ICLA Specialist -

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Background

NRC has been in DRC since 2001. ICLA (Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance) is the flagship sector of NRC. It is a protection service that uses legal concepts to promote and protect the rights of people in situation of displacement. On the one hand, it helps target populations to claim and exercise their rights. On the other hand, it provides them with the means to rebuild their lives by creating conditions conducive to early recovery. Limited access to and conflict generated by competition for control over land and related resources, widespread insecurity of tenure, forced evictions, and lack of access to birth registration complicating access for children to education are among the most pressing challenges in the DR Congo. The ICLA programme in the country is designed to fill the gaps around these issues and revolves mainly around four axes: improving access to land and documents, including civil status documents; consolidating security of tenure; preventing forced evictions; and collaborative resolution of land-related conflicts. In addition, NRC is the leading agency of the Housing, Land and Property Working Group within the Protection Cluster worldwide and in the country.

RESPONSIBILITIES

What you will do:

The purpose of the ICLA Specialist position is technical development of the ICLA programme, provision of strategic direction and quality assurance, and developing the ICLA strategy. The ICLA Specialist is responsible for mentoring, training and capacity building of staff on ICLA technical capacity.

Develop the ICLA strategy, technical guidance and Macro LFA
Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures

Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposals, budgets and donor reports
Identify trends, technical standards and donor priorities
Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within ICLA, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
Provide technical direction and project implementation support
Ensure that key learnings are extracted from ICLA implementation, and incorporate them in the ICLA programme and staff development processes
Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff
Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities and donors
Promote the rights of IDPs (Internally Displaced People)/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

QUALIFICATIONS

What you will bring:

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 French and advanced level in English, both written and verbal

Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:

Knowledge of the context in DRC / Great Lakes 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 form managing and implementing ICLA-type of responses in both volatile and recovery contexts
High level of experience in programme management associated to legal assistance, land 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. ECHO, BHA, NMFA, SIDA,…)
Advanced understanding and experience on M&E processes and analysis with ability to devise and adapt tools to context
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, flexibility, and negotiation skills

Please find the full job description here.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility. At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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