Information, Counselling & Legal Assistance Project Manager – Ninewa

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. We started our relief efforts after World War Two.
Today, we work in both new and protracted crises across 31 countries. We
specialise in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance,
camp management, and water, sanitation and hygiene.

We stand up for people forced to flee. NRC is a determined advocate
for displaced people. We promote and defend displaced people's rights and
dignity in local communities, with national governments and in the
international arena. NRC’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva is
a global leader in monitoring, reporting on and advocating for people displaced
within their own country.

We respond quickly to emergencies. Our expert deployment capacity, NORCAP,
boasts around 1,000 experts from all over the world who can be deployed within
72 hours. Our experts help improve international and local ability to prevent,
prepare for, respond to and recover from crises.

Around 6,000 men and women work for the
Norwegian Refugee Council. Most of us are hired locally
to work in the field, and a small number are based at our head office in Oslo.
Many of our colleagues were once themselves fleeing their homes.

NRC in Iraq

Iraq has seen an unprecedented rise in displacement over the last several years, reaching a peak between 2014 and 2017. Of the more than 5.8 million Iraqis who fled their homes since 2014, two million remain displaced. Over four million Iraqis have returned to their area of origin. Many Iraqis have returned to areas that lack basic infrastructure, services and livelihood opportunities, or where explosive devices have not been cleared. Other challenges include: lack of security, community rejection, housing, property and civil documentation issues and lack of educational opportunities.

The UN estimates that more than 6.7 million Iraqis will need assistance in 2019, of this, those in critical need include 1.75 million people which includes both in- camp and out-of-camp IDPs, returnees, and vulnerable host communities. Humanitarian agencies are asking for 701 million USD to deliver basic assistance to these Iraqis  (HRP 2019). With military operations against IS group having ended, the Iraqi government faces new challenges to ensure displaced populations return home, receive adequate services while ensuring inclusive reconstruction and reconciliation efforts that will sustain peace.

 Since 2010, NRC Iraq has been assisting internally displaced Iraqis, Syrian refugees, and host communities in Ninewa, Dohuk, Erbil, Kirkuk, Basra and Anbar Governorates.

We focus on assisting the newly displaced, those in lengthy displacement in camps and those in hard-to-reach areas. In 2018, NRC scaled-up programmes across Iraq to respond to the large-scale displacements and returns, especially in Anbar governorate, around Kirkuk and in Ninewa using our water and sanitation, education, camp management, legal assistance, livelihoods, camp management, and cash activities.

Information, Counselling & Legal Assistance Project Manager – Ninewa Area office Iraq

Role Specific Information

• Participate in relevant project start-up, progress review, and closing meetings;
• Start up HLP collaborative dispute resolution, in line with ICLA IQ Collaborative Dispute Resolution (CDR) strategy;
• Capacity building of ICLA staff as a major priority in preparation of planned nationalization;
• Ensure accurate implementation of ICLA case management and M&E tools and work with ICLA Specialist and other PMs to ensure best practises and consistency across the country.
• Contribute to development or updating of national technical tools, including legal factsheets, SOPs, information leaflets
• Ensure accurate and high quality reporting at output and outcome level for donor and NRC reporting systems
• Contribute to innovative ideas that increase the efficiency and quality of ICLA programming in Ninewa
• Actively participate in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings in Ninewa
• Actively promote and operationalize synergies between ICLA and other NRC core competencies
• Help to ensure protection concerns (not just legal) are mainstreamed within the ICLA programme
• Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the Area Program Manager or ICLA Specialist

Our Ideal Candidate:

A university graduate in a relevant field(s) with minimum 3 years experience in a senior legal assistance project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery settings, especially in complex and volatile environments. Fluency in English, both verbal and written is required.  Knowledge of Arabic and previous work experience in the Middle-East and Iraq will be a distinct advantage.

Additional Information:

Contract period: 12 months

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Duty station: Ninewa

Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start

Non-family duty station