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ICLA (Legal aid) Project manager - National position - Ukraine

Sievierodonetsk | Kiev

  • Organization: NRC
  • Location: Sievierodonetsk | Kiev
  • Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Legal - Broad
    • Legal - International Law
    • Protection and Human Rights
    • Protection Officer (Refugee)
    • Project and Programme Management
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

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

NRC is looking for ICLA Project Manager in our office in Severodonetsk/Kramatorsk.

Information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA) programme is providing free legal information and counselling. Our ICLA teams are: operating 3 legal aid centers; having mobile teams of lawyers; making home visits to the elderly and people with disabilities; running a telephone hotline for legal information; organizing group information sessions; conducting research and advocacy efforts on legal issues concerning displaced civilians and civilians affected by the conflict; helping strengthen capacity of local authorities and civil society on the rights of internally displaced people.

Main responsibilities:

  • Line management of ICLA Coordinators and HLP Coordinator
  • Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
  • Contribute to the development of Country, Area and CC ICLA strategies, initiate and participate in the development of relevant ICLA projects
  • Coordinate and manage ICLA project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
  • Implement technical direction and ensure high technical quality of projects
  • Provide regular progress reports to the Area Manager and ICLA PDM
  • Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
  • Develop and manage project budget (in cooperation with PDM) and coordinate across CCs
  • Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
  • Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
  • Ensure proper filing of documents
  • Contribute to specific protection risks and needs analyses.
  • Contribute to the design in consultation with PAC of protection response to identified risks and needs
  • Ensuring donor grants are properly implemented in accordance with budget, logframe, planned activities and proposal objectives
  • Contribute to promoting integrated programmes (with others Shelter, Livelihoods) through systematic planning/cooperation with other programmes
  • Provision of strategic direction for the ICLA project
  • Keep up to date with legal developments and issues affecting beneficiaries and stakeholders in order to ensure relevant programming and identify new programmatic opportunities
  • Representation of ICLA project to external stakeholders including UN agencies, INGOs and NGOs, local authorities and other key stakeholders
  • Work closely with ICLA Project Development Manager to ensure consistency of the ICLA programme
  • Ensuring compliance with ICLA M&E obligations.
  • Overall management of the ICLA project in the East of Ukraine

Qualifications:

  • Legal expertise and background
  • Minimum 3 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position, preferably in a humanitarian/recovery context
  • 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
  • Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian
  • In depth knowledge of the context in Ukraine
  • Experience with ICLA or related legal aid programs is an asset
  • High education with background in law or similar

Personal qualities:

  • Strategic thinking
  • Managing resources to optimize results
  • Managing performance and development
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Handling insecure environments
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Working with people

We offer:

Contract period: 12 months

Salary/benefits: According to NRC country policy

Duty station: Severodontesk/Kramatorsk (with extensive travels)

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