ICLA Project Manager

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

Commencing in March 2012, the NRC Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance Programme (ICLA) in Lebanon has been providing assistance to refugees, mainly refugees from Syria (including Lebanese returnees and Palestinian refugees from Syria) and Palestinian refugees already in Lebanon.  Currently, ICLA Lebanon has two main areas of work: (1) the Syrian refugee response and (2) the Palestinian refugee response.  ICLA is present in the Bekaa, South, North and in Beirut, Mount Lebanon. 

ICLA works closely with the other NRC Lebanon programmes and activities in order to build on existing relationships, encourage an integrated response, develop joint activities and benefit from NRC’s comprehensive understanding of the context.

ICLA services are provided by ICLA staff and ICLA consultants and lawyers, mainly through NRC community centres and extensive outreach work in the surrounding areas (which include mobile legal clinics in informal tented settlements).  As part of the ICLA programme, NRC provides assistance (including advice and representation) on legal matters, with a focus on (a) legal status; (b) civil/legal documentation; and (c) housing, land and property (HLP) issues. 

1. Role and responsibilities

 The ICLA Project Manager is responsible for the implementation and delivery of ICLA project activities in BML (Beirut and Mount Lebanon) in line with NRC’s strategy and standards. The position encompasses team direct line management, donor grants with budgets and development of strategy, policy and standards within ICLA Program.

Generic responsibilities

1. Contribute to the development of strategies for the area and ICLA projects in the relevant area
2. Implement ICLA projects in the relevant area and ensure high technical quality consistent with ICLA Lebanon strategies and synergies with other core competencies
3. Support preparation of proposals (technical, financial and narrative aspects) related to ICLA projects in the BML
4. Develop, manage and monitor the budget(s) according to Financial Handbook and donor requirements
5. Evaluate, review and perform quality control of ongoing and completed ICLA projects in the relevant area
6. Contribute to identification of trends in conditions/standards and donor priorities and assess better ways to assist refugees
7. Train and develop the capacity of ICLA staff
8. Ensure adherence to the ICLA tools and handbooks and other NRC policies
9. Represent ICLA in internal and external fora, develop partnerships in the humanitarian community in the relevant area and coordinate with authorities at local level
10. Oversee and take responsibility of mainstreaming protection guidelines in the NRC’s related activities as per NRC’s Protection mainstreaming guidelines and ensures that all breaches/concerns reported are properly resolved.

Specific responsibilities

• Consolidate the ICLA projects in the BML, in coordination with ICLA Lebanon priorities and strategies
• Understand context of refugee and host communities in the BML and work with ICLA team to ensure that ICLA project responds to the context and identified needs
• Develop and follow up on detailed project work plans, procurement plans, spending plan, M&E plan and recruitment plan for ICLA projects in the BML
• Strengthen the framework of the ICLA team in the BML, including working with the ICLA Coordinator to identify strengths and weaknesses within the team and adapt team accordingly
• Train and coach ICLA Coordinator and other relevant ICLA staff members on project cycle management aspects of ICLA project in the BML
• Represent ICLA and co-chair the protection working group on behalf of NRC and ICLA

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• ICLA Specialist
• Area operations and support
• Other Core Competency Project Managers/Coordinators in the BML
• Local authorities
• Other humanitarian actors

2. Competencies

1. Professional competencies

Generic professional competencies for this position:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Political Science, International Relations, or Social Sciences
• Minimum 5 years’ experience from working as a Project Coordinator/Manager in a humanitarian/ recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Experience working with legal assistance and/or human rights programmes, with a strong understanding of protection issues
• Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and verbal

Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Project management
• Management of staff
• Managing budgets
• Designing and implementing training on project management and operational issues, including training of trainers to staff from a range of backgrounds
• Providing on-the-job coaching

2. Behavioral competencies

• Managing resources to optimize results
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments
• Strategic Thinking
• Influencing