guidance to country offices across the project cycle.
• Strengthen capacity, develop tools, and coordinate learning across teams.
• Lead trainings, webinars and knowledge management activities.

Skills

Food security expertise

Regenerative agriculture

Permaculture

Agroecology

Leadership and training

English proficiency

Communication and advocacy

Strategic planning

Education

Master’s degree in relevant field

Tools

GIS software

Job description

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Global Food Security and Regenerative Agriculture Advisor. If you are passionate about supporting people and communities to address their food security needs in a changing climate; if you have deep knowledge and experience of agroecology, specifically related to food security and livelihood development in fragile contexts; and if you are a strong communicator and confident as a leader and trainer in your technical field, you may be the right person for the job!

About The Job

The overall responsibility of the Food Security – Regenerative Agriculture (FS/RA) Advisor is to lead the Food Security technical area, within the broader Economic Recovery sector portfolio covering the three sub-sectors of Food Security, Financial Inclusion and Decent Livelihoods. DRC considers climate adaptation as an integral component of Food Security in displacement contexts; and thus expects the FS/RA Advisor to also lead our regenerative agricultural design (RAD) agenda, when and where relevant.

The FS/RA Advisor will work in close collaboration with DRC’s Global Climate and Environment team, the Global Economic Recovery sector and the Shelter, Settlement, WASH and Infrastructure (SWI) sector beside country heads of program and technical staff.

The responsibilities of the FS/RA Advisor will focus on 1) Strategy and Advocacy; 2) Technical guidance and support to country offices (COs), 3) Capacity Strengthening and learnings. In particular, they will:

Strategy and Advocacy

• Lead the strengthening of DRC’s approach to Food Security and Food Systems Resilience in Displacement;
• Lead the development of a global Regenerative Agricultural Design (RAD) strategy within DRC’s approach to Food Security and Resilience;
• Support the development of communications and advocacy material on Food Security and specific regenerative / Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) practices for internal and external audiences;
• Build global partnerships and represent DRC in relevant fora.

Technical guidance and support

• Provide technical support for country staff on Emergency and Solutions food security interventions across the project cycle;
• For Regenerative Agriculture specifically: establish and ensure long-term management of demonstrations sites in selected COs utilizing regenerative agriculture practices, intensive homestead improvement, holistic rangeland management, agroforestry and water resource management.
• Develop technical guidance documents and tools on specific technologies and approaches for DRC and partners.

Capacity strengthening and learning

• Link, share and learn from other organizations’ climate-sensitive / adaptive food security approaches with a focus on regenerative agriculture and land restoration;
• Ensure institutional knowledge management, including through the development and maintenance of a user-friendly resource hub and the establishment of a community of practice
• Contribute to DRC’s learning and evidence-building on food security outcomes in displacement, including through generating learning on regenerative agricultural design
• Lead trainings and webinars on the above-mentioned topics.

About You

To be successful in this role we expect the candidate to have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in progressively more senior roles within the Food Security sector (in both Emergency and Solutions settings), including at least 5 years engaging in regenerative agriculture and land restoration. The FS/RA Advisor will be expected to provide hands‑on technical support through Regenerative Agriculture cascading, inclusive of designing, implementing, and managing interventions at community levels in fragile, conflict affected contexts. Hence, they should expect to travel about 40% of their time, with periods of extended field presence (e.g. when we expand regenerative agricultural design to a new context).

Required

• Up-to-date strong technical knowledge in Food Security and Food Systems Strengthening – experience in displacement contexts / with displacement-affected populations will be a strong advantage.
• Up-to-date strong technical knowledge in one or more specific areas, such as permaculture, regenerative design, agroecology, landscape restoration planning. Familiarity with the Resilience Design methodology is an added advantage.
• Experience working in different country contexts, e.g. beyond project-specific role(s) in one country, and from different ecological landscapes.
• Experience delivering technical trainings in permaculture at household, farm, and landscape levels.
• Master’s degree within relevant field of study
• Full working proficiency in English

Desirable

• Experience using Climate vulnerability assessments for program design and implementation.
• Experience with participatory project design with communities for climate adaptation.
• Familiarity with Geographic Information System (GIS) and key mapping databases and resources will be a strong advantage.
• Proficiency in French

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: 1 year with possibility of extension, subject to confirmed funding.

Work location: Preferably in Danish Refugee Council’s headquarters in Lyngbyvej 1000, 2100 Østerbro, Copenhagen (just by Ryparken station). Other DRC offices may be considered but will be subject to further discussions. Please indicate your preferred DRC duty station in your cover letter.

Start date: N ovember 2026

The position is temporary due to timebound (though possibly renewable) funding from the donor.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and AC (if the position is in Denmark). 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.

Closing date for applications: 20th September 2026. We expect to conduct interviews during the last weeks of September 2026.

Further information

For questions regarding the vacancy please contact Lillah Emmik Sørensen, Global Lead on Climate and Environment: [e-mail] or Global Economic Recovery Sector Lead Solenne Delga: [e-mail] 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 .