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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.

Purpose of the Job: 

The Information Counselling Legal Assistant implements ICLA activities at the Islam Qala border point (zero point) with Iran. The Assistant is responsible for ensuring that all ICLA activities comply with the NRC Code of Conduct, national law, donor requirements, and ICLA’s overall objective to ensure that people affected by displacement can access their right to a durable solution.

Note: 

Due to the cultural context and local regulations at the Islam Qala Border, the female ICLA Assistant is required to be accompanied by a Mahram (a male relative over the age of 18) during all working hours at the duty station.

Accommodation and Transportation:      NRC will provide office space at the duty station only. The ICLA Assistant will be responsible for arranging and covering the costs of their own transportation and accommodation.

Responsibilities

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. 
• Conduct survey and other assessments as required.
• Liaise with governmental, non-governmental organizations and UN agencies to establish and maintain networks for referrals at the border point. 
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.  

Specific responsibilities:

• Provide information and counseling to returnees from Iran in accordance with the ICLA strategy, project documents, and applicable laws and procedures.
• Enter all activities’ information into the ICLA electronic database and maintain hard copies of all means of verification documents.
• Provide individual counselling services to beneficiaries per ICLA standards and report outcomes, challenges, and progress to the supervising officer.
• Preparing and presenting the weekly and monthly progress reports to the ICLA Officer on a timely manner. 

Generic professional competencies for this position: 

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience within field of expertise
• Technical specific knowledge from the humanitarian sector and work experience with returnees 
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented technical competences related to the position’s responsibilities
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Familiarity with NRC work in the region 
• Knowledge of local language and computer literate (MS Office)

Context related skills; knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position): 

• Collage degree from any related field and a thorough knowledge of Afghan law 
• At least 1 year experience from working in a protection or legal assistance implementation position 
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation and reporting on project activities 
• Experience in conducting awareness sessions for groups of people 
• Experience working at Islam Qala border point is an asset 
• Prior experience of representing an I/NGO, and advocating on behalf of beneficiaries, in the public fora (e.g. protection sector)
• Working knowledge of context-relevant languages
• Computer skills, especially in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook 

Behavioural competencies:

• Strategic thinking 
• Planning and delivering results
• Working with people 
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Analyzing
• Handling insecure environments

Performance Management :

• The Job Description
• The individual Work- and Professional Development Plan
• The Competency Framework

Education:

• Collage degree from any related field and a thorough knowledge of Afghan law 

Personal Qualities:

• Planning and delivering results
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Handling insecure environment
• Empowering and building trust

Language:

• Dari
• English
• Pashto

We offer:

• Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale.
• NRC has medical coverage for staff plus 4 dependents. 
• Leave and Holidays accordingly Afghanistan Labour Law.
• Top up Credit card on monthly basis

How to Apply:

For applying and more information, please click on the below link:

ICLA Assistant Afghanistan Herat - NRC NORCAP Careers Careers

Note: All applicants are supposed to create and properly fill online CV profile in the NRC site, example (personal, education, experience background etc..) and only attaching CV won’t be enough.

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