Information Counselling and Legal Assistant (ICLA) Officer

The Opportunity

The position holder will be responsible to provide support for returnees and Host communities in Dembe Woreda to claim their rights to access essential services such as legal identity and civil documentation and housing, land and property rights related to EHF funded project that currently under implementation.

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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• A university degree in law and a social sciences degree with a paralegal qualification and/or background
• Familiarity with laws, procedures and practices operative in the Benishangul region, particularly laws and procedures related to Legal identity and civil documentation is advantageous.
• Good emergency experience
• Minimum of three (3) years of work experience, primarily in the areas of legal identity and civil documentation, as well as housing, land, and property rights in emergency situations.

Qualifications and experience desirable

• Equipped with sufficient level of awareness on legal identity and civil documentation
• Knowledge of Plan policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct
• Knowledge of child rights programming
• Good knowledge of field level realities of humanitarian NGOs work;
• Experience of working in BG is a strong asset.
• Good understanding of the external operating environment including government policies, strategies, guidelines and operating procedures in managing emergencies and disasters in the country Perform multiple, non-technical tasks with a potential need to upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions.
• Ability to work independently

Languages required

• English language and
• Knowledge of local language is a very strong asset