Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance Project Manager - Palestine

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent, international humanitarian non-governmental organisation provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide. NRC established its presence in Palestine in January 2009 and has developed programme activities in the sectors of shelter, education, WASH and the provision of information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA). 

The ICLA programme is providing legal assistance on Housing, Land and Property (HLP) issues, for displaced persons or at risk of displacement in the West Bank (Area C and East Jerusalem) and in Gaza. In late 2009, the NRC commenced a legal assistance programme in Gaza and established a legal aid Centre staffed by qualified lawyers who provide free legal assistance services.

NRC is looking to recruit an experienced Information, Communication and Legal Assistance (Legal Aid) Programme  Manager in Gaza.

Our ideal candidate has:

The ideal candidate will have a strong legal and protection background with a minimum of 3 years' experience in a legal assistance project implementation position in a humanitarian/ recovery context.  We are particularly looking for candidates with proven and a good knowledge of the context in Palestine.  A background in HLP and/or Residency law and Arabic language skills would be an advantage.

Job Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for capacity building of project staff, and transferring key skills through mentoring and on the job training
• Contribute to the development of Country, Area and ICLA Project strategies, based on context, technical expertise and needs assessment within area
• Contribute with ICLA specific contextual analysis as input  to the Contingency Plan to ICLA Programme Specialist
• Contribute to needs assessments, development and implementation of emergency response within area
• Responsible for providing area specific information to ICLA Programme Specialist for proposal development
• Responsible for development and follow up of detailed project work plans, spending plan, M&E plan and resource plan for the specific ICLA projects on area level
• Responsible for management and implementation of ICLA projects (activities and budgets) according to strategy, proposal, plans and budgets.
• Develop, manage and monitor project budget (in cooperation with ICLA Programme Specialist), and coordinate across CCs
• Responsible for providing  regular reports to the Gaza Area Manager and the ICLA Programme Specialist on project implementation, including recommended improvements
• Responsible for seeking support and mentoring on technical issues from ICLA Programme Specialist, and complying with ICLA Programme Specialist technical directions to ensure high quality and cost efficient projects targeting the beneficiaries most in need of protection
• Participate in coordination mechanisms with donors, govt. and clusters.
• Participate in the recruitment of project staff.

We offer up to a 12 month contract

The successful candidate must be able to travel into Gaza

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For further details please see the Terms of Reference below.