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SWEDO · Erbil · Contract
Nov 17, 2021
SWEDO seeks a Legal Manager to oversee and coach IDP legal teams for their PARC Project. The role involves ensuring quality work through capacity building and on-ground support, reporting to the Head of Erbil Office. Experience in legal advisory and project management is required.
هەلی کار بۆ بەڕێوەبەری بەشی یاسایی لە ڕێکخراوی سویدۆ لە هەولێر VACANCY ANNOUNCMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vacancy No. S-IR-VA-21096 Position Legal Manager Reporting to Head of Office No. of Position: 1 Duty Station: Erbil Office Contract Duration: 1-Jan- 2022 Till 31-Dec-2022 Type of Announcement: Type of Position Internal & External National Staff Announcement Date: 16 Nov 2021 Application deadline: 20 Nov 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Background: SWEDO is a Swedish non-profit, non-political, non-religious development aid organization that was founded in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. Having continuously operated in the Kurdistan Region ever since, SWEDO’s main priorities of work are construction and infrastructure activities, refugee and IDP initiatives, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, and capacity building. Summary: The Legal Manager will play an integral role in the smooth implementation of SWEDO’s ‘PARC Project’ for IDPs. S/he will supervise and coach IDP legal teams, while reporting to the Head of Erbil office. S/he will be responsible to ensure the quality of the work of their teams, by providing them with adequate capacity building and on-the-ground coaching, in close cooperation with the Head of Office, Program Director and Partner. The Legal Manager will support and guide the teams though providing timely and effective legal assistance to the needs of populations of concern, while employing a community-based, age, gender and diversity-sensitive approach. The Legal Manager will ensure that Persons of Concern are involved in making decisions that affect them, whether in accessing their rights or in identifying appropriate solutions to their problems. To achieve this, the incumbent will need to build and maintain relations with different SWEDO departments, communities of concern, authorities, protection and partners as well as a broader network of stakeholders who can contribute to enhancing protection. The Legal Manager will act as a shining example to other team members in upholding SWEDO and UNHCR’s code of conduct and ensure that all Persons of Concern are treated with dignity and respect in accordance with humanitarian principles and human rights standards. The Legal Manger will also need to hold regular meetings with the various IDP project team to ensure that service gaps are identified, and solutions are found in close consultation with the UNHCR staff. S/he will be responsible sending accurate and professional reports, providing constructive feedback to team members and orienting newly hired ones. S/he will enhance SWEDO’s interventions throughout Erbil Governorate to meet IDPs’ protection needs. Duties and Responsibilities: Oversee project budget and work plan to ensure timely and successful implementation. Lead on obtaining the necessary access and permissions to the intended areas of legal support. This includes Ninawa governorate and Mosul city. Maintain up-to-date numbers of staff, and respond promptly to anticipated shortages and gaps. Stay well-informed about that employees’ tasks, data on IDPs and activities. Participate in recruitment of new staff, in drafting TORs, interviews, shortlisting, etc. Review employees’ various types of leave requests, ensuring that the necessary targets are met. Streamline protection into all activities carried out by SWEDO. Build protection capacity of key SWEDO staff in different departments and projects. Supervise and mentor the IDP legal teams. Enhance the reporting and IT skills of legal teams. Maintain effective linkages and coordinate efforts with internal and external departmental staff (including Protection Teams, Data Team, Helpline Team, Finance, Outreach, etc.), local authorities, other partners and UNHCR on activity implementation, quality con…
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