ICLA Specialist Nigeria-Maiduguri at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

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