Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Technical Assistant - Benghazi (Nationals Only)

Benghazi

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Benghazi
Grade: Junior level - Junior
Occupational Groups:
- Legal - Broad
- Human Resources
- Administrative support
- Legal - International Law
- Protection Officer (Refugee)
Closing Date: Closed

Background

The Norwegian Refugee Council is an international, independent, humanitarian, nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to refugees’ and internally displaced people in many countries worldwide including Libya. As a part of its assistance, NRC provides information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA) services to empower beneficiaries and support them to claim and exercise their rights. NRC beneficiaries include: Refugees, internally displaced people, and members of host community.

NRC’s ICLA program seeks to establish and implement information management systems that will enable improvement of internal management, program/project performance and evidence based decision making. Within this context, the Information Management Officer will implement and support information management systems to support Core Competency project implementation.

Duties and responsibilities

Generic responsibilities
The ICLA Technical Assistant will provide information, counselling and assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs). This will encompass, in particular:
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Assist a range of support with the implementation of the CC portfolio according to plan of action
- Implements independently procedures and activities within own function or core competency as delegated
- Responsible for organising and delivery of tasks in line with priorities and standards
- Develop and maintain knowledge of the specialist area of work in which technical assistance and support is being provided, in order to be most effective in supporting the team

- Use initiative in day to day problem solving in line with agreed procedures, priorities and standards for the area of work

- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management

- Ensure proper filing of documents

- Promote and share ideas for improvement in your area of expertise
- Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC.

Specific responsibilities
Accounting for the particularities of the job location and context, the Technical Assistant will be responsible for:
- Stays updated regarding internal procedures and thematic guidelines
- Delivers group information sessions (GIS) and individual counselling on various topics including legal and civil documentation, housing, land and property rights and work rights.
- Ensures protection mainstreaming in field activities, including identification of cases for protection referrals
-Undertakes day to day data collection and data entry related to field activities and participates in field mapping exercises
- Meetings with international, national and governmental actors working on legal and education access issues for refugees and migrants;
- Oversight of referrals to local aid organizations;
- Ensuring that partner organisations fully comply with agreed case management and client handling procedures;
- Perform other tasks related to the position, as required.

Qualifications

Our Ideal Candidate:

We are looking to hire an energetic, dynamic and communicative candidate, with a university degree/diploma in social sciences, political sciences, law or other related fields, with knowledge of the displacement context in Libya; migrants and refugee protection issues is considered a strong advantage.
Someone with ability to prioritize large workloads and meet tight deadlines, with knowledge of Libyan education system is an added advantage.
Additional useful skills include: Strong organizational, excellent analytical and communication skills, good computer skills in Microsoft office (MS Excel, Word, and outlook) should have. Written and spoken fluency in Arabic; proficiency in English.

Personal qualities

We can offer

Additional Information:

Contract Period: until 31 December 2020

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Duty Station: Benghazi, Libya

For full position details please click on Job Description

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.

We work in crises across more than 30 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights.

NORCAP is a global provider of expertise that contributes to solving challenges in the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors. Our ultimate goal is to strengthen the resilience, and protect the lives, rights and livelihoods of vulnerable people and communities

NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

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