ICLA Officer Job in Amhara | NRC | JobsNoti

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General Information:

  • Job Title: ICLA Officer
  • Job Identification: 19530
  • Job Category: Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance
  • Posting Date: 11/10/2025, 12:55 PM
  • Apply Before: 11/24/2025, 10:30 PM
  • Degree Level: Bachelor’s Degree
  • Job Schedule: Full Time
  • Field Travel: Frequent travel to the field
  • Duration and type of contract: Fixed term contract
  • Locations: Ethiopia North Amhara Dabat

Generic Responsibilities:

  • Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures.
  • Ensure that ICLA projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection and contribute to new approaches for assisting target populations.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
  • Overseas day to day activities of ICLA, particularly the legal information, counseling and assistance to ensure the quality of services provided to displaced affected people are in accordance with the ICLA strategy, project documents, and applicable laws and procedures.
  • Manage and supervise ICLA Technical Assistants (TAs).
  • Assist ICLA TAs in identifying and selecting beneficiaries and collecting relevant documents.
  • Organize and conduct information sessions with the team per ICLA standards and project documents.
  • Counselling: Provide individual counselling to beneficiaries where the issue is complex, especially for cases related to Housing, Land and Property matters.
  • Legal assistance: Identify legal cases and assist beneficiaries as needed.
  • Conduct legal research and analysis, needs and other assessments as required.
  • Organize and conduct capacity building trainings and related mentorship sessions for external stakeholders.
  • Provide on-job training to ICLA TAs

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with other core competencies in finding touching points for ICLA integrated programing.
  • Working with ICLA TA on creating co-ownership for integrated programing.
  • Supervise, monitor, and ensure his/her team’s data entries in the electronic database each month and verify and organize hard copies of sources of verification.
  • Look out for advocacy, access, and protection needs from the field and report regularly to the ICLA Team Leader.
  • Raise PR and follow up with the logistics department as needed.
  • Liaise with governmental, non-governmental organizations and UN agencies to establish and maintain networks for referrals.
  • Updating the M&E matrix regularly and share with ICLA PC on a timely manner.
  • Send weekly and monthly reports on her/his team’s progress to the line manager.

Generic Professional Competencies:

  • University degree in law, or a related field and a thorough knowledge of Ethiopian law.
  • Experience working in a Protection or legal assistance implementation position
  • At least 3 years’ experience in project management, including supervision of staff and ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures
  • Experience working as a Legal Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context.
  • Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
  • Good knowledge of English is preferred.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their application through Online [Apply-Now]. For more details visit official website: www.nrc.no

NRC Overview:

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement. This includes refugees and internally displaced persons who are forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, human rights violations and acute violence, as well as climate change and natural disasters.