ICLA Coordinator Ukraine
Provide guidance and coordinate legal assistance projects for ICLA in Ukraine
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Overview
Provide guidance and coordinate legal assistance projects for ICLA in Ukraine
You have:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant job experience in a similar role, preferably within the humanitarian sector
- Fluency in Ukrainian and English, both written and verbal
- Bachelor degree in law or equivalent
- Knowledge of Ukrainian legislation
- Proven experience in coordinating activities and liaising with external actors
Contract
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The role will be based in the Country Office in Ukraine. Under the supervision of the Specialist, the Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Coordinator will provide technical guidance to field teams and partners, monitor the legal framework and conduct legal analysis, support the development of guidelines and tools, contribute to the legal content management and case management of Kobli, ICLA digital legal aidplatform, provide capacity building and transferring of key skills to ICLA teams. Moreover, the ICLA Coordinator will conduct quality assurance and ensure standardization of the ICLA approach across areas of intervention regarding legal service provision and capacity building delivery in line with NRC strategy and procedures.
Qualifications
Generic professional competencies:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant job experience in a similar role, preferably within the humanitarian sector
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Fluency in Ukrainian and English, both written and verbal
- Proven experience in coordinating activities and liaising with external actors
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Bachelor degree in law or equivalent
- Knowledge of Ukrainian legislation
- Understanding of laws and regulations related to internal displacement is an asset
- In depth knowledge of the context in Ukraine
- Experience with implementation of legal protection programmes is an asset
Behavioral competencies:
- Handling insecure environments
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing performance and development
Planning and delivering results
This position is for Ukrainian nationals only. Please note that we are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position. We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields. Please note we will contact only shortlisted candidates..
Responsibilities
Generic responsibilities
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the ICLA strategy
- Oversee the legal aid provision at national level
- Oversee the capacity building component, targeting key stakeholders, at national level
- Provide legal and technical guidance to field teams and partners
- Ensure that projects target project participants most in need of legal protection, explore and assess new and better ways to assist
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement of the programme
- Liaise and collaborate with authorities, national and international NGOs and other key stakeholders
- Contribute to the identification of legal protection needs and trends and design of the response
Specific responsibilities
- Conduct legal framework monitoring and legal analysis
- Develop and update ICLA guidelines, SOPs and tools
- Provide legal and technical guidance to field teams and partners
- Oversee the provision of legal services from a technical perspective
- Oversee the capacity building component targeting key stakeholders at national level
- Conduct quality assurance activities on services provided
- Ensure standardization of the ICLA approach across areas of intervention
- Support ICLA cross border activities
- Develop and update legal content for ICLA digital initiatives
- Support the development of Kobli, ICLA digital legal aid platform
- Contribute to project proposals and reports drafting and provide input on needs and gaps
- Contribute to evidence-based advocacy actions on legal protection issues
- Contribute to organisational learning through technical assessments, identification of best practices and lessons learned
- Prepare, organize and facilitate trainings, workshops, webinars and other events
- Ensure data protection of sensitive information related to legal protection cases
- Support safe identification and referral of cases
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management, including timely reporting on programmatic and contextual issues
- Conduct regular visits to area and field offices
- Represent ICLA in coordination fora and working groups
- Coordinate activities with key stakeholders at national level
Potential interview questions
| Can you give an example of a challenging legal case you managed and how you handled it? | This question allows the interviewer to assess your problem-solving and legal management skills. | Provide a specific example that highlights your role and the outcome you achieved. |
| How do you ensure that all team members adhere to legal guidelines in their work? | The interviewer wants to understand your approach to compliance and teamwork. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a time when you had to adapt your strategies in a complex or changing legal environment. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What steps do you take to build trust with external stakeholders? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you evaluate the effectiveness of legal aid programs you oversee? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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