Consultant to design a creative layout of the publication on integrity in the health sector

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Background

With less than 10 years remaining to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, the world has advanced significantly in achieving many SDG targets as set forth in the 2030 Agenda. At the same time, recent years have seen many countries facing increasing fragility, heightened polarization and increasing risks and threats to development progress and potential democratic backsliding. Corruption and weak governance systems are among the underlying issues contributing to these challenges. According to the World Economic Forum, an estimated $2.6 trillion is lost to corruption globally, which is almost 4% of global GDP and roughly $1,5 trillion is paid in bribes every year worldwide. That is 10 times higher than annual official development assistance globally. This situation has been further exacerbated since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Bank estimates that the coronavirus will cause first ever increase in global poverty since 1998 as millions of people are losing their jobs. The pandemic may have started as a public healthcare crisis­, but it has quickly morphed into a governance crisis.

The current pandemic is not only a public health emergency, but it equally constitutes a governance systems crisis induced by diminishing trust of the citizenry towards governmental institutions. Emergency public procurements, uneven distribution of economic stimulus packages and loosening of state’s public financial control mechanisms has led to increased levels of corruption across much of the world. With lockdowns and stay home orders, it has also become increasingly difficult to receive quality public services in a timely manner. The pandemic hit the public health sector hardest by overstretching hospital capacities. At the same time, due to emergency procurement of health commodities including PPEs, oxygen masks, vaccines, medicines and other essential products, the public health sector has become vulnerable to corruption risks.

In the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, UNDP has assisted national governments and civil society organizations to quickly set-up various digital platforms ranging from COVID-19 related public expenditure transparency portals, e-learning websites for civil servants, COVID-19 hackathons (“Coronathons”), mobile one-stop-shops, chat-bots for responding to citizens’ requests, doctor-whistleblower channels, empowering civil society, including young women, to build regional youth networks, supporting anti-corruption investigations, and many others[1]. For example, in Kazakhstan UNDP supported external analysis of corruption risks in health sector organizations to prevent fraud and the unfair distribution of health supplies, conducted sociological research with Transparency Kazakhstan on corruption perceptions, and studied public perception during the pandemic. In Moldova, UNDP supported the Office of the Ombudsman to set up an online system where whistleblowers can submit reports on the irregularities affecting the public interest in the health system related to COVID-19. In Montenegro, the Ministry of Health in coordination with UNDP developed a web-based centralized ERP system for monitoring the movement/distribution of consumables and equipment throughout health care facilities with reporting utilizing AI components. Serbia UNDP Country office supported the government by flying in 15 cargo planes with 720 tons of ventilators, protective equipment, and COVID-19 tests. UNDP Ukraine supported the establishment of a digital stock management system for medicines and medical products for efficient forecasting and planning at the national and local levels.

Against this background in 2021 UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub has developed a study on "Strengthening integrity of health sector during and post-COVID-19 pandemic in the ECIS region". The study focused on collecting good practices on how to strengthen integrity in the health sector in the ECIS region and developed recommendations for how to improve our public health systems even further. The study will assist public officials, healthcare system professionals, and non-governmental organizations, as well as academia and UN agencies, to enrich their knowledge on the correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic, the health care sector, and corruption. The study focused on the ECIS region as well as includes good practice examples from countries beyond the ECIS region. The study is in English language.

[1] https://www.eurasia.undp.org/content/rbec/en/home/library/democratic_governance/accountability-public-service-delivery-covid19-europe-central-asia.html

Duties and Responsibilities

UNDP is looking for a designer to creatively develop the layout of the study "Strengthening integrity of health sector during and post-COVID-19 pandemic in the ECIS region". This shall include at least 10 hand-drawn illustrations/comics/visualizations/cartooned action elements as well as the overall layout of the entire publication for printing/publishing online. In particular, the consultant will be responsible to:

• Design at least 10 hand-drawn illustrations/comics/visualizations, to be used as standalone product and included in the overall layout of the publication, stemming from the various chapters of the above-mentioned study.
• Draft illustrations/comics/visualizations based on final sketches and make adjustments based on feedback from UNDP staff
• Finalize illustrations/comics/visualizations and transfer final product with high resolution source files, original drawings, and low-resolution versions for online sharing
• Develop overall layout of the publication for publishing online/printing (approximately 45 pages)

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

• At least 10 hand-drawn illustrations/comics/visualizations based on various contents of the study
• Overall layout of the publication for printing/publishing online

Deliverable

Content

Timing

Payment

Draft design

At least 10 hand-drawn illustrations/comics/visualizations, to be used as standalone product and included in the overall layout of the publication, stemming from the various chapters of the above-mentioned study.

Overall layout of the publication, including illustrations/comics/visualizations

15 July 2022

50%

Second iteration of the design

Based on feedback from UNDP make adjustments to the illustrations/comics/visualizations and overall layout of the publication

25 July 2022

20%

Final product

Finalize illustrations /comics /visualizations and layout of the publication and transfer final product with high resolution source files, original drawings, and low-resolution versions for online sharing

30 July 2022

30%

Competencies

• Strong interpersonal skills, communication and diplomatic skills, ability to work in a team
• Openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback
• Ability to work under pressure and stressful situations
• Strong analytical, reporting and writing abilities
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in media production, design, social sciences or a similar field.

Experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in creative design and illustration
• Proven ability to design comics related to social issues and topics (the candidates should submit the links to samples completed)
• Demonstrated experience in drafting communicative content and products

Language skills:

• Excellent writing, editing, and oral communications skills in English

Evaluation of Applicants

Interested candidates shall submit their applications (P11 Form) and attach: 1) proposed strategy/sketches for the above assignment; 2) samples of previous related work (links, attachments)

Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria: experience and qualifications (30%); proposed strategy strategy/sketches (40%); samples of previous related work (30%).

Technical Criteria - 70% of total evaluation

• Bachelor’s degree in media production, design, social sciences or a similar field (5 points).
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in creative design and illustration (5 points).
• *Proven ability to design comics related to social issues and topics (the candidates should submit the links**/* *samples to their previous related work) (50 points).*
• Demonstrated experience in drafting communicative content and products (5 points).
• Excellent writing, editing, and oral communications skills in English (5 points).

Financial Criteria - 30% of total evaluation

Application procedures

Qualified candidates are requested to apply online via this website. The application should contain:

• Cover letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position and a brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the work (if applicable). Please paste the letter into the "Resume and Motivation" section of the electronic application.
• Filled P11 form including past experience in similar projects and contact details of referees (blank form can be downloaded from http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/hrforms/P11_modified_for_SCs_and_ICs.doc ); please upload the P11 instead of your CV.
• Financial Proposal* - specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this announcement. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (number of anticipated working days, travel, per diems and any other possible costs).
• Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials

*Please note that the financial proposal is all-inclusive and shall take into account various expenses incurred by the consultant/contractor during the contract period (e.g. fee, health insurance, vaccination, personal security needs and any other relevant expenses related to the performance of services...). All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel.

Payments will be made only upon confirmation of UNDP on delivering on the contract obligations in a satisfactory manner.

Individual Consultants are responsible for ensuring they have vaccinations/inoculations when travelling to certain countries, as designated by the UN Medical Director. Consultants are also required to comply with the UN security directives set forth under dss.un.org

General Terms and conditions as well as other related documents can be found under: http://on.undp.org/t7fJs.

Qualified women and members of minorities are encouraged to apply.

Due to large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.