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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 ways to assist
• Contribute to the identification of legal protection needs to inform programming and advocacy

  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 NRC Shelter programme
  • 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 trends and 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 programmes
  • 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

    Generic professional competencies for this position:

    • Bachelor’s degree in Law
    • Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience
    • Experience working in similar roles in humanitarian/recovery context
    • Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
    • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities\\

      Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

      📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

      ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

      • Good knowledge of the context in Ukraine
      • Experience of providing information, counselling and legal assistance / representation services
      • Experience of community sensitization
      • Experience in real estate, construction and land law (real estate acquisition, maintenance, use and transfer, drafting and negotiating sale-purchase/transfer/leasing agreements, real estate development)
      • Experience of working in the field with displaced and/or vulnerable groups and communities

        What do We Offer

        This position is open for Ukranian Nationals Only

        We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a 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 from all qualified and interested candidates. Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be screened on a rolling basis and interviews will be assigned instantly until a suitable candidate is selected.