ICLA Coordinator-Area Central (Iran Nationals Only) - Iran

Tehrān

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Tehrān
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Information, Counselling & Legal Assistance
Closing Date: Closed

About the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
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, food security, livelihoods, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 6000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. 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

NRC in the Islamic Republic in Iran
NRC started operations in Iran in 2012. We currently deliver humanitarian assistance in 5 provinces in the sectors of Education, Food Security and livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter construction, as well as Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA). We co-lead several technical inter-agency working groups and provide capacity building to humanitarian partners in country.

Following progressive policy decisions taken by Iranian authorities related to access to civil documentation, NRC is opening the position of ICLA Specialist to strengthen its legal department and increase its assistance to the Government of Iran in ICLA related fields.
NRC reserve the rights to close the application before its deadline if find suitable profiles.

Job description

Generic responsibilities :
1. Line management of ICLA project field staff
2. Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
3. Contribute to CC strategy development, project proposals and provide input on needs and gaps
4. Manage and implement delegated portfolio of ICLA projects (activities, budget and project documentation) as delegated from AM in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements, and ensure high technical quality
5. Provide regular progress reports to AM
6. Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
7. Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
8. Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
9. Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
10. Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Specific responsibilities :
1. Implementation of ICLA activities in the area in compliance with contractual commitments (i.e. quality, targets, synergies, timeliness, use of resources).
2. Assess needs, develop response and implement ICLA related response plans
3. Ensure optimal use of resources within the allocated project budgets and ICLA strategies
4. Ensure that capacity building is provided to ICLA staff in the area
5. Maintain positive working relationships with all Provincial level government authorities (project approvals, reporting, follow-up of projects implementation)

Qualifications

• Experience from project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Technical specific knowledge from the humanitarian sector and SPHERE standards
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English and Farsi, both written and verbal

Personal qualities

• Knowledge of the Afghanistan displacement context is an asset
• Knowledge of Iranian context is an asset
• Experience with scaling up of humanitarian programs in strictly controlled context is an asset
• Detailed oriented and strong organizational skills