The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. We provide assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. What is NRC? NRC promotes and protects the rights of refugees and people who have been displaced within their own country. We take action during situtations of armed conflict, and engage in other contextes where our competences will add value. The majority of our 5000 staff members are national employees in NRC’s projects in around 25 countries worldwide. All our projects are supervised by the NRC Head Office in Oslo. NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. Today NRC is organised as an independent, private foundation. We cooperate closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway. What does NRC do? Programme Activities: NRC’s main activity is the deliverance of humanitarian aid through programme activities in the field. NRC specialises in five programme areas, or core competences – Shelter, Food Security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education, and Information Counselling and Legal Aid (ICLA). The core competences are adaptive to different contexts and mutually reinforcing.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 4 years
- Location: Borno
- Job Field: Law / Legal
- Identify country programme priorities, problems and challenges from an ICLA perspective and adopt a problem solving approach, solving them in collaboration with other core competencies, support department, and senior management
- Lead on assessment design and analysis for ICLA
- Support and contribute to multi sector assessments and response designs
- Assess and analyse context, identify constraints, opportunities, and priorities of the ICLA core competency
- Identify, monitor and evaluate risks, constraints, technical issues related to ICLA implementation for timely action by relevant management authority
- Enable and guide the mainstreaming of gender, protection and environment into the ICLA strategies and operational practices
- Lead on ICLA concept note and proposal developments
- Support and contribute to multi sector donor reports, both narrative and financial
- Liaise with relevant donors and representatives
- Support in the recruitment of ICLA staff and development of their work roles and responsibilities
- Promote culture of shared learning within the ICLA core competency and across core competencies
- Contribute to the strengthening of the position of NRC in Nigeria; liaising with relevant authorities, UN agencies, donors, other NGOs and partners, and social cohesion and protection sector actors
- Support the area teams with advice on ICLA project implementation challenges
- Ensure the coordination of Housing, Land and Property (HLP) working group under the national protection sector
What we look for
- Minimum 4 years of experience within human rights / legal assistance / displacement area of expertise in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Strong understanding of relevant human rights frameworks, including refugee rights, IDP rights and humanitarian law
- Solid knowledge of and experience applying protection principles within humanitarian responses
- Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Professional Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of the context in Nigeria and/or the region
- Experience engaging in/related to legal reform processes
- Experience in gender issues and programming
- Experience from protection and advocacy work within ICLA/legal assistance sector
- Solid experience from managing and implementing ICLA-type of responses
- High level of experience in programming associated to legal assistance, HLP rights, and civil documentation
- Strong capacity in leading proposal development
- Documented experience working with donors and conversant with their technical frameworks, strategic priorities and reporting requirements (e.g. EU, AFD, NMFA, SIDA)
- Experience from leading multi sector assessments and analysis
- Ability to work closely together with other field staff and across sectors
- High level of communication, representation, analysis, drafting and negotiation skills
Behavioural competencies
- Working with people
- Handling insecure environments
- Strategic thinking
- Empowering and building trust
- Initiate action and change
- Analyzing
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on reliefweb.int to apply
