National Individual Consultancy: Long Term Arrangements (LTA) for High Quality Photography Services, UNICEF SOP Office

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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.

For every child, a Champion,

UNICEF in the State of Palestine works to uphold the rights of children to access services and protection, from early childhood to adolescence. Our objective is to ensure that every child in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, irrespective of background or circumstance, has an equal chance to fulfil their potential.

Communicating clearly and effectively with the internal and external audiences and documenting the UNICEF work are integral parts of the implementation of the UNICEF State of Palestine Country Office's programmes. To achieve this objective, UNICEF State of Palestine seeks support for the development and production of evidence based visibility material that documents key children's issues and UNICEF's ongoing responses in the field, to support advocacy efforts with legislatures, policymakers, media, donors and the public at large.

Therefore, there is a need to have several high quality photography service providers on Long Term Arrangement contract who can fill assignments promptly, including but not limited to compelling photos, and at times, roll videos for the website, social media, reports, media pitching and other communications outlets. Such content is used to document UNICEF's work in the State of Palestine and disseminated through different channels, including the Country Office, Regional Office and Headquarters website, social media platforms and donor reports. Selective materials will also be shared with the media.

How can you make a difference?

The UNICEF State of Palestine Communications Section produce a high volume of multimedia products (photos, videos and stories) on a regular basis, in addition to infographs, photo essays and social media posts. To support this work, the communications section is requesting the provision of high quality individual photographers for multimedia content gathering to help cover the many competing deadlines and increase visibility

Major tasks to be accomplished:

  • Photograph relevant activities, keeping in mind culture, gender and other diverse sensitivities as per UNICEF guidelines.
  • The photos should be usable for diverse audiences and have universal appeal.
  • Provide comprehensive captions to accompany the photos.
  • Ensure that consent forms are signed by all children and/ or guardians as per UNICEF guidelines.
  • The consultant will be required to work in close coordination with the communication specialist in the country office, with overall supervision by the Chief of Communications.
  • Final submission of photos should be in RAW and high-resolution JPEG format.
  • Photos without captions will not be accepted.

The photographers should use their own equipment and may be required to provide a list of this equipment.

The contracted consultant is requested to report to the Communications Specialist at all stages to ensure that the content generated is in line with the purpose of request. If the assignment is in the field and requires more than one day, it is highly recommended that the content is shared with the communications specialist after each day for feedback and guidance.

At the end of each assignment, the consultant (photographer) will deliver a selection of powerful photos in their original JPEG and/or RAW format with complete captions embedded in the metadata of each photo.

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

This assignment requires professionals in their respective fields whose experience and quality of work demonstrably meet the highest international standards. They must have an excellent track record along with experience of working in the social development sector.

The proposed professional/s is/are expected to have high quality industry standard equipment in the fields of photography as well as the following:

  • Proven expertise in development photography.
  • Extensive experience with high resolution digital photography
  • Fluency in spoken and written Arabic and English
  • Previous experience with UNICEF is considered an asset.
  • Experience in working with children and families is a must.

Structure and Evaluation process of the proposal:

Each proposal will be assessed first on its technical merits (including by reference to legal requirements) and subsequently on its financial offer. In making the final decision, UNICEF considers both technical and financial aspects. The Evaluation Team first reviews the technical aspect of the offer followed by the review of the financial offer of the technically compliant vendors. The proposal obtaining the overall highest score after adding the scores for the technical and financial proposals is the proposal that offers best value for money and will be recommended for award of the LTA.

To be considered for evaluation, photographers are requested to provide ten high quality photographs. It is highly recommended to provide photos that are most relevant to UNICEF's work in the field and ensure that the captions are embedded in the metadata of each photo.

Financial Proposal:

Consultants are expected to submit their daily rate in ILS. Please note that no additional cost will be accepted such as equipment rental expense, memory cards and/or batteries. All costs, including travel, administrative costs, etc. shall be covered by the contractor and should be included in the financial proposal as a separate heading and broken down into details of accommodation and travel costs. UNICEF will issue a contract in ILS.

Candidates are required to specify their daily rates in the financial proposal and provide the breakdown of the lump sum amount as well as incidentals in ILS.

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.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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 as 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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