Introduction

Studies and Development Center (SDC), is a CSO established in 2005. Starting from 15 January 2024, the organization has started the implementation of the project “Building Bridges: Bridging the Gap in Employment Rights through Youth and CSO Engagement (BB-YCSE), with an implementation period of 36 months.

The overall objective of the project is to improve Youth, CSOs, and local authorities’ capacities to integrate programs/approaches and activities in social labour rights in their agenda and strengthen governmental and civil society efforts related to inclusion of vulnerable youth to promoting human rights on employment.

The specific objectives (SOs) of the project are as follows:

SO1: Increased knowledge and information on situation of young people and capacities of CSOs with regard to the main challenges on human rights particularly the social labour rights;

SO2: Increased awareness of CSOs, local youth organizations, government and private business in 10 municipalities on social labour rights;

SO3: Enable environment for CSOs and Young people (male and female) especially in rural areas and from poor marginalized/disadvantages communities to benefit from direct actions in support of promotion and implementing social labour rights.

1. Background, objectives, and scope of the expertise

This is a call for expression of interest for the establishment of a database of experts (2 Junior experts), who will be engaged in the desk research/review of the labour code, law enforcement on employment discrimination for all groups of population particularly for youth groups including female and the vulnerable group, safety and health at work, level of payment for young women and men (salaries), labour rights for people with disabilities, roma community, LGBT, and young people in rural and remote areas.

2. Requirements of the experts

Qualifications and skills

• University degree in legal/social/economic/or other related

fields (diploma on the academic achievements).

• Good managing and coordination skills and high sense of responsibility team work.

• Good computer skills, knowledge of Excel and Word.

• Good computer skills, knowledge of Excel and Word.

General Work Experience indicating the required qualification as the following

• At least 3 years of general work experience;

Specific Work Experience indicating the required qualification as the following:

• At least 2 years of work experience relevant to the assignment, conducting research collect data

• Previous relevant work experience with EU or other donors funded projects will be an asset.

3. Submission of the documents

The deadline for submission of the documents is February 28 th 2024.

Candidates should submit the following documents to the e-mail address: info@sdc.org.al

 An expression of interest to provide the required service,

 CV highlighting the expertise related to this call of request.

Being included in the database does not imply the obligation of SDC to engage any expert or to establish any contractual relationship between SDC and them.