JOB SUMMARY

A seasoned professional with senior management experience working in complex and volatile contexts with protracted crises and refugee hosting countries to lead as the Head of Legal Aid Unit, spearheading the Human Mobility Hub (HMH) legal aid activities and capacity-sharing with the rapidly growing network of more than 40 local partners and refugee/migrant led community-based organisations and networks.

The Head of Unit will provide leadership for all the HMH’s work with the legal aid partners in Tunisia and Egypt, as well as networks of lawyers and academia, on a wide range of topics to ensure the better protection of people on the move and the increased inclusion of community-based and refugee/migrant-led organisations in response and policy efforts.

What you will do:

• Lead on legal aid programme development.
• Manage implementation of legal aid projects in compliance with contractual commitments (i.e. quality, synergies, timeliness, use of resources) and aligned to regional and global strategies.
• Lead the development and implementation of joint projects and initiatives with partners.
• Provide technical support to partners, involving other programme and support colleagues as needed.
• Lead the development and implementation of capacity-sharing strategy with in-country partners.
• Ensure that key learnings are extracted from capacity-sharing with partners and incorporate them in HMH programming.
• Lead the development of legal aid partnerships in Egypt and Tunisia and the establishment of new partnerships based on NRC’s/HMH’s guidelines and priorities.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination mechanisms are in place between the HMH and its partners.

• Supervise consultancies using technical experts to develop substantial thematic papers, and ensure the high quality of legal analysis, studies, guidance notes and other products.
• Build network and lead engagement with relevant stakeholders on legal aid issues to achieve the most mutually beneficial terms for engagement between the HMH and in-country partners.
• Proactively find creative solutions to challenges in-country partners may face.
• Represent NRC if needed with donors or in coordination meetings.

What you will bring:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a senior capacity within legal assistance in a humanitarian/ recovery context.
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts with protracted crises and refugee hosting countries. Prior experience working in the MENA Region is preferable.
• Significant understanding of North Africa’s humanitarian, political and socio-economic context, and main challenges affecting people on the move in North Africa
• Lawyer with extensive expertise in managing and delivering legal aid programmes
• Expertise working with local actors is mandatory
• Good skills and experience in all aspects of programme cycle management – design and development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrated experience in learning and evaluation and program development.
• Experience in capacity-sharing and community-based programming.
• Experience in coordinating activities and liaising with external actors.
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile with Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. French and/or Arabic is highly desirable.