ICLA Legal Technical Officer (Human Rights Lawyer)-Ukraine nationals only - Ukraine

Severodonetsk

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Severodonetsk
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Legal - Broad
- Legal - International Law
- Human Rights
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Protection Officer (Refugee)
- Human rights
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

The purpose of ICLA Legal Technical Officer (Human Rights Lawyer) position is to contribute with specific technical competences to project implementation. This position will normally not entail management responsibility of staff, but under certain circumstances the job may entail management responsibility for a very limited number of staff at assistant level.

Job description

Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines and standards
Ensure compliance with ICLA strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards
ICLA specific technical responsibility for implementation of technical activities, quality control and monitoring, for tracking of financial expenditures of ICLA projects
ICLA specific technical responsibility for project documentation of technical activities of CC project projects s)
Provide specific 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 IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
Conduct quality control and provide technical support to implementing partners and/or contactors
Facilitate provision of basic information about the rights and entitlements of beneficiaries
Facilitate individual and group legal counselling from the office and during mobiles visits
Provide follow up and direct legal assistance on the issues which cannot be addressed by beneficiaries independently
Identify, analyze and document violations of the rights, propose and advocate remedies
Facilitate follow-up of unsolved issues through contacts with relevant authorities by mail, formal correspondence, phone and personal meetings
Contribute to the monitoring and profiling exercises organized and/or participated by NRC
Contribute to ICLA specific protection risks and needs analyses
Contribute to designing of protection response to identified risks and needs
Compile monthly narrative and statistical reports in the respective formats
Compile reports on activities and cases of interest by request of ICLA Programme Management
Perform any other tasks as requested by ICLA Coordinator, ICLA Project Manager or ICLA Programme Development Manager

Qualifications

High education in law
Experience in working as a lawyer in human rights, civil and administrative law sphere
Knowledge about strategic litigation and European Court of Human Rights practice
Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian, both written and verbal
Good knowledge of the context in East Ukraine
Experience of working in the field with displaced and/or vulnerable groups and communities
Experience with ICLA or related legal aid programs is an asset
Knowledge of the software programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experience from working within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context
Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
Legal expertise
Technical specific knowledge from the humanitarian sector including international humanitarian law and international human rights law
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Education level

Academy college / University

Personal qualities

Managing resources and achieving results
Planning and delivering results
Analysing
Working with people
Communicating with impact and respect
Handling insecure environments
Coping with change

We offer

Contract period: 12 months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC country policy
Duty station: Severodontesk or Kramatorsk (with extensive travels)
Medical and accident insurance, trainings.
Candidates can be invited for the interview before the deadline.