Technical ICLA Officer - Legal "Nationals Only"

Rights Respected, People Protected

NRC in Jordan 

Established in 2012 NRC Jordan’s long-term outlook addresses the problems affecting life as a refugee. We work to build the resilience of Syrians, and to relieve the impact on the Jordanian communities that host them.  Syrian refugees in Jordan are struggling. As they contend with difficult living conditions across the country, the obstacles are complex. They struggle to remain registered as refugees, to provide for their families, and to access essential services – including education for their children. The Jordanian communities that host them, meanwhile, feel the impact of hosting high numbers of refugees – with each year that passes, local infrastructure becomes more strained.

Technical ICLA Officer

Role Specific Information

The Technical Legal Officer is responsible for providing legal support to ICLA beneficiaries, including through counselling and further legal actions.

Generic Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines and standards.
• Ensure compliance with Core Competency strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards.
• Responsible for implementation of technical activities of Core Competency project(s).
• Responsible for tracking financial expenditures for technical activities of Core Competency project(s).
• Responsible for technical quality control and monitoring of project activities.
• Ensure project documentation of technical activities of Core Competency project(s).
• Provide technical support and capacity building towards project staff.
• Provide technical analysis and feedback to NRC representatives in coordination forums.
• Assess, promote and document ideas for technical improvement and further program development options.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist.
• Promote the rights of internally displaced/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy.
• IF APPLICABLE: Monitor and document the implementation of project activities done by implementing partners and/or contractors (plan of action activities, contracts, financial expenditures and project documentation).
• IF APPLICABLE: Conduct quality control and provide technical support to implementing partners and/or contactors.

Specific responsibilities

• Provision of information, counselling and further legal support to ICLA beneficiaries
• Case management of beneficiary cases inclduing necessary follow up within agreed deadlines.
• Close liaison with caseworkers in order to provide accurate and updated advise for ICLA beneficiaries.
• Conduct legal research and analysis when necessary and developing training materials
• Coordination with partners and legal aid providers, including joint case management of cases.
• Other tasks required by ICLA Legal Coordinator and Project Manager

Our ideal candidate:

Our ideal candidate is a practicing lawyer with a minimum of three years’ experience in law preferably court representation & consultation. We are looking for someone that is always up to date on new legislation & is willing to work within a big team to achieve NRC's goals & objectives.

We are particularly looking for a positive individual with strong communication skills, who can build trust and confidently navigate both internally and externally at different levels, and may be required to work extended and /or non-core business hours, as and when required by the needs of the organization. This may include evening, weekends and holidays.

In this position you will join highly motivated and expert staff who are making a difference to the most vulnerable people in the world's biggest displacement crisis.

Additional Information:

Contract period: Through to 31st December 2018

Salary/benefits: 1347JOD (subject to social security and Income tax)

Duty station: Amman

NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities.

NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

NB: Please enter your specific city of residency in Jordan in your application

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