Individual consultancy: Long Term Agreement - Provision of high-quality photography, videography and storytelling services in Maputo, Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces, Mozambique

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UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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Scope of Work:

The consultant will use cutting edge photographic and video equipment to perform the following tasks:

• Produce high quality photos, including field and studio photography to support programme interventions and beneficiaries’ stories. A minimum of 25 high quality photos must be delivered per day, according to UNICEF specifications and guidelines

• Produce captions (that tell the story of each photo) and filenames of each photo taken, according to UNICEF specifications and guidelines

• Produce photo essays/storytelling – These include field missions where the consultant needs to travel to a community and produce a visual appealing storytelling photo essay to document key programmes achievements, field stories that highlight UNICEF and donor interventions, stories for fundraising. The stories must always be written in both English and Portuguese language.

• Video recording in 16:9 HD 1080. The optimal standards are: 1080 25p; 1080 29.97p or 30p

• Video editing (with subtitles, sign language and other requirements) following UNICEF specifications and guidelines

• B-roll selects and shot list according to UNICEF guidelines

• Animations (stop motion, cut out motion, 3D, and others)

• Professional sound editing

• Production of transcripts and storyboards (as requested per project)

• Production of subtitles, according to UNICEF specifications, including names, locations, projects.

• Provide unedited raw footage if requested

• Production of TV and music spots

• Production of longitudinal video storytelling and documentaries

Work Assignments Overview

Full day rate for video and photo capture

Deliverables/Outputs

Minimum of 25 high quality photos with captions;

Videos captures on the field per requirements of each mission;

Timeline

Depends on each project

Estimate Budget

Daily amount should not exceed 500USD

Work Assignments Overview

Half day rate for video and photo capture

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Same as above

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Work Assignments Overview

Full day rate for video and photo editing

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Work Assignments Overview

Half day rate for video and photo editing

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Work Assignments Overview

Full-week rate (5 days missions) for video and photo (includes both capture and editing)

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Work Assignments Overview

Additional hour rate for video and photo capture and editing

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Same as above

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Travel Local: Travel will be required on certain missions to certain districts and communities to document the stories in video and photos Depends on each project (locations TBC by hiring section)

Estimate Budget

Cost of ticket

DSA (if applicable) 75%

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: [attach JD/TOR here]

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

Minimum requirements:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

Demonstrated knowledge in video shooting and editing

Specialized knowledge in photography and editing for standard, print and online media

Good understanding of children’s rights issues and ethical reporting, and UNICEF branding guidelines

Good communication and writing skills (both in English and Portuguese)

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:  

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates based in Maputo, Nampula and Cabo Delgado provinces are encouraged to apply

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.