Legal Specialist

Employment Legal Specialist  

General:

Entity: Secours Islamique France (SIF)

Subject: Project : “My Career, My Choice: Promoting Women Empowerment through Employability in Lebanon "

Period: May 2023 –  December 2023

Estimated Start Date:  one framing meeting at the contract signing which will be held on the 5^th May and thereafter the project planned which will be on the 10^th May for the beginning of the services

Places of services : SIF Lebanon Office - 1st floor, Lamod Building –Above Play town, Berlin Str. Rouche Ras Beirut, Lebanon.

1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The project will empower young women to take control over their career choices by providing skills and opportunities to increase their employability and support them to make informed life choices. This will be achieved through high quality career services and life skills training and a suitable job placement and/or vocational training. Given the precarious economic situation for businesses, the project will strengthen the capacity and resilience of MSEs to withstand the current crises, thereby increasing the likelihood that women will remain employed after job placement. The project will improve Public-Private dialogue and engagement by promoting collaboration between the private sector, SDCs and project beneficiaries. In addition, the project will encourage women rights and regulatory frameworks conducive to growth of youth and women-led enterprises and decent working conditions.

PROJECT MODALITIES (Food, Cash, Capacity Strengthening, Technical and Specialist Services): Cash, Capacity Strengthening, Technical and Economic Empowerment Gender Equality.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

• Career counselling and life skills sessions are delivered to 540 young women from 18 to 29 years old.
• 25 facilitators from 8 SDCs and 2 local NGOs are better prepared to deliver high-quality employability programmes.
• Targeted young women receive conditional stipend throughout their job placement and vocational training attendance.
• Technical skills and knowledge of targeted young women is enhanced
• Job matching is offered to targeted vulnerable young women
• Micro and small enterprises are supported by a tailored business plan

LOCATION / REGION: Nabaa, Shatila, Burj al-Barajneh, Tripoli, Beddawi and Naher al-Bared

1. Objective:

Scope of Work/Assignment:

The Employment Legal Specialist will be engaged prior to the job-matching for vulnerable women to ensure they do not encounter any constraints in their placement due to their nationality. Furthermore, the project will support MSMEs to regularize their business status with local authorities to mitigate any regulatory risks they may face.

1. Reports to be provided

Reporting/Communication:

• Draft narrative and qualitative reports (Monthly & Quarterly and final report) as per SIF internal requirements and donor requirements.
• Ensure internal communication and information sharing on project with relevant staff (Livelihoods manager, Programme Coordinator)

1. Reference documents

• Project financing agreement between Secours Islamique France and B&Z
• Activity plan
• Proposal

VIII. Technical and financial proposal

The consultant invited to bid shall provide the following to Secours Islamique France:
A technical proposal which should indicate:

• The proposed methodology for conducting the services
• The consultant's references and experiences (3 pages maximum);
• The CV of the consultant(s) and the distribution of responsibilities;
• The provisional timetable of intervention as well as an estimate of the workload in men/days;

A financial proposal, which should indicate:

• Total costs in USD including VAT

• Payment terms (schedule)

The consultant's profile: 

• Proof of experience in performing Legal services: list current and past clients where the bidder carried out external Legal services  along with the name of the organization, contact person, designation, contact number, nature of the external Legal services  and length of the appointment for at least three (3) non-governmental organizations where you have rendered Legal services  in the last three (3) years

1. Application Process

The Consultant will be chosen by the selection method based on quality and cost:

• Technical offer: understanding of TDRs, methodology, experiences of the consultant(s)
• Financial offer: daily rates, number of days offered, other costs, global offer corresponding to the available budget

For full TOR Details Kindly find it attached.