ICLA Technical Officer Ukraine Lviv - For internal candidates only

Below is a brief summary of the role. Please download the Job Description for further details.

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organizations core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

• Role and responsibilities

The Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Technical Officer will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of ICLA activities, community outreach and provision of legal services on legal identity, internally displaced persons registration, housing, land and property rights and access to services. All ICLA Technical Officers will contribute to development of skills and capacities of ICLA and local legal aid providers, legal monitoring, research, analysis and development of the community paralegal network.

Generic responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines, standards and donor requirements

• Ensure adherence to ICLA strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards

• Implement legal activities according to established plan of action

• Promote and share ideas for technical improvement and further program development

• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist

• Contribute to the identification of legal protection needs to inform programming and advocacy

Specific responsibilities

• Conduct outreach activities to identify key locations for legal aid delivery

• Organize and conduct individual / group information sessions

• Provide individual and tailored legal counselling

• Provide legal assistance and representation for selected cases, according to ICLA criteria

• Ensure effective and appropriate legal case management and quality of legal aid provision

• Provide services in person or through remote modalities

• Facilitate knowledge management within ICLA West team and learning activities related to ICLA expertise for external stakeholders of NRC intervention;

• Design, organize and facilitate training sessions, webinars and other learning activities, reporting on the delivered events;

• Conduct housing, land and property due diligence activities in close coordination with the NRC Shelter programme

• Ensure safe identification and referral of persons in need of a specific service

• Develop informational, educational and training materials on legal protection issues

• Participate in needs assessments and feasibility studies, conduct analysis of legal protection trends and propose adaptation of the response

• Conduct legal research and analysis and prepare presentations of legal protection issues

• Provide inputs to legal and advocacy documents (i.e briefing notes, case studies)

• Contribute to the development of tools and procedures

• Contribute to strengthening of local capacities of partners and key stakeholders

• Coordinate activities with other NRC programmes

• Coordinate activities with local authorities, NGOs, UN Agencies and other actors regarding legal aid provision

• Conduct data entry and proper filing of documents related to ICLA activities (i.e client files, intake forms, lists of the participants and other tools) according to NRC internal procedures

• Assist with administrative/logistics/finance tasks whenever required

• Supervising activities of the West Community-Based Paralegal Network

• Prepare weekly and monthly plans and reports, upon agreement with line manager

2. Competencies

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

1. Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

Generic professional competencies for this position :

• Bachelors degree in Law

• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience

• Experience working in similar roles in humanitarian/recovery context

• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

• Documented results related to the positions responsibilities

• Fluency in Ukrainian, and Russian, both written and verbal.

• Fluency in English, both written and verbal, allowing you to draft reports and other documents in English would be considered as an advantage.

Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):

• Good knowledge of the context in Ukraine. Knowledge of the context in West UKraine would be considered as an asset.

• Experience of providing information, counselling and legal assistance / representation services

• Experience of community sensitization and handling complicate personalities

• Experience in design and delivery of the round tables, training sessions and other events and training materials

• Experience of working in the field with displaced and/or vulnerable groups and communities

2. Behavioral competencies (max. 6)

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRCs Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

• Handling insecure environments

• Working with people

• Coping with change

• Planning and delivering results

• Communicating with impact and respect

Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying

• Learn more about NRC here and NRC Ukraine
• To apply as an internal candidate, please click on the suitcase icon “I am an employee” on the top right of the page to be redirected to NRCs internal career site.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV and application in English-Applications submitted without the CV will not be considered.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
• This position is open to candidates who have the legal right to work in Ukraine. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.