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The Technical Legal Officer within NRC’s Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) programme will provide Syrian and Jordanian beneficiaries with information, counseling and legal assistance services on various topics (including legal and civil documentation, housing, land and property rights and work rights) during outreach and at NRC’s offices and oversee external partner relationships including beneficiary referrals and case management.
1. Roles and Responsibilities
The following is a brief description of the role.
Generic responsibilities (max 10)
These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Professional Development Plan.
• Provides technical support and develops capacity building initiatives to enhance the technical knowledge and professional development of staff
• Provides technical analysis, systems and tools in order to improve quality of programming.
• Monitors the compliance with NRC policies, CC Tools, handbooks and guidelines and proposes new initiatives to bridge gaps and implements these
• Shares technical knowledge, develops systems and tools to enhance the quality of the project
• Identifies, analyses and evaluates key processes and gaps in the implementation of the team activities and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Provides technical analysis over programme implementation activities
• Represents NRC, liaison and collaborate with relevant local authorities and/or stakeholders
• Ensures a healthy, safe environment for staff and beneficiaries and makes sure that protections concerns are addressed and followed up.
Specific responsibilities
These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly. The line manager drafts the specific responsibilities and sends them to his/her line manager for approval
• Provision of counseling and legal assistance services to beneficiaries, including dispute resolution, on areas within NRC’s mandate.
• Conducting outreach sessions for beneficiaries
• Case management of beneficiary cases including necessary follow-up and ensuring that deadlines are met.
• Close liaison with NRC caseworkers to provide accurate and updated advice for beneficiary cases
• Conducting legal research and analysis of procedures and regulations on key legal issues for Syrian refugees including legal and civil documentation, housing, land and property rights and work rights under Jordanian law;
• Meeting with international, national and governmental actors working on legal issues for Syrian refugees;
• Development of training materials and provision of trainings to NRC staff and relevant partners on legal and administrative matters.
• Coordination of external partner relationships including oversight of referrals to local legal aid organisations and locally contracted private lawyers to ensure full compliance with agreed case management and client handling procedures;
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 2016-08-16 |
| Job Location: | Amman, Jordan |
| Job Role: | Law/Legal |
| Company Industry: | Community/Social Services/and Nonprofit |
| Monthly Salary: | US $2,000 |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Management |
| Nationality: | Jordan |
| Degree: | Bachelor's degree |
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