ICLA Officer South Sudan Ulang

Position: ICLA Officer
Grade: 5
Reports to: Shelter Project Coordinator
Supervision of: Causals
Duty station: Ulang -Upper Nile
Field Travel: 100%
Project number: SSFM2644
Duration and type of contract: 6 Months
All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
Overview of the position:
The ICLA (Information, Counselling Legal Assistance) Officer ensures the day-to-day implementation of all ICLA activities in the field through direct action and supervision of assistants. The Officer is responsible for ensuring that all ICLA activities and staff under her/his supervision comply with the NRC Code of Conduct, national law, donor requirements, and ICLA’s overall objective to ensure that people affected by displacement can access their right to a durable solution.
Role and responsibilities
Generic responsibilities:
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 Development plan.
Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
Implement delegated CC project portfolio according to plan of action
Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
Ensure proper filing of documents
Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and assess new and better ways to assist.
Develop work plan and schedule for the monitoring of activities with line manager
Supervision of assistants
Support the selection of beneficiaries per the agreed criteria
Specific responsibilities:
Overseas day-to-day activities, particularly the legal information, counseling and 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.
Counselling: Provide individual counselling to beneficiaries where the issue is complex, especially for cases related to Housing, Land and Property matters.
Legal assistance: Identify LCD and HLP legal cases and assist beneficiaries as needed.
Organize and conduct information sessions with the team per ICLA standards and project documents.
Conduct needs and other assessments as required.
Organize and conduct capacity building training for local authorities and community leaders on HLP, CDR etc.
Work closely with other core competencies in finding touching points for ICLA integrated programing.
Collect and ensure his/her team’s data entries in the electronic database each month and verify and organize hard copies of sources of verification.
Raise 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 est

Work arrangement
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