one. Objective
This is an exciting opportunity to guide and lead the development and implementation of activities of the Information, Guidance and Legal Assistance ( ICLA ) competition projects, contribute to its positioning and scaling in Mexico. The role of the ICLA team leader is to lead The main themes of work could revolve around information services, guidance and legal assistance for refuge cases and other forms of migratory regularization in Mexico and eventually information and orientation to refuge processes in the United States, management of civil identity documents and access to basic services such as housing, work and education, among others.
2. Main responsibilities
- Lead the planning, organization, implementation and regular monitoring of the activities of the ICLA projects under their charge in the corresponding localities / offices in accordance with the country strategy, of the ICLA program and ongoing projects.
- Update / collaborate to build, together with the Programs team, the operating standards for ICLA ( including methodologies and models to provide quality legal services ).
- Retrofeed, promote and document – together with PDM ICLA and M&E colleagues – technical improvements, good practices, lessons learned and other options for ICLA program development.
- Collect and provide analysis on the local context situation, needs and response to the population of interest in their geographic areas of intervention, as well as monitoring the development of new legal and legal mechanisms on ICLA issues under its responsibility and on this task, submitting recommendations to PDM ICLA
- Ensure the technical quality and timely implementation of programmatic activities of ICLA projects under their charge and under the supervision of PDM ICLA.
- Lead identification missions of the population of interest, and in coordination with the ICLA PDM, approve cases to be supported by the project and follow up to evaluate its impact.
- Ensure that the team in charge completes the beneficiary and activity databases correctly and on time, as well as the other tools for data collection and monitoring of project programmatic activities.
- Compile and send in a timely manner the systematization of information related to the programmatic activities of the projects in execution, namely databases of beneficiaries and activities, activity reports, means of verification, etc.
- In coordination with PDM ICLA and the finance area, carry out systematic monitoring, organized and efficient to the financial expenses of the programmatic activities of the projects in charge and to raise the necessary recommendations in a timely manner to ensure proper management of resources.
- Identify initiatives in coordination with other organizations that work with NRC’s population of interest in the area and keep PDM ICLA informed about this work.
- In coordination with PDM ICLA, analyze possible cases of strategic litigation, agree on legal strategies and follow up on them.
3. Professional Competences
Required:
- Minimum experience of four ( 4 ) years of work in positions of similar responsibility, preferably in the humanitarian field and in the region ( NCA )
- University degree in Social Sciences (Law, International Relations, Social Work or related ).
- High adaptive capacities to challenging work environments.
- Knowledge and proven experience working under the Project Management Cycle.
- Experience in the provision of information, guidance and legal assistance.
- Experience working with vulnerable groups and ability to demonstrate sensitivity to conflict.
- Knowledge of the humanitarian context in the region ( NCA ) and social organization structures.
- Demonstrable knowledge of international and national regulations associated with human rights issues, forced displacement, international protection, migration regimes, access to civil documentation and basic services in contexts of human mobility.
- Knowledge and experience in handling the Office package and databases.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of the State structure, legal regimes on migration and public policies at the regional level ( NCA ) for the care of people in need of international protection.
- Knowledge of the humanitarian context in the region ( NCA ) and social organization structures.
- English language management.
4. Behavioral Competences
The NRC competency framework establishes 10 behavioral competencies and the following are essential for this position:
- Management of unsafe environments.
- Work with others.
- Analyze
- Empower people
- Deliver Results
- Communicate with impact and respect
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What we offer:
- Stimulating and meaningful work in a highly recognized humanitarian organization.
- National contract, initially as of June 30, 2024, with the possibility of an extension, with salary and a competitive benefits package.
- Flexible work environment in a dynamic office.
- Workplace: Piedras Negras, Coahuila State – Mexico
- Travel: 40% to the other intervention areas.
We motivate them to join our work culture that allows staff to share ideas and take responsibility. We encourage and give responsibility to our entire team at all levels, to help solve the complex problems we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
NRC is an employer that offers equal opportunities and has diversity, equity and the inclusion of personnel in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, physical capacity, among others.
NRC may review nominations prior to the closing of the vacancy announcement, so interested candidates are encouraged to show interest as soon as possible.
About us:
The Norwegian Refugee Council ( NRC ) is an International Non-Governmental Organization based in Oslo, Norway that works in more than 35 countries offering humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable population. NRC has been responding to the growing internal and external displacement in Central America and Mexico since 2015, focusing on the protection crisis and integrating legal assistance, education, accommodation and infrastructure interventions, water and sanitation, and livelihoods.
NRC is an organization with a high international reputation for humanitarian assistance and has been working in Latin America for more than 30 years leading humanitarian action in many of the countries where it operates. In Mexico, NRC has been collaborating with local partners since 2019 and is currently expanding its reach, initiating activities through direct implementation with personnel hired by NRC in Mexico, assisting displaced persons in intervention areas in the country.