What we are looking for:
NRC Kenya is looking for an experienced ICLA Specialist to provide technical development and operational support of the Information Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) Core Competency (CC). This function defines strategic direction, ensures quality assurance/control, and oversee implementation of the ICLA strategy in alignment with Country Office Overall and Specific Objectives. The Specialist will also play a key role in donor engagement and resource acquisition for the ICLA CC. The ICLA Specialist is also responsible for mentoring, training, and capacity building of staff of partners.
What you will do:
Some of your generic responsibilities include:
- Develop ICLA strategy, technical guidance, and Macro Log frames (LFAs) s that are aligned with regional and global strategies and priorities.
- Compliance with and adherence to NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council) policies, guidance, and procedures.
- Contribute to fundraising, develop, and revise funding proposals, budgets, and donor reports.
- Identify trends, technical standards, and donor priorities.
- Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within ICLA, ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation.
- Provide technical direction and project implementation support to partner organisations.
- Ensure that key learnings are extracted from ICLA implementation and incorporate them in ICLA and staff development processes.
- Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff in approaches including cash-based interventions and market-based programme.
- Represent NRC in relevant forums/clusters, including with national authorities, partners, and donors.
- Promote the rights of refugees in line with the advocacy strategy.
Some of your specific responsibilities include:
Capacity Building
- Train partners in community engagement methodologies and support in rolling them out to ensure communities perspective in the way programmes are designed to respond to their needs and preferences.
- Ensure that NRC’s related activities are implemented by partners within NRC’s Safe and Inclusive Programming (SIP) guidelines and action plans.
- Provide capacity development initiatives to local partners on legal aid case management and on laws and obligations relevant to refugees.
- Identify hard to reach groups in our operational areas during context analysis, include them in programme design and advocate for the removal of barriers limiting or denying them access.
- Lead a transition from direct implementation to a local partnership implementation modality in support of the localization agenda
Project/Program Cycle Management
- Lead in the development of concept notes and proposals for respective CCs (Core Competency).
- Help mainstream cross cutting themes into project designs and implementation.
- Ensure overall quality of the programme, including through beneficiary participation and continuous learning.
- Ensure programme is continuously up to date on the latest issues at local and national level.
- Ensure compliance with donors’ commitments and requirements
- Ensure drafting and eventual roll-out of the relevant guidance and tools related to CC.
- Produce regular evidenced-based policy briefing papers and analysis
- Carrying out regular analysis to ensure programme relevance, efficiency, and impact.
- Conducting field monitoring visits to assess the quality of implementation by partners
- Identify and build partnerships with non-traditional local partner organizations that will add value to the outcomes of ICLA CC.
Representation and Coordination
- Maintain strong relationships with government counterparts and partners in Kenya
- Contribute to sectorial working group discussions and durable specific thematic groups such as complementary pathways.
- Lead coordination and engagement with government entities) to influence national priorities and inform programmatic directions.
- Explore and develop strategic partnerships contributing to quality of programmes.
Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.
