National Livelihoods and Employment Advisor

Contract

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Background

The Lebanese Working Group on Palestinian Refugees, which became later known as the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC), was created in November 2005 by the Council of Ministers, in response to the goal set by the Government of Lebanon (GoL) to improve the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.

The current project – Support the implementation of LPDC Strategic Plan, phase 1 - seeks to strengthen the capacity of the LPDC (2020-2023) enabling the Government of Lebanon (GoL) to set up a comprehensive policy on the Palestinian refugee issues, with a view to improving their living conditions.

Project components include:

Output 1: Strengthen Dialogue facilitation and conflict prevention capacity

Output 2: Support Legislative Reform agenda

Output 3: Strengthen strategic Communication and Coordination roles

Output 4: Increase Policy research capabilities

In partnership with the Central Administration of Statistics the LPDC supported the implementation of the Labor Force and Household Living Conditions Survey in Palestinian Camps and Adjacent Gatherings (July-August 2019). The survey updates the information from other past surveys, in particular the labor force survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in 2012 and the socio-economic survey conducted by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in collaboration with the American University of Beirut in 2015.

The main objectives of the survey was two-fold: (a) to provide current information on the labor and social conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon; and (b) to supplement the Labor Force and Household Living Conditions Survey 2018-2019 (LFHLCS) among all persons living in residential dwellings in Lebanon with some exceptions, in particular the population living in the Palestinian Camps and adjacent gatherings.

The survey questionnaire is mostly the same as the questionnaire of the LFHLCS. A questionnaire contained 248 questions organized in 10 sections. There are 49 questions on household information, 49 questions on the labor force part of the questionnaire and 150 questions on the living conditions part of the questionnaire. The scope of the survey covered the population residing in Palestinian Camps and Adjacent Gatherings in Lebanon in July-August 2019. The survey has been conducted on the basis of a stratified two-stage sample design with a total sample size of 4523 sample households in about 267 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) – geographical areas with clearly defined boundaries constructed on the basis of the census enumeration areas and used for sampling purposes in CAS. The sampling frame contained 613 PSUs with a total population 144’544 persons according to the population and housing census in Palestinian Camps and Gatherings in Lebanon 2017, representing about 236 persons per enumeration area or PSU. The sampling frame covered households with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon as well as households with Palestinian non-refugees in Lebanon and non-Palestinian households including households with Lebanese or Syrian persons.

LPDC has supported the development of a report on the labor part of the survey in line with analysis performed for LFHLCS 2018/2019. The draft report on the employment-related questions of the survey has been developed. Currently, there is a need to analyze the report findings and develop a policy brief that will inform LPDC’s engagement in the field of livelihoods and employment.

Duties and Responsibilities

The overall purpose of this consultancy is to develop a policy brief summarizing the findings on employment in the Palestinian camps and gatherings. The analysis should be supported with illustrations where relevant. The selected consultant should provide a high-quality, well-written report by analyzing the processed data.

The advisor will undertake the following tasks:

1. Desk Phase:
   1. Meet with the project team and other relevant stakeholders
   2. Optionally, organize 1-2 meetings with experts in field to discuss the findings from the 2019 survey and see what stays relevant given the recent economic developments in Lebanon.
   3. Review draft report on employment from the LFHLCS 2018/2019 as well as other relevant materials. The review shall incorporate more recent publications in order to account for the rapidly changing and highly volatile socio-economic situation in Lebanon due to the effects of economic and public health crises.
2. Reporting phase
   1. Develop a policy brief based on the analysis done during the desk phase. The brief shall incorporate both short-term and medium-term priorities.
   2. Develop a concept note that can inform the future interventions supported by LPDC. The concept note shall be an outline of a project with a brief description of the project’s background and rationale, strategy, theory of change and results to be pursued.
   3. Revise the policy brief and the concept note as per the feedback provided by LPDC.
   4. Submit the final versions of the brief and the concept note.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent writing skills in English
• Knowledge of Lebanese context and the Lebanese-Palestinian historical complexities is an asset

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstartes integrity by Modeling the UN's Values and ethical Standards;
• advocates and promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN;
• Displays Cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism
• Knowledge of the UN preferable

Required Skills and Experience

I- Academic Qualifications****:

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, development studies, international relations or a closely related field

II- Years of Experience****:

• Proven experience with collecting and/ or analyzing the data related to livelihoods of refugees and other socially vulnerable groups in Lebanon
• Experience with UNDP or other UN agencies
• At least two (2) implemented consultancies dealing with socio-economic and living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon with the particular focus on Palestinian youth
• At least two (2) authored or co-authored policy briefs, evaluation reports and/or research papers on issues related to livelihoods employment

How to apply: The consultancy is open for all national and international consultants who meet the selection criteria and propose a competitive fee. Interested consultants are requested to apply only through this UNDP jobs portal. Submissions through any other media will not be considered. The application must include all of the following documents: 1. P11 2. Annex 3 (Offerors Letter)

3. Financial Offer

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