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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, emergency food security, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: ICLA Technical Assistant, Nigeria
Job Requisition ID: 20986
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Generic Responsibilities
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
- Assist with the implementation of civil and legal identity, housing, land, property (HLP) rights, and collaborative dispute resolution (CDR) activities.
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by the supervisor.
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
- Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities to ensure accountability.
- Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
- Assist officers to ensure that procurement and distribution of materials and are timely and according to procedures
- Perform any other professional duties as requested by the officers, team leaders, coordinators or the ICLA PM.
- Promote the rights of IDPs/returners in line with the advocacy strategy.
Specific responsibilities:
- Assist in the direct Implementation of legal and civil identity activities; HLP activities and CDR activities in particular the information and counselling sessions, legal assistance and capacity building training
- Assist In the documentation of project achievements and deliverables including compiling periodic reports
- Contribute in the development of training materials and information dissemination materials adapted to the location and context
- Engage in community mobilization and beneficiary engagement
- Provide updates and contribute to an updated M& E system in the country
- Integrate gender, protection and advocacy priorities during ICLA project implementation
- Any other task relevant to the position as requested by the line and/or technical manager.
Qualifications
- University Degree in Law / Social Sciences from a recognized Nigerian university, a thorough knowledge of the application of Nigerian law in a displacement context
- Work experience in the field of law (e.g. courts, attorneys, or legal aid agencies) and humanitarian protection.
- Preferably experience in working with displaced populations.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
- Managing resources to optimize results
- High-level competency in computer skills (Microsoft Office applications)
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Fluency in Hausa and one or more other national/regional languages.
Application Deadline
28th May, 2026; 01:00 AM.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should use link below to Apply.
Click here to apply online
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