Senior Technical Assistant, Erbil

Context/Reporting line:

Under the overall supervision of the Head, Peacebuilding and Stabilization Division and the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator (HLP), the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the implementation of all aspects of legal assistance projects in Iraq, with a specific focus on gender-related programs.

Core Functions / Responsibilities

1- Support the Legal Officers and the Program Coordinator in managing the implementation of all operational activities in the governorates within the Area of Responsibility.

2- Support the supervision and implementation of the work of the Women Legal Counselling Teams (WLCTs) and any other gender-related activities under the PSD Legal programme.

3- Provide support to the programme lawyers and caseworkers, reporting any substantiated staff performance concerns and recommendations for improvement or corrective action to the Legal Officer.

4- Support management structures that ensure the timely, effective, and proper implementation of all projects and assigned responsibilities to field teams in the Area of Responsibility.

5- Ensure that synergies are built with other IOM Units in the Area of Responsibility in order to synchronize all the activities carried out under different service areas.

6- Support the Legal Officer and Program Coordinator in liaison and coordination with Government and non-Government stakeholders for the development of strategies to support the ongoing and new legal assistance activities of IOM in areas of responsibility.

7- Assess the training needs on legal issues and capacity building among IOM field staff, implementing partners, and other stakeholders, and provide training, as necessary.

8- Participate and engage actively in legal assistance and protection-focused seminars and other relevant meetings, as required.

9- Assist in drafting reports covering legal assistance-related activities; prepare briefings, statistical/narrative reports, and background notes including specific information requested by IOM, government stakeholders, and other entities.

10- Provide updates on program issues, including regular risk analysis and recommendations for operational improvement of legal assistance programming.

11- Support the implementation of mechanisms and methodologies for data collection, field progress reports, Monitoring and Evaluation reports, and donor reports from field teams in the Area of Responsibility and train IOM staff and counterparts when needed on the mechanisms.

12- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

Education:

 Bachelor’s degree in Law, Humanitarian Affairs, International Affairs, Gender Studies, Political Science, Human Rights, Development Studies, or any related field from an academic accredit university or institute.

Experience and Skills:

 At least 4 years of relevant work experience.

 Experience in working on humanitarian affairs, legal assistance (civil documentation and HLP), emergency preparedness, protection, and human rights.

 Experience in providing direct assistance to vulnerable individuals.

 Experience in liaising with governmental authorities, other national/international institutions, and NGOs, as well as in the Region, is an asset; and,

 Working experience with an operational UN agency or a major international NGO in the field of legal, protection, and assistance of refugees, IDPs and migrants.

Languages:

 Fluency in English, Kurdish and Arabic is required.

 Any other language is an advantage.