The Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Technical Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICLA activities, community outreach and provision of legal services on legal identity, internally displaced persons registration, housing, land and property rights in particular with regards to Real Estate, Construction and Land Law - and to ensure synergies with other NRC Core Competencies and access to services. The ICLA Technical Officer will also conduct capacity building activities at internal and external level, and conduct legal monitoring, research, analysis and reporting.
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines, standards and donor requirements
- Ensure adherence to ICLA strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards
- Implement legal activities according to established plan of action
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement and further program development
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better waysto assist
- Contribute to the identification of legal protection needs to inform programming and advocacy
- Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
Specific responsibilities
- Conduct outreach activities to identify key locations for legal aid delivery
- Organize and conduct individual / group information sessions
- Provide individual and tailored legal counselling
- Provide legal assistance and representation for selected cases, according to ICLA criteria
- Ensure effective and appropriate legal case management and quality of legal aid provision
- Provide services in person or through remote modalities
- Conduct housing, land and property due diligence activities in close coordination with the NRCShelter program
- Ensure safe identification and referral of persons in need of a specific service
- Develop informational, educational and training materials on legal protection issues
- Prepare, organize and facilitate capacity building activities
- Participate in needs assessments and feasibility studies, conduct analysis of legal protection trendsand propose adaptation of the response
- Conduct legal research and analysis
- Provide inputs to legal and advocacy documents (i.e. briefing notes, case studies)
- Contribute to the development of tools and procedures
- Contribute to strengthening of local capacities of partners and key stakeholders
- Coordinate activities with other NRC programs
- Coordinate activities with local authorities, NGOs, UN Agencies and other actors regarding legal aid provision
- Conduct data entry and proper filing of documents related to ICLA activities (i.e client files, intake forms and other tools) according to NRC internal procedures
- Assist with administrative/logistics/finance tasks whenever required
- Prepare weekly and monthly plans and reports, upon agreement with line manager
- Perform any other tasks as requested by ICLA Project Coordinator /Project Manager
Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Generic professional competencies for this position: - Bachelorโs degree in Law
- Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience
Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):
Good knowledge of the context in Ukraine (Sumy Oblast) Experience of providing information, counselling and legal assistance / representation services Experience of community sensitization Experience of working in the field with displaced and/or vulnerable groups and communities Knowledge of the software programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)What do We Offer
This position is open to candidates who have the legal right to work in Ukraine. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.
We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and aย chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.
We are also looking for people who share our values:
To be dedicated in what we do; To be innovative with our solutions; To act as one unified and inclusive team; To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible;We invite applications ONLY from internal candidates.ย 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 NRCโs work. We expect all employees to:ย โข treat everyone with respect and dignityย โข contribute to building a safe environment for allย โข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย โข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH