Generic Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines, and donor regulations.
- In close coordination with the ICLA Project Manager, take technical responsibility for implementing ICLA legal activities in line with project targets, donor requirements, and ICLA technical quality standards.
- Line-manage, mentor, and evaluate team members, ensuring effective performance management and professional development.
- Ensure project activities prioritize the most vulnerable project participants as well as gender, age, and disability mainstreaming in all activities, with a focus on empowerment and social cohesion.
- Coordinate with internal teams (PfV, other CCs) and external stakeholders (INGOs, local NGOs, authorities) for integrated programming and referrals.
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
- Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents
- Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
- Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
Specific Responsibilities:
- As delegated by the Project Manager, TL is responsible for the successful implementation of designated ICLA activities and project targets delivered through direct implementation modality throughout the full project cycle.
- In coordination with the PM preparing weekly/ monthly Workplan, for activities and progress reports; as well as weekly movement plan; and making sure that all staff members are working according to these plans.
- The ICLA Team Leader is also responsible for informing the ICLA Project Manager of any problems in relation to the above in a timely manner and working with her\him and the team to find solutions.
- In close collaboration with ICLA PM, ICLA TL is responsible for supervising ICLA Officers and ICLA Technical assistant providing ongoing mentoring and ensuring performance management. This will include the identification of staff capacity building needs, and leading or coordinating relevant training as well as mentoring staff on legal rights and procedures.
- The ICLA Team Leader, as delegated by the line manager, is responsible for ensuring high- quality monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of NRC ICLA activities.
- Ensure legal services meet protection standards, particularly in complex cases requiring PfV collaboration.
- Contribute to legal updates tracking and identify when legal scripts or tools should be updated according due to changes in the Syrian law.
- Identify gaps in ICLA field programming or new programming modality for ICLA management.
- As delegated by the PM and in close coordination with the field team, Engage in area-level protection/coordination forums and camp-level meetings in specific context.
- Support when requested with ICLA procurement plans in coordination with logistics and procurement teams, ensuring quality checks and proper documentation of PRs, bid analysis, and timely delivery of services related to ICLA legal activities
- Any other assigned tasks.
Generic Professional Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably law, human rights, social studies or related field.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in humanitarian legal assistance activities as ICLA Officer, emergency response or protection programming in Humanitarian and recovery context. Preferably, with knowledge of the Syrian legal framework and Judicial system in regard to Legal Identity and Civil Documentation, Employment Law and Procedures, as well as HLP procedures and practices.
- Fluency in Arabic and English (written/spoken).
- Strong organizational, reporting, and leadership skills.
- The ability to maintain confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination, and safety of project participants.
- Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, work independently with limited direct supervision, excel at work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, and maintain attention to details.
Context-Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Proven technical expertise in ICLA/ protection and Emergency Response.
- Familiarity with Protection principles and standards, preferably with knowledge and experience in child protection, GBV and minority rights.
- Proven knowledge of coordination structures and relevant stakeholders in protection and legal
humanitarian sectors.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Personal qualities
- Build meaningful relations
- Act with integrity
- Empower people
- Deliver results
We can offer
We can offer:
- Duty station: NES Raqaa - Syria
- Contract: Fixed-term Employment Contract until the end of December 2026, renewable based on the need, satisfactory performance, and availability of funding
- Salary/benefits: Grade 6 of NRC's salary scale (NRC Grade profile)
- NRC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or physical ability.
- We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
Important information about the application process:
- This position is open to internal and External candidates.
- All interested candidates matching the profile are welcome to apply.
- When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your national identification card. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history, and education.
- Candidates who do not provide complete and detailed information in the online application form may not be considered.
- The application deadline is 15 May 2026.
- Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
- We receive many applications for each vacant position, and so only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
- Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
Learn more about NRC's operations in Syria here.
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