Project Background
In 2020, the EU signed a joint programme agreement with the ILO and UNICEF titled “Towards an inclusive national social protection system and accelerating decent job opportunities for Syrians and vulnerable Jordanians.” The joint programme seeks to contribute to the achievement of a sustainable social protection system, in policy as well as institutional set-up, with strengthened links between social protection and employment for both Jordanian and refugee populations and enhanced outreach into the informal sector.
The ILO-UNICEF Joint Programme serves to support the operationalisation and implementation of the Jordanian National Social Protection Strategy (2019-2025), with a view to contribute to the achievement of a sustainable social protection system, in policy as well as institutional set-up, with strengthened links between social protection and employment for both Jordanian and refugee populations and enhanced outreach into the formal sector. Based on long-standing relations with the Jordanian government and other partners, lessons learnt and extensive experience of both ILO and UNICEF in the area of social protection and employment promotion for youth as well as adults, women as well as men, Jordanian host communities as well as refuges, the project serves to achieve three outcomes:
Outcome1: Enhanced coordination, integrated planning and monitoring for government wide efforts in the social protection and employment sector. Outputs delivered serve to strengthen mechanisms for coordinated implementation of national employment and social protection interventions in the context of the NSPS.
Outcome2: Strengthened national systems/mechanisms to enhance access to labour market, decent work and employment based social protection schemes. Outputs delivered serve to provide support towards effective and cost-efficient implementation and realisation of access to employment (work permits), enhanced capacity for the implementation of mechanisms to ensure increasingly decent work (labour inspection) and access to social security expanded to workers in the informal economy.
Outcome3: Vulnerable Jordanians and Syrians transition from cash assistance to sustainable jobs. Outputs are directed towards the design and implementation of a graduation mechanism to support the transition of vulnerable people on cash assistance (provided by NAF and UNHCR) to employment, by providing a systematic and tailored package of services, delivered primarily by ILO and UNICEF service centres.
The project is aligned with the GoJ’s draft graduation mechanism and complements other ongoing and recent efforts aimed at strengthened government capacity and outreach in the area of social protection and employment promotion, thus entailing a strategic contribution to the development objective “Strengthened self-reliance of the most vulnerable refugees, Syrians in particular, as well as host communities, towards the establishment of an inclusive national protection system.”
Under Outcome 2: Work permit system for all non-Jordanians improved, the ILO will provide technical assistance to MOL to review and analyze the existing laws, regulations, Instructions and Procedures related to organizing labour market in Jordan including issuance mechanism for work permits for non-Jordanians to ensure compliance with international labour standards and best practices.
Assignment Objectives
The legal consultant will collaborate closely with the Ministry of Labor’s legal department. The consultant will provide recommendations to the Ministry and engage in reviewing legislations.
Primary Objective:
Conduct a comparative study to assess the current status of legislation, policies, and procedures to organize labor market regulations.
Scope of Work
- Legislation related to professional work regulation law.
The task encompasses the following overarching objectives:
Conduct a comparative study of the below selected legislations, the comparison will cover 4 to 5 other countries to be selected by the ministry, summarizing strengths and weaknesses, and proposing recommendations and improvements of the proposed legislations.
- Draft Flexible Work System Regulation.
- Draft Instructions for Preparing Training Materials for Persons with Disabilities.
Deliverable 1: Comparative study report summarizing strengths and weaknesses.
Deliverable 2: Findings and recommendations for the improvements of the proposed legislations.
Deliverables, Timeframe & Indicative Work Programme
The work is planned to start on 30th of July 2024 and is expected to be completed no later than 15 October 2024. The deadlines in the table below are a suggestion. However, it is preferable to abide by the starting date and finish date of the assignment.
Task Description
Desk Review, from 1 August-1 September 2024, to deliver: Comparative study report summarizing strengths and weaknesses.
Recommendations by 15 October 2024, to deliver: Findings and recommendations for the improvements of the proposed legislations.
Important notes:
- The legal consultant is expected to meet with the MOL.
- Recommendations developed shall be aligned with ILO standards.
- Submitted deliverable shall be approved by the MOL and the ILO.
- Payment is contingent upon the quality of the deliverable, timeliness and responsiveness thereof to feedback from the MOL and ILO.
Qualifications for Consultant
- Holds a bachelor’s degree in law, with preference for candidates possessing a postgraduate Law certificate.
- Minimum of 7 years of demonstrable experience in law, particularly in labor market laws.
- Available to meet and work closely with MOL.
How to apply
The ILO invites technical and financial proposals from qualified individual consultant having relevant experience in labour market legislations, experienced in training and capacity building in legal matters and as stipulated in this Terms of Reference (TOR).
The consultant must submit the proposed offer “Technical and Financial Proposals” in separate digital folders mentioning “Technical Proposal” and “Financial Proposal” on each digital folder so that the financial information could not be revealed before financial proposal opening. The two digital folders saved in one digital folder (zipped) with the title saved as the full name of the consultant, followed by the project title “POS – legal consultant”, and the date of submission. Applications should be submitted by email to [email protected]. Both financial and technical proposals should be valid for 90 days.
The deadline for submission of technical and financial proposals is 15th of July 2024 COB, 12 midnight to be scored according to the technical evaluation table mentioned below combined with the financial proposal. The proposer will receive a confirmation email in return upon submission.
Financial Proposal (40%): the financial proposal will contain 40% weight. The consultant shall complete the financial proposal using the table/format below.
Item, Cost per day in USD, number of days, Total cost.
The financial proposal will be evaluated based on price reasonableness and overall cost.
Technical Proposal (60%): the technical proposal will contain 60% weight, whereas Technical Evaluation passing score is 50%. Any applying consultant that scores less than 50% in technical evaluation shall not be considered for financial evaluation. The technical proposal is expected to be submitted by the consultant in the following structure:
Description of Technical Evaluation “Methodology”
- Relevant experience in labour market legislations and experienced in training and capacity building in legal matters 5-7 years. (50% score)
- Understanding of the TORs and the aim of the services to be provided; overall methodological approach, work plan, quality assurance, appropriateness of tools and estimated difficult and challenges. Clarity of the proposal, provision of all required documentation including work plan with a timeline related to the different activities in addition to implementation methods and innovative delivery are considered as a cross cutting measurement criteria. (50% score)