ICLA Project Coordinator (Nationals only) Norwegian Refugee Council(NRC) Kibondo
Job Type: Full-Time
Closing Date: 30th October 2023
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Overview

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors. 

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs 

Responsibilities

Job description

  • Line management of ICLA project field staff including direct supervision of the ICLA Project Officer 
  • Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures 
  • Contribute to CC strategy development, project proposals and provide input on needs and gaps 
  • Manage and implement delegated portfolio of ICLA projects (activities, budget and project documentation) as delegated from APM in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements, and ensure high technical quality 
  • Provide regular progress reports to APM 
  • Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist 
  • Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities 
  • Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills 
  • Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders 
  • Promote the rights of refugees/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy 
  • Oversee the successful start of ICLA activities in Kibondo, Tanzania, in line with NRC ICLA assessment 
  • Adapt global and regional ICLA project tools for the delivering of information, counseling, and legal assistance activities to the context 
  • Support the training and induction of new ICLA staff and regular review of project activities to ensure quality implementation 
  • Ensure that appropriate Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems are put in place to monitor, evaluate and learn from NRC project implementation. 
  • Represent NRC at relevant inter-agency forums and with local authorities and support training and capacity building of partners on ICLA thematic areas 
  • Support the identification of options for ICLA programming in Kibondo, Tanzania both as standalone and integrated programming with other CCs 
  • Contribute to the development of new donor proposals 
  • Contribute to the development of a revised ICLA CC strategy for Tanzania

Qualifications

  • University degree in law, political science, social science or other relevant disciplines. Diploma with experience will be considered. 
  • Minimum 5 years humanitarian experience with refugees at field level with an NGO or other international organization. Previous experience in north-western camps highly desirable 
  • Experience with start-up of new programmes and in PCM and M&E 
  • Experience with stakeholder coordination and engagement

Education field

  • Law

Education level

  • College / University, Master / PhD grade

Personal qualities

  • Experience from working in a protection project implementation position in a humanitarian context 
  • Previous experience from working in complex contexts 
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities 
  • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile 
  • Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Language

  • English

We offer

  • Duty station: Kibondo 
  • Temporary service contract 
  • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Kibondo