Department: ICLA – Information Counselling and Legal Assistance
Position: Technical Officer – Legal
Reports to: Project Manager / Project Coordinator
Supervision of: Consultant lawyers
Travel: Between 20% to 40% domestically outside of duty station in Libya based on programme needs.
Project number: LYFM 2211, LYFM 2215, LYFM 2310
Grade: 6
Duty station: Tripoli (Reporting to Tripoli Area Office, covering Tripoli, Misrata and Tawergha)
Duration and type of contract: 31st December 2024, renewable based on performance, funding, and the need for the position.
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.
Background
The Norwegian Refugee Council is an international, independent, humanitarian, non-governmental organization that provides assistance to displacement affected population in many countries worldwide including Libya. As a part of its assistance, NRC provides information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA) services to empower project participants and support them to claim and exercise their rights and access justice.
NRC’s ICLA – Information Counselling and Legal Assistance Core Competency global objective is to support displacement affected population in Libya to engage with relevant justice and administrative systems to claim their rights. The legal support provided includes information/awareness sessions, empowerment through legal case management approach: legal counselling, legal assistance, and capacity building through the organization of training sessions, workshops, based on technical research.
Role and responsibilities
The Technical Legal Officer will be responsible for the implementation of legal case management activities, training session, legal research and analysis in implementation of the projects in the Area Office. He/She leads on drafting of information materials (GIS scripts) and other awareness and counselling materials used by the team and consultant lawyers with the support of the project coordinator/project manager and CCS. He/She also ensures the recruitment, briefings, planning and supervision of consultant lawyers day-to-day activities, the regular reporting of legal case management and training activities to the Project Manager, the representation of NRC ICLA Programme and liaison with relevant authorities and other stakeholders in the area and coordination with external stakeholders.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.