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About Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future.

Job Description

Generic responsibilities:

• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures.
• Ensure that ICLA projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection and contribute to new approaches for assisting target populations.
• Development of holistic and needs based programs, including cash-based interventions and marked based programs
• Any other tasks assigned by the line manager

Specific responsibilities:

Supervision 30%

• Overseas day-to-day activities of ICLA Technical Assistants, particularly the information, counselling and legal assistance to ensure the quality of services provided to displaced affected people are in accordance with the ICLA strategy, project documents, and applicable laws and procedures.
• Manage and supervise ICLA Technical Assistants: Using the tools provided by Project Coordinators, determine weekly and monthly planning for his/her team. Distribute activity targets to team members. Follow and evaluate Assistants’ progress and professional development through weekly meetings and/or written reports (performance appraisal). Ensure that Assistants participate in tailored capacity building.
• Supervise the ICLA Technical Assistants in referral cases and ensure that there is consistency in follow up on the related cases.

Legal Counselling and Legal Assistance 40%

• Assist ICLA Technical Assistants in identifying and selecting beneficiaries, collecting relevant documents (copies of claim files, customary or title deeds, client request from NRC, NRC contract with client, VRF or village leader certification or any other relevant documents).
• Counselling: Provide individual counselling to beneficiaries where the issue is complex, especially for cases related to Housing, Land and Property (HLP) matters.
• Legal assistance: Identify Legal Identity Document (LID) and HLP legal cases and assist beneficiaries as needed.  Represent clients before Justice and Judicial offices including preparing petitions and lawsuits, defence letters or any other legal letter if requested by clients in accordance with laws
• Organize and conduct information sessions with the team per ICLA standards and project documents.
• Providing information and assist beneficiaries on Afghanistan Labor law based on the ICLA strategies.
• Conduct legal research and analysis.
• Conduct needs and other assessments as required.
• Organize and conduct capacity building trainings and related mentorship sessions for external stakeholders.

Staff Capacity Building 10%

• Organize and conduct capacity building trainings on legal related subject to ICLA Technical Assistants
• Provide on-job training to ICLA Technical Assistants on cases records to the database, lawsuits preparing, and defence letter.

Administrative and Reporting 10%

• Supervise, monitor, and ensure his/her team’s data entries in the electronic database each month and verify and organize hard copies of sources of verification.
• Look out for advocacy, access, and protection needs from the field and report regularly to the ICLA Coordinator.
• Raise Procurement Request (PR) and follow up with the logistics department as needed.
• Coordinate with local stakeholders as needed, including with government officials and humanitarian partners.
• Liaise with governmental, non-governmental organizations and UN agencies to establish and maintain networks for referrals.
• Updating the M&E matrix regularly and share with ICLA Coordinator on a timely manner.
• Send weekly and monthly reports on her/his team’s progress to ICLA Coordinator.

Cash component:

• Ensure the inclusion of cash-based interventions and marked based programmes in country and area-based strategies and their implementation across and within NRC’s core competencies.
• Provide an enabling environment for the implementation of cash-based interventions, including multi-purpose cash assistance, emergency cash responses.

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION

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