ICLA Officer – Ulang, South Sudan

About the role

NRC South Sudan is recruiting an ICLA (Information, Counselling Legal Assistance) Officer for the Ulang site in Upper Nile. The officer ensures day-to-day implementation of ICLA activities in the field through direct action and supervision of assistants, making sure they comply with the NRC Code of Conduct, national law, donor requirements and the goal of helping displaced people access a durable solution. The post is 6 months long, reports to the Shelter Project Coordinator and involves 100% field travel.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines, and prepare and develop status reports as required.
• Develop a work plan and schedule for monitoring activities with the line manager and supervise assistants.
• Provide individual counselling to beneficiaries on complex issues, especially housing, land and property matters.
• Identify legal cases and assist beneficiaries, and organise information sessions with the team.
• Conduct needs and other assessments, and run capacity-building training for local authorities and community leaders on housing, land and property and community dispute resolution.
• Collect and verify the team's monthly data entries in the electronic database and organise hard copies of source documents.
• Raise PR, coordinate with local stakeholders including government officials and humanitarian partners, and liaise with UN agencies and NGOs to set up referral networks.
• Update the M&E matrix regularly, send weekly and monthly progress reports to the project coordinator, and support beneficiary selection per agreed criteria.

Required profile

• Experience as a Project Officer in a humanitarian or recovery context, and in complex and volatile settings.
• Proven practical experience in planning and executing ICLA programmes, or at least 3 years in a humanitarian and development programme.
• Bachelor's degree from a recognised university (law or similar field).
• Experience in protection or legal assistance implementation, and in capacity building and training.
• Experience working in Upper Nile.

Required skills

• Knowledge of English and Arabic.
• Ability to work independently in a multi-tasking, multi-cultural environment and manage conflicting priorities.