Ref.
2023/CDCREADCI/9359
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Detachment of a public or semi-public administration officer
Activity sectors
Social protection and decent work
Deadline date
2023/06/30 23:59
Duration of the assignment
Beaded expertise
Contract
Public / Parapublic
Component Leader 2 - Labour rights of foreign workers in Israel (M/W)
Département Coopération Bilaterale et Mobilisation de l'Expertise - CBME > Pôle Jumelages et Activités Bilaterales des Admnistrations
Published on : 2023/04/21
NORTH AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL
Mission description
The caregiving field of employment has the largest number of foreign workers in Israel with over 57,000 legal workers and some 12,000 illegal workers. The main issues related to these workers are as follows:
- Insufficient regulatory coverage of the foreign workers’ rights in the legislation concerning the length of the working day, vacation, holidays, payments, pensions etc.
- Insufficient knowledge of the migrant workers of the legislation and institutions protecting their rights.
- Sensitivity of the sector, where employer and employee relationships are not ordinary and are subject to many personalized or individualized circumstances.
The Twinning Project intervention is aimed at helping the unit to learn from the best practices effective in EU Member States. Building on the establishment of a well-functioning Unit, the Commissionership now needs to acquire further expertise to move from the individual response it provides to employees, to establishing and disseminating best practices to create a working environment that in itself protects workers’ rights by, inter alia, also raising awareness and perception among the relevant stakeholders.
The overall objective (expected impact) of the Project is to improve the protection of foreign workers’ labour rights in the caregiving sector. The specific objective (expected outcome) is to enhance the Commissioner’s efficiency in the empowerment of foreign employees and their employers for self-enforcement of the labour rights in the caregiving sector.
Therefore, the Twinning Project will consist of two main components: (i) Institutional capacity building and improvements and (ii) Improved awareness of stakeholders on best practices and improvement of employee wellbeing.
The Mandatory Results of the project per component would be the following:
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- Component 1: Institutional capacity building and improvements
- Report on the analysis of Israel’s current legal and institutional framework vs best practices in the field, with recommendations to amend currently effective legislation
- Communication strategy for raising the awareness of the target groups in 2023-2025
- Improved professional and technical capacity of the Unit and related state agencies (PIBA, Ministry of Welfare, and others)
- Enhance the Unit’s information platform for increasing the knowledge of target groups on legislation and best practices
- Component 2: Improved awareness of the stakeholders on best practices in the caregiving sector
- Improved awareness of state agencies on best practices effective in the EU MS caregiving sector
- Improved awareness of caregiving sector participant
- Component 1: Institutional capacity building and improvements
Project or context description
The Foreign Workers' Labour Rights Commissioner is a unit within the Ministry of Economy in Israel, whose mandate originates from the Foreign Workers Law No 5751-1991. This unit is tasked with promoting awareness and implementation of the labour rights of foreign workers employed in the Israeli working fields. As part of its mandate, the unit is tasked, inter alia, with investigating complaints where suspicion of violation of foreign workers' labour rights arises, and cultivating public awareness on matters within its area of activities through education, instruction and advocacy. Furthermore, the unit is authorized to promote collaboration within and outside the government, for, inter alia, promoting the establishment of protocols and actions, managing legal proceedings, and participating in them.
Required profile
Job Title: Component Leader 2: Improving Stakeholder Awareness of Best Practices in the health sector
The Component Leaders (CL) will be civil servants or agents of public or semi-public institutions in France. They must be able to provide expert advice and have a profile that meets the following specific requirements
Requirements:
- Have a university degree in the required field of specialization or equivalent fields or have at least 3 years of equivalent experience in a field related to the project;
- Sufficient reading, speaking and writing skills in French and English.
- Senior official of the paired administration or similar official of a fully mandated organization, with sufficient level to conduct operational dialogue at the policy level;
- At least 3 years of professional experience in the health care sector
- Increased knowledge of stakeholders in the health care sector
Assets:
- Participation in the development of legislation and regulations related to labor rights in the healthcare sector;
- Use of common office software (word processing, presentation) is recommended and will be considered an asset.
He/she mission is to:
- Lead, coordinate and monitor the activities of the component;
- Contribute to the sustainability of the project by ensuring that aspects of the project related to his/her area of expertise are implemented in a timely manner;
- Provide legal and technical advice to ensure overall consistency of the component's activities;
- Propose preventive and/or corrective measures to remove obstacles to the successful implementation of the project;
- Cooperate with the Project Manager and maintain ongoing collaboration with the Resident Twinning Advisor and their counterparts in the recipient jurisdiction.
Additional information
- Applicants shall be civil-servants or serving in public or semi-public institutions in France
- Applicants must be French citizens
- Proficiency in office computers and the most commonly used software (Office Suite);
- Interpersonal skills and ability to manage a multicultural team;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills;
- Confidentiality and availability
Documents and information to be provided:
Applications should be sent by email with:
- CV in Europass format ;
- Covering letter;
Deadline for application : 2023/06/30 23:59
Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :
- democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
- peace, stability, and security ;
- climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
- health and human development ;
In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.