• Application Deadline: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: ICLA Specialist Nigeria-Maiduguri


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 4 years


• Location Borno


• Job Field Law / Legal  , Project Management 
  

Role and responsibilities

• Identify country programme priorities, problems and challenges from an ICLA perspective and adopt a problem solving approach, solving them in collaboration with other core competencies, support department, and senior management


• Lead on assessment design and analysis for ICLA


• Support and contribute to multi sector assessments and response designs


• Assess and analyse context, identify constraints, opportunities, and priorities of the ICLA core competency


• Identify, monitor and evaluate risks, constraints, technical issues related to ICLA implementation for timely action by relevant management authority


• Enable and guide the mainstreaming of gender, protection and environment into the ICLA strategies and operational practices


• Lead on ICLA concept note and proposal developments


• Support and contribute to multi sector donor reports, both narrative and financial


• Liaise with relevant donors and representatives


• Support in the recruitment of ICLA staff and development of their work roles and responsibilities


• Promote culture of shared learning within the ICLA core competency and across core competencies


• Contribute to the strengthening of the position of NRC in Nigeria; liaising with relevant authorities, UN agencies, donors, other NGOs and partners, and social cohesion and protection sector actors


• Support the area teams with advice on ICLA project implementation challenges


• Ensure the coordination of Housing, Land and Property (HLP) working group under the national protection sector

What we look for

• Minimum 4 years of experience within human rights / legal assistance / displacement area of expertise in a humanitarian/recovery context


• Strong understanding of relevant human rights frameworks, including refugee rights, IDP rights and humanitarian law


• Solid knowledge of and experience applying protection principles within humanitarian responses


• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts


• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities


• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile


• Professional Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of the context in Nigeria and/or the region


• Experience engaging in/related to legal reform processes


• Experience in gender issues and programming


• Experience from protection and advocacy work within ICLA/legal assistance sector


• Solid experience from managing and implementing ICLA-type of responses


• High level of experience in programming associated to legal assistance, HLP rights, and civil documentation


• Strong capacity in leading proposal development


• Documented experience working with donors and conversant with their technical frameworks, strategic priorities and reporting requirements (e.g. EU, AFD, NMFA, SIDA)


• Experience from leading multi sector assessments and analysis


• Ability to work closely together with other field staff and across sectors


• High level of communication, representation, analysis, drafting and negotiation skills

Behavioural competencies

• Working with people


• Handling insecure environments


• Strategic thinking


• Empowering and building trust


• Initiate action and change


• Analyzing