LAW FIRM - IN CHARGE OF ISSUING WORK AND RESIDENCY PERMITS FOR NON-LEBANESE STAFF MEMBERS

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATION

General

For 40 years, the humanitarian aid organization Solidarités INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.

After emergency, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity.

Solidarités INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the essential domains of food security and reconstruction.

CONTEXT

With around 100 national employees, it is important for the structure to be as close as possible to the respect of the law specially that we have some international employees and non- Lebanese national employees.

This is why Solidarites International is now looking for a law firm that can demonstrate experience in legal advice to International NGOs in terms of issuing work permits and residency permits for the non-Lebanese employees.

OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of this contractualisation are:

• To assist SI with any legal issue that may happen concerning the process of work permit and residency permit by answering questions or providing legal advice via emails, messages or phone calls, with a maximum of a 48 hours window, unless it is a real emergency, in which case the legal firm has to answer our request within the same working day.
• To assist Solidarités International with any legal and administrative process with the authoritities (MoL);

EXPECTATIONS

In a more specific, but neither exclusive nor restrictive, manner:

• To be in charge of handling the administrative process for the residency and Work permits for all the non-Lebanese employees at Solidarités INTERNATIONAL.
• Introducing and following up administrative procedures in front of the different Lebanese public administrations: Ministry of Labor, General Security.
• To have a focal point from the legal firm dedicated to Solidarite’s International and if the focal point is absent or out of reach, another person (deputy) would answer our requests.
• To assist SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL with any other legal issues that may happen by answering questions or providing legal advice for the visa and permits related matters via emails, messages or phone calls, preferably within a 24 hour window

DURATION

1 year, renewable.