• Application Deadline: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: ICLA Team Leader


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Adamawa


• Job Field Law / Legal  , NGO/Non-Profit 
  

Role and Responsibilities

Generic responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures.


• Oversee the provision of ICLA services in the Mubi Field Office according to strategy, proposals, budgets, and plans.


• Supervise the ICLA team in Mubi and ensure their capacity building and transfer of key skills 


• Responsible contact person for all field and direct implementation activities in the area of operation


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


• Contribute to protection needs and trends identification and ensure adequate ICLA response


• Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and key external stakeholders


• Ensure that NRC’s related activities are implemented within NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and report any breaches/concerns to the line manager and ICLA Project Manager.


• Ensure that all protection-related detected cases are referred to the concerned referral focal point and to the related Protection Coordinator

Specific responsibilities 

• Provide oversight for the ICLA response in Mubi, where ICLA operates.


• Manage, supervise, and support ICLA teams through capacity-building activities and on-the-job training


• Develop, implement, and oversee the activities implementation work plan in line with ICLA objectives


• Ensure standardization of activities according to the ICLA policy and handbook


• Supervise and support capacity-building activities for frontline workers and key actors


• Ensure the implementation of the safe identification reporting and referral system


• Monitor and follow up on the quality of the services provided


• Conduct regular field visits and spot checks to ICLA field activities


• Operationalize and mainstream technical inputs from the ICLA PM, ICLA Coordinator, and Officers


• Contribute to the oversight of officers


• Assess new locations for ICLA outreach activities


• Contribute to developing SOPs, checklists, and relevant ICLA tools


• Oversee data management, ICLA database, and documentation related to ICLA services


• Conduct regular field visits, spot checks, and follow-up of activities


• Coordinate externally with relevant stakeholders, host and refugee community, local authorities, humanitarian actors, and local organizations


• Provide regular progress reports about the activities implemented


• Promote and share ideas for technical improvement


• Contribute to context analysis, protection needs, and trends identification

Competencies 

Generic professional competencies: 

• Bachelors in law


• Minimum three years of relevant experience within the field of expertise


• Technical-specific knowledge from the humanitarian sector


• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts in Nigeria.


• Experience in working independently in a results-oriented, multi-tasking and multi-cultural environment


• Experience in managing staff


• Excellent command of Microsoft Applications


• Documented technical competencies related to the position’s responsibilities


• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities


• Fluency in English, both written and verbal


• Fluency in Hausa

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience: 

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


• Context Related Skills, Knowledge and Experience:


• Knowledge of the context in Nigeria


• Experience with start-up activities


• Experience in coordination of Housing Land and Property and Civil Documentation activities


• Political and cultural awareness and experience of working where insecurity is a significant issue


• Proven skills in report writing


• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods

Behavioral Competencies:

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


• Planning and delivering results


• Working with people


• Communicating with impact and respect


• Analysing


• Handling insecure environments