International Consultant: Online Live Sketcher (Retainer)

Consultant

Overview

Provide live sketching for discussions on access to justice.

You have:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in fine arts, graphic arts, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in (online) sketching for major international companies or the United Nations, or international non-profits organization.
• Previous experience with UN Women is an advantage.
• Previous experience working on collaborative art and community projects.
• Proficiency in English.

Contract

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society, and other relevant actors.

The UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific implements the programme on “Enhancing Access to Justice for Women in Asia and the Pacific: Bridging the gap between formal and informal systems through women’s empowerment”, which focuses on aligning domestic laws and court decisions with international human rights law and standards, including the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; addressing gender discriminatory attitudes and stereotyped behaviours towards women by formal and informal justice providers; and supporting grassroots women’s organizations and community-based justice providers to work towards the elimination of discrimination against women, access to justice and adequate protection for women and girls seeking justice.

In this context, the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific seeks to hire an online live sketcher to take visual notes of discussions around access to justice during online workshops and meetings.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under supervision of the Programme Specialist, Access to Justice, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, the visual notetaker will be responsible for supporting the following:

• Providing online (Zoom) live sketching to successfully capture discussions around access to justice, and visually present the core elements in a clear and creative manner.
• Representing in visuals, complex ideas, models and strategies raised during online events, as they relate to gaps and challenges, as well as opportunities, in the justice system
• Providing finalized, high-resolution products in color from each event, which may be shared with meeting participants, posted on UN websites and social media, and shared with current and future donors of the programme.
• Abide by the UN Women Visual Communications Guidelines.
• Bear all related costs and work independently to successfully achieve end results. Indirect costs such as printing, designing, stationeries and communication in relation to the scope of work must be included in the financial proposal.
• Incorporate the feedback of UN Women and partners as appropriate and necessary.
• The consultant has the right to be credited, implying that their name should accompany all originals and reproductions of their work.

II.****Warranties, consent and intellectual property

1. The Consultant represents and warrants that he/she has not, and undertakes that he/she shall not, infringe any third-party intellectual property rights in performing any activities pursuant to the Contract. The Consultant represents and warrants that that he/she shall perform the activities pursuant to the UN Women Photo Policy and Guidelines including obtaining written consent when required, including from survivors of violence and from the legal guardian/s of children under 18 years of age (mandatory use of UN Women consent form within the UN Women Photo Policy and Guidelines).

2. The Consultant shall indemnify, hold, and save harmless, and defend, at its own expense, UN Women, its officials, employees, consultants, agents, or other representatives from and against all suits, claims, demands, and liability of any nature or kind, including their costs and expenses arising out the Consultant's violations of the representations and warranties above.

3. The indemnity set forth, above, shall not apply to:

a) A claim of infringement resulting from the Consultant's compliance with specific written instructions by UN Women directing a change in the specifications for the Deliverables or directing a manner of performance of the Contract not normally used by the Consultant; or

b) A claim of infringement resulting from additions to or changes in any Deliverables furnished under the Contract if UN Women or another party acting under the direction of UN Women made the changes.

4. UN Women shall advise the Consultant about any such suits, proceedings, claims, demands, losses, or liability within a reasonable period after having received actual notice thereof. The Consultant shall have sole control of the defense of any such suit, proceeding, claim or demand and of all negotiations in connection with the settlement or compromise thereof, except with respect to the assertion or defense of the privileges and immunities of UN Women or any matter relating thereto, for which only UN Women itself is authorized to assert and maintain. UN Women shall have the right, at its own expense, to be represented in any such suit, proceeding, claim or demand by independent counsel of its own choosing.

5. In the event the use by UN Women of any Deliverables provided to UN Women by the Consultant, in whole or in part, in any suit or proceeding, is for any reason enjoined, temporarily or permanently, or is found to infringe any patent, copyright, trademark or other intellectual property right, or in the event of a settlement, is enjoined, limited, or otherwise interfere with, then the Consultant, at its sole cost and expense, shall, promptly, either:

a) procure for UN Women the unrestricted right to continue using such Deliverables provided to UN Women;

b) replace or modify the Deliverables provided to UN Women, or part thereof, with the equivalent or better product, or part thereof, that is non-infringing; or,

c)refund to UN Women the full price paid by UN Women for the right to have or use such Deliverables, or part thereof.

6. UN Women confirms that the whole of the copyright present, future or contingent whatsoever and all other right, title, and interest in and to the Deliverables shall be vested in the Consultant throughout the world in accordance with all applicable copyright laws. The Consultant further acknowledges and agrees that UN Women shall have the unconditional non-exclusive and perpetual right to make use of the Deliverables including but not limited to the entire take of all photographs from the Assignment in such manner as UN Women shall in its sole discretion think fit including without limitation the right to include the deliverables on its own website and/or in any other public relations materials used to promote UN Women. UN Women may re-edit the Deliverables or any part thereof as convenient for its own exploitation of the Deliverables in any medium. UN Women may provide the Deliverables to other UN agencies and the media at no cost and may apply a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-NoDeriv 2.0 Generic license to the Deliverables.

Competencies

In addition to requirements and qualifications, it is important that the intern shares the core values and core competencies of the organization.

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration

Corporate Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the United Nations' values and ethical standards.
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the UN and UN Women.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce high-quality work.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in fine arts, graphic arts, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience for Experience in (online) sketching for major international companies or the United Nations, or international non-profits organization.
• Previous experience with UN Women is an advantage
• Previous experience working on collaborative art and community projects.
• Proficiency in English.

From 22 February 2022– 21 February 2023, this consultancy is home-based (with maximum of 50 working days) for online meetings/workshops with live sketching.

Evaluation criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis.

• Technical Qualification (100 points) weight; [70%]
• Financial Proposal (100 points) weight; [30%]

A two-stage procedure is utilised in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

Technical qualification evaluation criteria:

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Technical Evaluation Criteria

Obtainable Score

1. Education

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in fine arts, graphic arts, or a related field.

20%

1. Experience and skills

• Minimum 7 years of experience in (online) sketching for major international companies or the United Nations, or international non-profit organization.
• Previous experience with UN Women is an advantage
• Previous experience working on collaborative art and community projects.

70 %

1. Language and report writing skills

• Proficiency in English.

10 %

Total Obtainable Score

100 %

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically qualified candidates.

Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

• Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
• The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
• The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

VIII. Submission of application

Interested candidates are requested to submit the following to hr.bangkok@unwomen.org and copy to nichapa.athipan@unwomen.org and fanny.arendt@unwomen.org on or before 12 February 2022 (midnight New York time), including the following:

Submission package includes:

• Personal History Form (P11) https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs

• Portfolio with examples of work from major international companies or the United Nations, or international non-profits

• Financial proposal: the financial proposal shall specify a daily fee

Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided?on the basis of?qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.?

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.?

UN Women?has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.? All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel 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.)?

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