ICLA Project Manager North West Syria

The ICLA Project Manager will manage the overall NRC ICLA project portfolio and staffing in Northwest Syria, contributing to country-level programme development. The role involves strategic planning, quality assurance, coordination with stakeholders, and capacity building within the legal assistance programme.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning for the ICLA programme in Northwest Syria, including legal needs assessments, gap analyses, and prioritization.
• Review referral mechanisms for ICLA interventions in Northwest Syria and propose improvements aligned with area office response priorities.
• In close coordination with the ICLA Specialist, review ICLA field team structures and job descriptions to align with strategic objectives, and lead recruitment processes as needed.
• Ensure consistent quality and legal compliance across all ICLA services (legal counselling, information provision, representation, and referrals).
• Ensure accurate and consistent use of ICLA case management and M&E tools and integrate evidence and learning into programme development.
• Oversee legal accuracy of information and advice provided to project participants.
• Support the ICLA specialist in developing and adapting legal tools, case management systems, and training materials.
• Support the ICLA specialist to guide legal research, analysis, and advocacy messaging in line with field evidence and ICLA’s strategic objectives.
• Actively participate in relevant humanitarian coordination forums, including leading the Housing, Land and Property (HLP) Technical Working Group (where relevant).
• Strengthen collaboration with protection actors, legal aid providers, justice sector stakeholders, and local authorities.
• Promote and operational synergies between ICLA and other NRC core competencies/programmes.
• Identify staff training needs and coordinate the delivery of legal and soft skills capacity building.
• Participate in and support project start-up, progress review, and closure meetings with relevant inputs and documentation.
• Coordinate new emergency response in Area, and approve existing.
• Carry out any other task relevant to the position as requested by the Area Programme Manager or ICLA Specialist.

Requirements

• Relevant university degree, preferably law, human rights or social studies, master’s degree is an added value.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in senior-level legal assistance (or Protection project with significant legal assistance component) project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• ICLA (Legal) technical expertise, including knowledge of Housing, Land & Property and/or civil documentation issues.
• Experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
• Experience with project management tools.
• Knowledge of the displacement context in Syria and the Middle East.
• Experience with Legal programming and Legal case management.
• Knowledge of Arabic desirable.
• Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Syria; NRC cannot provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position.

Skills

• Legal Assistance Project Implementation
• ICLA Technical Expertise
• Knowledge of Housing Land and Property
• Civil Documentation Issues
• Humanitarian Programme Management
• Legal Programming
• Case Law Management
• Project Management Tools
• Strategic Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Capacity Building
• Displacement Contexts
• Working in volatile contexts

Languages

English, Arabic