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UNICEF Zimbabwe seeks to establish a pool of professional videographers who will capture high-quality short films of various UNICEF supported field missions
BACKGROUND
Under the UNICEF Zimbabwe Country Programme (2022–2026), UNICEF is working closely with the Government and partners to ensure that more children and women—particularly the most deprived—have increased access to inclusive, quality health, nutrition, WASH, education, and child and social protection services.
Audio visual products are a major part of the communication work of UNICEF, important to strengthen fundraising, advocacy and visibility to reach key stakeholders and to raise awareness on important issues and on UNICEF programmes.
UNICEF Zimbabwe therefore needs to have a pool of videographers, who can be called on to create timely, powerful visual materials that highlight the impact of investments in the different programme areas and to demonstrate the situation of children during times of emergencies. These videos will be used for communication, advocacy, and partnership building purposes, including fundraising efforts for the Country Office.
Given the dynamic nature of UNICEF’s work and the need for rapid response during emergencies, these services will be required throughout the year, often at short notice.
ASSIGNMENTS
Under the supervision of the UNICEF Zimbabwe Chief of Partnerships, Advocacy and Communications, and the Communications Specialist, and in close coordination with programme sections, the videographer will undertake the following assignments:
1. Pre-production
- Participate in inception meetings to understand the focus of each mission and the intended messaging.
- Conduct a pre-production information gathering session to compile all relevant programme background details, donor information, key messages, locations, schedules and itineraries, stakeholder names and titles, and time coding guidelines, ensuring accurate and consistent time coding of video content as required.
2. Production
- Capture and edit high-quality video footage, ensuring coverage of all required scenes related to the activities of the programme area.
- Capture and record the names and locations of each of the subjects being filmed.
- Ensure ethical and inclusive representation of children and mothers, including obtaining signed consent forms, using the standard UNICEF Consent Forms.
3. Post-Production
- Deliver raw and edited high-definition videos suitable for social media digital platforms and for other broadcasting platforms. The length of each video will be determined based on each assignment’s needs.
- Include labels and metadata for all images (location, date, description, consent details)
- Videos to be delivered to UNICEF within 4 days of fieldwork completion (unless requested to deliver within shorted notice period).
Major tasks and deliverables:
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Tasks/Milestone:
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Deliverables/Outputs:
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Timeline
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Pre-production, including inception meetings
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Work outline
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1 day
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Production – taking of high-quality footage, while adhering to UNICEF ethical and child safeguarding standards.
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- Raw film footage captured from each programme/event area
- Signed consent forms from the subjects or guardians who have been filmed.
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Between 1 – 5 days, depending on the assignment
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Postproduction – editing of videos and submission to UNICEF
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- Raw footage files.
- Edited high quality videos of the key activities during the mission.
- Ensuring each video is labeled with accurate capturing of contextual information and the provision of clear, factual, and well-written labels for each video, incorporating programme background and appropriate donor recognition, while correctly reflecting locations, dates, stakeholders, and activities in line with UNICEF standards.
- A curated set of high-quality videos that clearly document programme implementation and results, visually demonstrate positivity, joy, excitement, hope, inclusive, equitable access to services, while ensuring ethical representation of children and appropriate visibility of partners and donors3 reels/cuts for social media use, including script development.
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Photos to be delivered to UNICEF within 4 days of fieldwork completion
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education
Bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism, international development or a related field
Work Experience
Demonstrated experience of previous work with UNICEF/other UN agencies or other international institutions (public or private) developing photos in the field. (Samples to be shared)
Language Requirements:
Fluency in written and spoken English, Shona and/or Ndebele is essential.
Desirables:
- The photographer must be accredited with the Zimbabwe Media Commission.
- The photographer must be able to produce high quality photographs and be capable of communicating in the major local languages. Knowledge of other minority local languages is an asset.
- The photographer must have sufficient technical and creative skills and equipment to handle multiple projects at one time and against tight deadlines.
- The photographer must be familiar with the latest technology in photography and have the capacity to edit, develop captions and subtitle multiple products.
- The photographer must possess a high level of creativity and the ability to translate abstract ideas into attractive visuals.
- The photographer must have prior experience producing similar materials as those outlined above.
The detailed consultancy terms of reference is downloadable via this link:
TORs.pdf
If interested and available to undertake the individual consultancy, please submit your application online and attach the required documents including the technical proposal and an all-inclusive financial proposal incorporating an approximate number of travel days for field (local) travel.
Technical proposal: The Technical Proposal should articulate an understanding of the TOR and include the proposed Tasks/Milestones, Deliverables/Outputs, Timeline and level of effort by deliverable. The similar table provided in the TOR is indicative. Applicants may use the indicative table as a guide or deviate as per the proposed approach. The proposal should also cost-effectively propose the local travel proposed by the applicant to undertake the assignment.
Financial proposal: The Financial Proposal should include the costs (providing a daily rate as justification) for each task, including consultant fee, proposed travel costs and perdiem, communications costs and any other proposed cost.
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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.