The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is looking for a new Training/Legal
Officer. IDMC is the leading international body monitoring
conflict-related internal displacement worldwide. For more information
on the IDMC, visit its website at www.internal-displacement.org
Purpose of the Position
* Since 1999, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has
conducted training activities on the protection of IDPs. Mainly through
field-based training workshops, IDMC promotes international standards
and policies applicable to IDPs, in particular the Guiding Principles on
Internal Displacement, among national and local authorities and civil
society organisations, as well as National Human Rights Institutions.
IDMC coordinates its training activities with other members of the
Protection Cluster Working Group and its Learning Task Force. The
training and legal officer is an integral part of IDMC training team and
contributes to the planning and implementation of its training activities.
* IDMC monitors the situation of IDPs with regard to their rights under
international human rights and humanitarian law, as restated in the
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, and advocates for an
improved response to their protection and assistance needs among
national authorities, donor states, international organizations and
other relevant stakeholders. The training and legal officer provides the
relevant support to IDMC monitoring and advocacy department to ensure
that its activities reflect and are in line with a human rights based
approach and promote the relevant international and regional protection
standards and policies.
* As part of the Protection Cluster Working Group, the IDMC contributes
to the development of standards, policies and tools pertaining to the
protection of IDPs, according to its expertise and priorities. The
training and legal officer is a key resource to enable IDMC to provide
adequate and quality input in these developments.
Overall Responsibility
Reporting to the Head of Training and Protection Department, the
Training/Legal Officer will be responsible for:
Training (70 %)
* Prepare training workshops on the protection of IDPs, based on IDMC
training materials, to be adapted and completed in accordance with
learning needs and expectations on the ground. This task includes:
* Assessment of learning needs and expectations;
* Identification of and contact with appropriate target groups;
* Ensuring political support for the training workshop among
national/local authorities, national/local civil society organisations
and international agencies;
* Identification of and coordination with appropriate co-organizers
locally;
* Coordination of logistical support (invitation, venue, transport,
documentation, etc), in cooperation with co-organizers where possible;
* Drafting and finalisation of workshop’s agenda and idenfication of
relevant external resource persons for special presentations or sessions;
* Prepare workshop’s budget and ensure implementation.
* Facilitate training workshops, including in countries of internal
displacement, in partnership with field-based trainers where possible.
This tasks includes:
* Take responsibility for the overall conduct of the training workshops;
* Facilitate specific sessions in agreement with other facilitators
involved;
* Write workshops’ reports and ensure their dissemination among
participants and other relevant institutions.
* Identify relevant follow-up training activities to be developed or
promoted by IDMC
* Document and report about outcome and impact of training activities
for IDMC quarterly and annual activity reports.
* Contribute to the annual planning of IDMC training activities
regarding the protection of IDPs, in consultation with other training
partners in the field and at the global level.
* Contribute to the development and updating of IDMC training materials
and policy.
* Contribute to the promotion of IDMC training programme among actors
responsible for the protection of IDPs at the global and country levels.
Protection (30%)
* Contribute to the annual planning of activities related to legal and
protection advice and advocacy work
* Provide legal and protection advisory support to IDMC monitoring and
advocacy activities in coordination with the focal point for legal and
protection advisory support. This tasks includes:
* Contribute to the development of necessary policies, guidance tools,
and training regarding the legal standards on the protection of IDPs and
their relevance to IDMC monitoring and advocacy activities, including
the global IDP database, special country reports and other advocacy
documents;
* Contribute to the provision of adequate support to IDMC advocacy and
monitoring department with regard to the use of human rights mechanisms
for IDMC advocacy;
* Provide regular and updated information on human rights mechanisms
calendards, dates of relevant meetings and deadlines for submissions;
* Develop guidance tools for IDMC country analysts for the drafting of
submissions to human rights mechanisms and provide necessary support for
their implementation (training, review of draft submissions).
* Monitor key developments with regard to the international, regional or
national legal framework pertaining to the protection of IDPs and the
implementation of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, in
coordination with the focal point for legal and protection advisory
support. This task includes:
* Advise head of training and protection department on the relevance,
content and format of IDMC’s contribution to these developments;
* Draft briefing notes, reports and any other relevant documents in
support to IDMC’s advocacy work regarding legal and policy developments.
REQUIREMENTS
* Master’s degree in law, with a focus on international human rights or
international humanitarian law
* Five years of work experience relating to protection of civilians
(including IDPs) in complex emergencies or natural disaster situations,
in the field or at headquarters.
* Significant proven work experience on training and adult learning
* Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
* Fluency in another UN language is an asset
* Available for missions to the field
APPLICATION
The deadline for applications is 31 January 2009. Please send a cover
letter and your CV in English to the following address:
Norwegian Refugee Council – Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Att.: Jacqueline Shahinian
Chemin de Balexert 7-9
CH-1219 Châtelaine (Geneva)
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Fax: +41-22-799 07 01
The salary offered is in the range of 80,700 – 88,400 CHF annually,
depending on education and experience, subject to taxation and social
deductions.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be informed of the
status of their application and invited to participate in a written
recruitment test.
Please note that this position is not an international one and that IDMC
staff and consultants are subject to Swiss labour and migration laws.
Regarding applicants who are not already authorized to work in
Switzerland, while IDMC facilitates the process of applying for a work
permit, the criteria for obtaining one from the Swiss authorities differ
according to nationality. For more information on the Swiss work permit
regime, please consult the website of the Geneva authorities at
www.geneve.ch/permis
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