Expert In Conducting Development And Human Rights Studies, Especially Qualitative Studies.

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توجيهات التقديم: 

5/11/2015

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About Al Marsad: المرصد اللبناني لحقوق العمال والموظفين
The Lebanese Observatory for the Right of Workers and Employees (LOWER) was established in 2010 with the aim of monitoring the conditions of social and economic rights of all resident workers in Lebanon on the basis of the “right to work for all” under equal terms (equal pay for the same job).  LOWER puts special emphasis on the rights of Palestinian refugees as a vulnerable group who suffering from challenging working conditions characterized by long working hours, low pay, and lack of protection.
LOWER has initiated “the national network for monitoring the violations of social and economic rights of workers and employees” whose role includes:
-     Establish networks with civil society organizations and activists in the different Lebanese regions and the Palestinian camps
-     Train a network of reporters on the social and economic rights and on relevant laws and regulations (labour law, social security law, monitoring and documentation mechanisms, etc.) to build their capacities and increase their knowledge for professional monitoring and documentation 
-     Monitor, document and disseminate the violations among the concerned syndicates
-     Provide legal support and advice for received consultations and complaints and link with concerned experts
-     Raise awareness and disseminate knowledge on employment rights through different channels and tools
About Association Najdeh:
Association Najdeh (AN) was founded in 1977 and registered in 1978 - as an independent Lebanese non-governmental organization (NGO). Najdeh’s mission is to contribute to uncovering and  challenging the present gender power structures in order to correct the gender power misbalance through providing direct service that empowering women to fight discrimination and oppression of women and bringing about positive changes not only for women but  for the whole society. Association Najdeh aims at strengthening the women’s self-organizing, voices, actions and power by supporting and creating safe spaces for exchange. Najdeh strives to develop a cross cultural feminist and women’s rights discourse based on the universality of women’s rights and to promote and integrate it into the different democratic and social movements and policy making. Within this context Najdeh’s main goal is to eliminate the discrimination against Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon for promoting their participatory role and equal rights at the social, economical and political levels.
To achieve its mission AN offers several programs that mainly focus on women. Among these, women’s rights program; vocational training, psychosocial and popular education, mother and child – pre-school, income generation projects, social affairs and advocacy.
 
BACKGROUND on the project
The proposed project strategy focuses on increasing knowledge of Palestinians themselves about their rights and obligations, as well as contribute towards empowering them to demand fair legislation recognizing their right to work and to equitable social security coverage. 
 
 
JOB TITLE
Researcher – Specialist in development and human rights, especially the rights of vulnerable people.
 
 
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
 
Al Marsad and Association Najdeh are looking for a researcher to conduct a qualitative study in the different geographical locations in Lebanon, including in the Palestinian camps and gatherings to assess the legal status of Palestinian, Lebanese and other construction workers, employees, engineers, and other labours of the field of work. The study should also tackle equality at work environment and conditions for all workers and employees. The aim of the study is to assess the legal status and working conditions of Palestinian labours, employees, engineers, contractors, etc and in order to propose legal and practical solutions that eliminate any discrimination against them.
 
On a later stage, the study will be used as an advocacy tool and its findings will be presented and disseminated over target group, decision makers, and relevant stakeholders.
 
 
SCOPE
-          Assess status of construction work, companies, contractors, in the Lebanese regions and Palestinian camps and gatherings in Lebanon
-          Assess the legal status of Palestinian workers, employees, engineers in the field of construction in the frame of national and international conventions and laws, and in comparison to the status of Lebanese and other foreign workers.
-          Assess the working conditions and environment of Palestinian workers, employees, engineers, including protection, social and economic protection and inclusion, etc in the construction field and in comparison with other Lebanese and foreign workers and employees.
-          Identify opportunities for the elimination of discrimination at legal and practice levels.
-          Identifying strengths, opportunities and gaps to address within the scope of mainstreaming social inclusion and protection in the construction field
-          Propose interventions addressing needs Lebanese, Palestinian and other workers, employees, engineers, etc
 
QUALIFICATIONS
-          Expert in conducting development and human rights studies, especially qualitative studies. Post graduate qualification in human rights and development, and protection is strongly preferred.
-          At least 7 years of experience in design, management, monitoring and evaluation of status of human rights, development and protection programs.
-          Substantial and direct experience of programme design and implementation in Arab countries. Previous experience in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon is a strong asset.
-          Fluency in written and spoken English. Working knowledge of Arabic strongly preferred.
 
 
 
APPLICATION:
Interested candidates should send CV, a brief technical proposal including methodology and budget.
Email: [email protected]

منتهية الصلاحية

ملاحظة:

دليل مدني، شبكة المجتمع المدني، يوفر للمنظمات منصة لنشر الوظائف, وليس مسؤول عن عملية التوظيف. كل منظمة مسجلة على دليل مدني هي مسؤولة بشكل فردي عن منشوراتها وعن عملية التوظيف.

آخر تاريخ التحديث: 
13 نوفمبر, 2015
قطاع(ات) التدخل:
N/A
آخر مهلة للتقديم:
الخميس, 5 نوفمبر 2015
نوع العقد:
‫استثاري‬
مدة الوظيفة:
4 months
الراتب
N/A
نطاق الراتب:
درجة التعليم:
ماجستير
تفاصيل درجة التعليم:
Expert
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جيد جداً
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جيد جداً
اللغة الفرنسية:
randomness