Assistant Filmmaker Consultant, Rome, UNICEF Refugee and Migrant Response in Italy, 58 days

Consultant Communications & PR Programme & Policy

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

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Since 2016, UNICEF is responding to the unique needs of adolescents and young people who are seeking asylum in Europe, on the move, stranded or pushed back. The operation established in Italy aims to provides support to the Government of Italy on children and young migrants and refugees, to ensure timely, equal and appropriate care, protection and support for their social inclusion, as part of the Regional Migrant and Refugee Response.

In Italy, UNICEF’s country office is implementing three main programmes. The Youth & Adolescent Development programme focuses on participation and skills building activities to guarantee Unaccompanied Minors (UAMs) and young migrants and refugees have access to key information, have their voices heard and are empowered to take the lead and have the skills and competencies needed for their social inclusion in Italy. The focus of the Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence programmes is access to key life protecting information, promotion of uptake of services, identification and referral of at-risk boys and girls to relevant services, including psychosocial assistance, GBV services and access to alternative care and guardianship. Moreover in 2020 a key partnership with DG Health was established, which includes a strong component of health literacy promotion among migrant and refugees. Key health messages are therefore woven into existing programs, with a strong focus on mental health, immunization and adolescent reproductive health.

Communication and advocacy for the promotion of children’s rights and related policy reform has been a key feature of all 3 programme areas. One of the key pillars of the communication and advocacy strategy for migrants and refugees in Italy is to give young people themselves the opportunity to voice their opinions – this has been primarily achieved through U-Report on the Move ((https://onthemove.ureport.in/), a digital platform that through access to key information, polls and content sharing puts young migrants and refugees in the driver’s seat making them digital story-tellers, advocates for their communities and inspiring others who have listened to their voices.

With the onset of the COVID-19 emergency, the scope of communication and advocacy actions has expanded to include Risk Communication and Community engagement interventions, using both online and offline platforms for peer-to-peer messages on prevention and access to services and for behavioural change, as well as to better inform UAMs and young migrants and refugees on the changes brought about by the secondary impact of COVID-19 to their entitlements (legal status, online safety, education paths, GBV and employment). Adolescents and youth were also given the opportunity to share their experiences, including positive action taken in the response to COVID-19, and to share lessons learned during lockdown and imagine a better future for themselves, their communities and beyond (The Future we want), further advancing UNICEF’s social cohesion agenda in Italy.

The production of audio-visual material has been integral to these communication and advocacy interventions and has grown exponentially over the past two years, ranging from video pills providing key lifesaving and life protecting information to young migrants and refugees via U Report on the Move to mini videos with interviews to adolescents and youth for Activate Talks and the Future We Want initiative.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Youth and Adolescent Development Specialist, P4, in Rome, Italy, and technical supervision of the Film maker consultant, the Assistant Film Maker is primarily responsible for supporting the production of audio-visual material for the Migrant and Refugee Response in Italy.

Key responsibilities include supporting the Film Maker in the technical organization, production and editing of video contents related to different activities and events of Migrant and Refugee Response in Italy

Specifically the Assistant Film-maker will:

• Ensure that the video format is compatible and optimized for social media
• Convert videos in various formats
• Edit videos in English and Italian to translate them in other languages used on UNICEF's channels (with the insertion of subtitles and/or the replacement of graphic materials)
• Take care of mixing and mastering audio.
• Guarantee the availability of all the technical equipment needed for audio.

Section

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Working days

Timeline

CP

33 days

Support to technical organization and production of video contents about mental health targeted at adolescent and young migrants and refugees

Audio production for and editing of 5 videos about mental health and conversion in various formats, including for social media,

10

31 October

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about UNICEF’s Activate Talk on mental health and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2

31 October

Audio production for and editing of 4 video pills about Covid-19 and mental health targeted at migrants and refugees and conversion in various formats, including for social media

6

31 October

Audio production for and editing of 1 video mapping mental health good practices and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3,5

30 November

Support to technical organization and production of video contents about UNICEF’s actions in the field of child protection

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about care leavers and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2

31 October

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about volunteer tutors and mentors and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3,5

31 December

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about family foster care and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3,5

30 September - 31 October;

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about UNICEF’s intervention at the frontier and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2,5

31 December

GBV

10 days

Support to technical organization and production of awareness video contents about women’s rights and gender-based violence

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about the International Day of the Girl Child and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2

11 October

Audio production for and editing of 2 videos: 1 about the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and 1 about the 16 activism days against gender-based violence and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3

25 November - 10 December

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about sexual and reproductive health and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2

31 December

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about the results of UNICEF’s research on Covid-19 impact on migrant and refugee women’s exposition to gender-based violence and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3

31 December

ADAP

15

Support to technical organization and production of video contents to promote UNICEF’s actions and tools in the field of adolescent development and participation

Audio production for and editing of 3 video-pills about the “CASH ME” initiative and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3,5

31 October

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about U-Report activities in 2021 and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2

31 December

Support to technical organization and production of video contents to promote a positive narrative about refugees and migrants in Italy

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about the contest “OPS! – your Opinion, beyond any Stereotype, against Discrimination!” and conversion in various formats, including for social media

2

31 December

Audio production for and editing of 1 video about the “OPS!” Campaign against racism and conversion in various formats, including for social media

3,5

31 December

Miscellaneous post-production

Audio production for and editing of miscellaneous videos and conversion in various formats, including for social media

4

31 December

Contractual arrangements:

• Duration: The consultant will be expected to work for 58 days, betweem October 2021 and December 2021.
• Duty Station and travel: The consultant will be home-based in Rome but will be expected to travel throughout Italy, depending on COVID-19 travel restrictions. The Consultant will be responsible for organizing their travel. All travel expenses (tickets, accommodation, public transport, meals) will be reimbursed.
• Payment: The consultant will be paid monthly upon timely and satisfactory submission of deliverables as per the table above.

• Travel:

• All UNICEF rules and regulations related to travel of Consultants/ Individual Contractors apply.

• All travels shall be undertaken only upon the prior written approval by UNICEF.
• The consultant is responsible for his/her for travel arrangements. The most economic and direct route is authorized.
• Travel costs will be reimbursed after the completion of mission upon submission of the invoice together with the supporting documentation. The maximum amount allocated for travel will be EUR 1,000.
• The consultant must be fit to travel, be in a possession of the valid UN BSafe certificate, obligatory inoculation(s) and have a valid own travel/medical insurance and an immunization/vaccination card.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Required

• First level university degree in Journalism, communication, international relations, filmmaking or another relevant field. Years of experience accompanied by professional certifications may replace the degree.
• Proven record and at least 2 years professional experience in supporting video shooting.
• Proven record and at least 2 years professional experience in supporting video editing programs.
• Experience working with adolescents and young people.
• Fluent Italian.

Desired

• Prior experience of working UNICEF or the UN.
• Experience of working with migrants and refugees.

To apply:

Applicants are invited to:

• Complete their UNICEF profile FULLY;
• Attach CV and Cover Letter;
• Indicate a daily fee, bearing in mind that the maximum monthly allowed for this consultancy is EUR 150, travels not included. Applications without fees will not be accepted.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

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