ICLA Research Technical Officer Palestine Jerusalem (Nationals Only)

Tags: Human Rights Law English Environment
  • Added Date: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
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Role and responsibilities

The objective of the Legal Research Technical Officer position is to support the Legal Research Coordinator in the execution of legal research projects and to monitor and analyse legal developments, trends, laws and relevant court decisions, in response to the needs of the ICLA programme.ย 

Specific responsibilities ย 

Monitoring, tracking and keeping abreast of the following topics (50%)Monitoring of legal, political, social and economic environment and identifying key legal and other protection issues and trends as relevant to legal aid in Palestine.Reviewing local and international media outlets relevant to our focus areas and tracking of other organizationsโ€™ related work and news.Keeping abreast of developments in housing, land and property rights, freedom of movement, residency, economic and social rights and relevant legal areas.

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Research activities including (50%):

Supporting the research and analysis of the relevant laws and trends that are taking place related to ICLA work.Contributing to writing research, legal alerts, legal updates, factsheets, case summaries, bulletins, information materials, etc. targeting diverse audiences. ย Contributing to the IHL and International law analysis for the documents produced by ICLA.ย Managing the administrative part of the external consultancies including, drafting of ToRs, following up on procurement, preparing completion of service etc.,ย and ensuring all research meets NRC requirements.Maintaining up-to-date records of all research conducted by ICLA.

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Any other tasks as may from time to time be assigned by the Legal Research Coordinator.

Generic professional competencies for this position:

Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts and/or working within the Cluster systemGood understanding of protection, legal frameworks with the ability to integrate gender and good governance into programmingUniversity degree in the field of Israeli domestic law (or relevant subjects)ย andย knowledge of international humanitarian and human rights lawExpertise in housing, land and property law and other laws relevant to ICLAโ€™s workMinimum of 3 years of relevant work or post-graduate experienceExcellent research and analytical skillsExcellent communication and interpersonal skillsExcellent reading, writing and speaking skills in English and Hebrew languages. ย 

What we Offer?ย 

You will be working in an international and diverse organization with a dynamic atmosphere.ย 

You will receive support and opportunities to expand your skills and enhance your expertise.ย 

You will be working in our Office in Jerusalem,ย 

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

This position is Grade (06) Step (01). Salary & Benefits are based on Jerusalem Duty Station.

Reports to: ICLA Coordinator.

Recruiter: Judeh Hussein

Contract Duration: Open-end Contract.

E-mail:ย PS.Recruitment@nrc.noย 

ย If you are interested to apply for this position, please check the full Job Description:ย JD_Legal_Research final.docx

Applications are only accepted if submitted through NRC website.

Applications won't be considered without a Resume and a Cover Letter in English.ย 

For more information about NRC's work in Palestine, please check:ย https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/fact-sheets/2024/factsheet-palestine-nrc_202405.pdf

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.ย  Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.ย  At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.ย  Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to NRCโ€™s work. We expect all employees to:ย  โ€ข treat everyone with respect and dignityย  โ€ข contribute to building a safe environment for allย  โ€ข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย  โ€ข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

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