ICLA Officer - Mozambique (Mocímboa da Praia)

About the role

NRC has been delivering Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) activities in Mocímboa da Praia since 2024, supporting displaced, returnee and host community members to access information on their rights and obtain civil documentation. A full-time ICLA team is now being established there, and the ICLA Officer provides technical support to field activities and contributes to the quality and impact of NRC's legal assistance programming in the district.

The officer is based at the NRC office in Mocimboa da Praia and takes regular field trips in Cabo Delgado Province to run mobile legal clinics, hold information and awareness-raising sessions and carry out other assigned ICLA activities.

Key responsibilities

• Implement the technical portfolio of ICLA activities to high quality standards, in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements, and report progress regularly to the Field Manager
• Conduct and lead ICLA activities in the field, advise parties on the processes involved, coordinate awareness sessions and oversee local authorities' capacity-building programmes
• Hold information and counselling sessions on legal identity, HLP and other ICLA themes for beneficiaries
• Visit IDP relocation sites, host communities, local authorities, partners and government officials to identify needs and provide legal assistance, capacity building and advocacy
• Map service providers and update the map regularly, prepare documents with legal and related information for target communities, and adapt or design IEC materials on legal identity and HLP
• Develop and implement NRC's case management systems and databases, and document needs assessments and beneficiary registration
• Collaborate with local authorities and other stakeholders, and stay alert to security implications of Protection and Human Rights-related activities

Required profile

• University degree in law, social studies, development studies or another relevant field
• At least two years of experience with an NGO, legal or international organisation in Protection or Human Rights
• Experience as a Protection Officer in a humanitarian or recovery context
• Experience implementing projects through local partners and in complex, volatile contexts
• Fluency in spoken and written Portuguese and knowledge of local languages spoken in northern Cabo Delgado
• Knowledge of the context in Mozambique, especially Cabo Delgado and northern Mozambique, and experience working with government, local authorities, humanitarian actors, host communities and IDPs and refugees

Required skills

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Handling insecure environments, resource management, planning and delivering results, and pro-active, goal-oriented behaviour