The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is reinforcing its presence in North-East Ukraine and established an Area Office based in Kharkiv. AONE covers regions of Kharkiv and Sumy where current Field Office (FO) in Shostka.
The key sectors of intervention covered by the North-East area office will include Shelter, Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA), Protection from Violence, Education, and emergency response through cash assistance.
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 in particular with regards to Real Estate, Construction and Land Law - and to ensure synergies with other NRC Core Competencies and access to services. The ICLA Technical Officer will also conduct capacity building activities at internal and external level, and conduct legal monitoring, research, analysis and reporting.
Generic responsibilities
1. Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines, standards and donor requirements
2. Ensure adherence to ICLA strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards Implement legal activities according to established plan of action
3. Promote and share ideas for technical improvement and further program development
4. Ensure that projects target project participants most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
5. 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
Conduct housing, land and property due diligence activities in close coordination with the NRC Shelter programme 1
Ensure safe identification and referral of persons in need of a specific service
Develop informational, educational and training materials on legal protection issues
Prepare, organize and facilitate capacity building activities
Participate in needs assessments and feasibility studies, conduct analysis of legal protection trends and propose adaptation of the response
Conduct legal research and analysis
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 and other tools) according to NRC internal procedures
Assist with administrative/logistics/finance tasks whenever required
Prepare weekly and monthly plans and reports, upon agreement with line manager
Perform any other tasks as requested by ICLA Project Coordinator /Project Manage
Generic professional competencies for this position:
Bachelor’s 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 position’s responsibilities
2 Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):
Good knowledge of the context in Ukraine
Experience of providing information, counselling and legal assistance / representation services
Experience of community sensitization
Experience in real estate, construction and land law (real estate acquisition, maintenance, use and transfer, drafting and negotiating sale-purchase/transfer/leasing agreements, real estate development)
Experience of working in the field with displaced and/or vulnerable groups and communities Knowledge of the software programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
