Photographer and Videographer Consultant - Lebanese Nationality ONLY

Contract

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Background

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 participants of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system 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.

UN Women is implementing its programmes in Lebanon across the humanitarian-development-peace and security nexus to support national efforts for the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. They focus on supporting women’s economic empowerment, women’s political participation, women’s engagement in peace and security, and community level work to address social norms and promote gender equality.

UN Women is seeking a consultant to deliver high quality images and videos of UN Women’s work in Lebanon with a special focus on its inclusive work with diverse women living across Lebanon, to enhance their resilience. The produced images and videos will document lives of women both Lebanese and non-Lebanese in several areas of Lebanon and the positive impact of UN Women projects on them as well as public events/activities/official visits.

Main Objectives and Purpose of the Consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to solicit photographs and videos that document UN Women’s projects/activities across Lebanon. The pictures and videos are to be produced for the general public. They will serve as informative and awareness raising tools for the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights in Lebanon.

Duties and Responsibilities

The selected consultant will be responsible to deliver:

I- A photo bank of images of UN Women programmes in Lebanon. This includes:

• Identifying themes for photo bank, based on materials provided by UN Women;
• Implementation of agreed approach and organization of images in an easy to access/locate storage tool for UN Women.

Specific deliverables include:

• A collection of photographs depicting UN Women’s work in Lebanon across its Programmes, collected, and organized in a photo bank. This should be in high resolution images. Photo size should not be less than 2.5 MB.

Types of photos expected:

• Portrait format photos (faces)
• Photos of people at public events/official visits/activities
• Photos of groups of people in their habitual community environment

II- videos of UNW interventions/projects in Lebanon. This includes:

• Develop timeline, script and shooting plan for the videos, in close consultation with relevant UN Women focal points. The initial concept and plan will be discussed and agreed in advance. Interviews and locations for shooting will be arranged with support from UN Women.
• Video shooting of interviews and B-roll as discussed and agreed with UN Women.
• Prepare a first cut of the video in Arabic with English subtitles for UN Women’s review and feedback. (3 rounds of edits included in the costs)
• Finalize the videos according to feedback provided by UN Women.

The consultant should provide all B-roll and unedited footage of interviews to UN Women

• Copyright of all footage and music in the video.
• Submit the final versions of the video via file transfer in high-resolution as well as different formats for use on web and social media, including for YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Videos to be produced in Arabic with English subtitles
• All new footage should be shot HD (16:9) 108i50 or 1080i60.
• For cut piece a SPLIT TRACK AUDIO (natural sound on one track, voice, and music, of any, on the other track) should be submitted.
• Compression H.264/MPEG4 or better video at 12000 kbps (minimum) or high-definition broadcast quality.
• AAC Audio at 256 kpb

UN Women will provide the following support to the Consultant:

• Briefing and detailed explanation of the kind of photos and videos needed and help in defining the best contents of photos/videos for different purposes;
• Programme information and editorial guidance to the Consultant to enable him/her to understand the deliverables required and generate captions to embed in the photographs as well as subtitles/content in videos;
• Access to programme sites and documents on the work UN Women implements in Lebanon.

UN Women acknowledges that the Consultant has the right to be credited and that their name should accompany all originals and reproductions of their work.

The consultant will: Supply all videographic/photographic equipment necessary for the assigned coverage, as determined in consultation with the Supervisor (e.g. professional digital camera (for photography and videography), lenses and accessories);

Copyright: All images and videos will pass to the exclusive ownership of UN Women including all use and distribution rights connected to them. UN Women reserves all rights to the unedited photos and videos. Consultant must deliver all unedited photographs and videos on a hard drive at the end of the assignment period. The consultant will fully apply UN Women brand identity. He will ensure that the final output is web-friendly for use on interactive UN websites and social media channels.

Deliverables

Time frame

A minimum of 500 HR pictures, organized by theme/region and located in a format/storage tool UN Women can access

Throughout the consultancy

A minimum of 3 videos of UNW interventions/projects in Lebanon provided via file transfer in high-resolution as well as different formats for use on web and social media, including for YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Throughout the consultancy

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies

• Proven ability to produce high quality images and videos in the field of development-humanitarian response-peace and security.
• A creative approach to highlighting the issues of gender equality in Lebanon in a visually appealing way.
• Knowledge of gender and human rights issues is desirable

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Completion of secondary education is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Arts is an asset;

Experience:

• At least 3 years proven working experience in photography and videography with a demonstrated record of providing high-quality, creative work for clients.
• Experience capturing images and developing videos for development organizations e.g. NGO, UN Agencies, etc., is required;
• Experience on the development of products related to gender equality, women’s empowerment is an asset;

Language requirements:

• Proficiency in Arabic and English is a must.
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset

Evaluation criteria:

Consultants will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of qualifications and financial proposal. Contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

• Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
• Having received the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria.

Technical Evaluation (70%) split such as: The points for the technical criteria will be allocated as per the below formula:

• Criterion 1: Education 20 points
• Criterion 2: At least 3 years proven working experience in photography and videography with a demonstrated record of providing high-quality, creative work for clients 30 points
• Criterion 3: Experience capturing images and developing videos for development organizations e.g. NGO, UN Agencies, etc., 20 points

The points for the technical criteria will be assigned as per the highest combined technical score

Financial Evaluation (30%): The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

Application:

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• A cover letter with a brief presentation of your consultancy explaining your suitability for the work and link to portfolio of work.
• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc;
• Personal CV; and Financial proposal; Proposed Cost per photo and cost per 1 minute video.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all of them, since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

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.)