National Consultant – Photographer (part-time) UNICEF Myanmar, Yangon - Home-based with travel to programme areas as required

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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.

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UNICEF Myanmar

How can you make a difference?

As the COVID‐19 pandemic persists and the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar intensifies, there is an urgent need for the Myanmar Country Office (MCO) to amplify its public communications. This will highlight UNICEF's efforts in addressing the needs of children in conflict‐stricken areas while also showcasing developmental programs designed to yield long‐term benefits for Myanmar's children. To achieve this, UNICEF must create multi‐media external advocacy and communication materials that engage the public and demonstrate the challenges faced by children, the solutions, and UNICEF's role in providing assistance. Consequently, a consistent supply of impactful and dynamic photos is essential to depict UNICEF's developmental and humanitarian endeavours throughout Myanmar, as well as to bolster MCO's resource mobilization efforts.

In light of these requirements, the Advocacy, Partnerships, and Communication Section is seeking experienced professional photographers to visit UNICEF's developmental and humanitarian projects, including areas impacted by emergencies. The photographer will be responsible for capturing the conditions faced by children and UNICEF's responsive actions.

The purpose of the assignment is to establish an SSA contract with 2 national photographers to provide visual documentation in digital original format of children and families in Myanmar in order to produce communication and advocacy materials to be used by UNICEF’s internal and external partners across various platforms. Photography guidelines for UNICEF partners can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3txLsgQ7Qh8dld4QmdQT1NlLUE/view?usp=sharing

Scope of Work

a) Photographic documentation including photo-stories b) Descriptive captions for all broad edit photos, quotes from central characters/subjects in the photo coverage serving to tell a first-person narrative story; quotes from of a more personal nature from photo coverage characters/subjects directly addressing the camera with their gaze. c) Broad range edit of photographs (including photo films if required) with specifications including photo format, transmission, captioning, etc.,

Responsibilities

a) Consultant will use his/her own camera, laptop and internet access.

b) Photos should contain photo credit and full captions and should be able to be used by UNICEF free of rights.

c) The photos should have a pre-set tag in the meta data

d) On assignment completion, the broad edit will be transferred electronically to UNICEF APC Section, Khine Zar Mon, with complete captions.

Duty Station: Yangon /Home-based with travel to programme areas as required.

Report to: Communication Officer, Advocacy, Partnership and Communication section in Yangon

Duration of the Assignment: 11.5 months, part-time, flexible hours

Start Date: 1st June 2023

End Date: 15th May 2024

Number of Days (working):

1 June 2023 to 15 May 2024- consultancy paid at rate per day or half day based on agreed work assignments over a period of 11.5 months. This assignment will be a part-time assignment. The contract may be extended for another 11.5 months upon satisfactory completion of the initial SSA.

Description of Assignment:

Task 1:

Travel to UNICEF supported programmes and emergency affected areas and capture high resolution, digital photographic images of UNICEF development and humanitarian programmes, for UNICEF Myanmar

Deliverable 1:

Dynamic and powerful images for UNICEF Myanmar communication products captured on assignment to the field according to specific instructions for each trip

Task 2:

Provide original photographs as a broad edit.

Deliverable 2:

High quality images delivered within 5 days of the field trip

Task 3:

Provide full captions for all images including date, place, programme and description of the image

Deliverable 3:

Captions for all images delivered within 5 days of field travel

Task 4:

Produce short photo/video films

Deliverable 4:

Develop short video clips (1-5 minutes) from range of photos and interview videos with subtitles within 5 days of field travel or after receiving photos from UNICEF

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

• At least Secondary Education is required supported by required years of relevant experience in photography
• Myanmar national, able to travel to the field at short notice
• At least 5 years of experience in professional photography and video production
• Proven knowledge and experience in using photography for development messaging.
• Experience of photography on development/humanitarian issues.
• Experience working with NGOs or UN agencies is an asset.
• Experience in child focused photography an advantage.
• Proficient English-speaking skills and at least basic English writing skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.

The Expression of Interest form to be completed and included / attach in the application here: 11042023 Expression of Interest -Photographers for UNICEF 2023-2024.docx

Selection process

Interested candidates are required to submit an online application with an updated CV, completed Expression of Interest form, and samples of their work. The consultant will be identified by circulating an advertisement for one week and thorough review of the applications received by UNICEF taking into account the candidate’s experience, samples of their translation work, and the rate of pay requested.

Payment Schedule:

• Monthly payment based on satisfactory performance of tasks assigned and submission of activity report and bill for the number of days worked. • Local travel cost and daily allowance for field trips will be reimbursed by UNICEF separately.

Other conditions:

The consultants will undertake extensive official travel throughout the year within Myanmar as and when required to document official field visits, Nat Com visits and as assigned by the Communications Officer.

As a general rule, for every four productions days, the photographer will need one postproduction day.

Life and health insurance UNICEF does not provide or arrange life or health insurance coverage for consultants and individual contractors, and consultants and individual contractors are not eligible to participate in the life or health insurance schemes available to United Nations staff members. Consultants and individual contractors are fully responsible for arranging, at their own expense, such life, health and other forms of insurance covering the period of their services as they consider appropriate. The responsibility of UNICEF is limited solely to the payment of compensation for service-incurred death, injury or illness as per the provisions detailed below.

Copyright and Confidentiality: The documents produced during the period of this consultancy will be treated as strictly confidential, and the rights of distribution and/ or publication will reside solely with UNICEF.

Nature of Penalty Clause to be stipulated in the contract: UNICEF Myanmar reserves the right not to pay the consultant or withhold part of the payable amount if one or more requirements established for this assignment is not met or deadline set for the accomplishment of the tasks is missed.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.