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Background

PROSPECTS is a four-year innovative inter-agency partnership between the Government of Netherlands, the World Bank, IFC, ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF. The goal of the partnership is to strengthen the socio-economic enabling environments of communities that host different forcibly displaced populations (IDPs and refugees) to ensure sustainable decent work, training and education opportunities, as the policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks facilitate this integration process.

The Japanese Supplementary Fund (JSB) is a one-year programme funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan aiming at enhancing disaster resilience through employment-intensive waterworks in Jigjiga and refugee hosting communities of Kebribeyah, Somali regional state. This project will bring sustainable water supplies and better sanitation practices,  and social recovery by improving flood warning, protection governance and management systems, and by restoring damaged infrastructure in flood-affected communities and enhance their resilience to disasters through the provision of water retention infrastructures.

Baseline assessments for the above two ILO projects were undertaken in 2019 and 2021 leading to the finalization of their design, and readiness to enter into the operational phase in 2021. This will now involve the rolling out of activities (enterprise development support, market-relevant skills trainings, construction of flood mitigation and control infrastructures, etc.), consultations with local partners, and the running of seminars and trainings on the issues related to socio-economic inclusion of refugees and host communities with local government administrations, SMEs, and actors from the civil society. Activities will focus on water and sanitation infrastructures, micro-dam, detention pond, training on flood mitigation and control, in the Fafan Zone of the Somali Regional State.

Scope of work

The ILO is seeking a photographer to provide the following technical competences in relation to phytography services, with the aim of highlighting the ILO’s and its partners’ contributions to the two projects.

ILO seeks photography services for print and visual/media communication platforms, as well as other forums with the services of a storytelling photographer, referred hereafter as “consultant”. The work of the consultant will focus on both motion picture and still picture photography. The intended communication will illustrate the interventions’ impact, as well as feature the human stories of refugees, IPDs and host communities with the hope to cast a more positive light on their roles as contributors to the overall growth of their communities. This communication effort is also intended to contribute to maintaining cohesive societies, with increased positive perceptions.

Responsibilities and activities of the consultant:

The consultant will deliver both motion picture and still picture photography services. The main task will be to capture and produce high quality photography products in relation to the projects’ achievements, impact and visibility, as well as promote the values of the ILO, including the decent work agenda.

During the contractual period, the consultant will be assigned with several missions/ trips to the Somali Region or other regions as relevant– which may last between 1 and 3 days in duration at a time – to cover the projects, and will be expected to undertake the following activities (per mission):

 Travel to selected locations, interview selected individuals and develop storyboards;

Capture compelling motion pictures and still pictures (of persons, background, landscape etc) that could show in a creative way, the life of selected refugees, IDPs and host communities in selected locations;

Edit photography products together with adequate metadata (descriptions i.e. name, location, date and a small description about the images) suitable for showcasing on different platforms including   physical or virtual exhibitions and other media platforms; and

Get individuals’ consent by getting their signature through the ILO consent form before taking pictures and submit those forms to the ILO.

Role of the ILO

Provide overall guidance to the consultant with regards to the scope of work, determining questionnaires for attaining stories and storytelling techniques, and in line with ILO guidelines;

Facilitate the identification/selection and access to interviewees for still/motion picture;

Provide a creative brief that will outline selected refugees, IDPs and host communities along with detailed approach and methodology of capturing and documenting the stories after signing of contract. The service provider is expected to adhere to ILO’s consent guideline and propose a plan that is in line with the creative brief; and

Avail relevant support to the service provider with regards to adherence to ILO guidelines in the service provider’s undertaking of contract activities.

Deliverables

The consultant shall agree to provide the following tasks for the ILO:

• Provide electronic copies of all the images taken during the mission together with their metadata.
• Provide 10 edited high-quality photos with stories in a print-ready file (in accordance with the size specification; provided on the brief issued by ILO) permission;
• 10 copies of the above images printed in high-quality photos;
• Audio-visual (motion picture) clips organized and edited;
• Develop storyboard(s) for the promotion and accessibility of the above products;
• Submit signed consent/waiver forms for persons whose still or motion picture is taken;

The ILO will enjoy all copyrights to the products produced under this contract, including their repurposing and (re) distribution.

Line of reporting, contract duration and payment modality

The consultant will report to the PROSPECTS Programme Manager, and work closely with the National Programme Officer based in the ILO Country Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The contract will run for 12 months starting from the date of signature, estimated between August 2021– August 2022. During this period, the service provider will avail its services upon each request by ILO per the contract terms at the time of request or within seven to ten days from the request.

 Terms of Payment

Payments will be made upon completion of each assignment and delivery of products (print or digital copies), based on the initially provided financial offer and contract, and to the entire satisfaction of the ILO.

You can get full ToR details from the link below

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Criteria

• A minimum of 5 years of proven professional photography (still and motion pictures) experience, and preferably storytelling photography, and experience and excellent skills in editorial, layout, and graphic design (20pts);
• Able to present a clear and mature style of photography, demonstrating an understanding of the highest communication requirements (20pts);
• Able to work independently and comes with own photography equipment (12.5pts);
• The high proficiency level of Photoshop, Capture One or other photography-specific software (12.5pts).
• Working experience in development or humanitarian environment is desirable. Previous work with the UN is an asset (5pts);

*Seventy Percent (70%) of the total score is for the Technical Evaluation, while Thirty Percent (30%) is for the Financial Evaluation. Only bids which achieve a minimum score of 70 % will be considered for evaluation of their Financial Proposals.