Ethiopia: Information Counseling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Specialist

Information Counselling and Legal Assistance Specialist (ICLA) - Ethiopia
Norwegian Refugee Council

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships.

Job description

• Develop CC strategy, technical SOPs / guidelines and Macro LFAs
• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies
• Contribute to identifying funding opportunities, and develop and revise funding proposal, budget and donor reports
• Responsible for following up on compliance with contractual commitments within CC, and ensure high technical quality and synergies
• Provide technical direction and project implementation support
• Identify trends in conditions/standards and donor priorities and assess better ways to assist
• Ensure key learnings are extracted from CC implementation, and incorporate them in CC development processes
• Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff
• Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Study ICLA -specific contextual aspects and issues in Ethiopia and produce strategic and programing analysis to initiate ICLA programme for NRC Ethiopia.
• In support of the regional ICLA Adviser and the HoP, ensure that the necessary funds and resources are mobilized for the growing ICLA needs
• Ensure compliance and adherence to NRC policies within the ICLA CC (re the CC that will be initiated)
• Ensure that the ICLA strategy and projects to be initiated will promote and protect the rights of refugees, IDPs, host community and returnees and will contribute to the NRC Ethiopia advocacy strategy.
• Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters/sector coordination, including local authorities
• Assess ICLA -specific contextual analysis as well as potential programming aspects in Addis-Ababa, Tigray and Somali region (Dollo) and share/preened findings
• Develop High level quality ICLA project proposals and reports for potential programming in those areas.
• In support of the HoP, CD and the regional/Global ICLA advisers ensure that relevant donors are targeted for fund raising.
• In support of the HoP and CD assist in establishing required capacities for ICLA programme for Ethiopia including recruiting national staff where needed.
• Develop CC strategy and LFA’s that will be applicable for ICLA programme in Ethiopia.
• Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters/sector coordination, including local authorities
• Ensure designing and implementation of high quality ICLA interventions
• Ensure generation of timely and high quality project reports

Qualifications

• ICLA Core Competency (CC) expertise, with a minimum 4 years of experience within ICLA (or similar fields) in a humanitarian/ recovery context
• Solid ICLA expertise on household level
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Valid driver’s license
• Experience with project development, especially from an emergency and post-emergency phases
• Experience in working with ECHO, DFID, NMFA, SIDA and UN agencies UNHCR, UNICEF etc ;
• Knowledge of the context in Somalia and preferable Horn of Africa
• Experience in capacity building and community mobilization;
• Experience in advocacy work
• Experience with coordination mechanisms (cluster and sectorial)
• Knowledge of Somali language is an asset

Education field

• Law

Education level

• College / University, Master / Phd grade

Personal qualities

• Handling insecure environments
• Strategic thinking
• Empowering and building trust
• Initiate action and change
• Diplomatic
• Ability to work under pressure and with limited supervision
• Able to present and represent an organisation
• Culturally sensitive and coping with a changing environment
• Flexible and creative
• Good communication skills

Language

• English

We offer

• Start date: As soon as possible
• The ICLA Specialist will be based in Ethiopia (50% in Addis-Ababa and 50% in the field)
• Salary: According to NRC general directions
• 3 months contract with possibility of extension

Miscellaneous info

• Travel: Some travelling must be expected

Please, apply through www.nrc.no, then vacancies.