UNICEF seeks to recruit an international consultancy – Documentation of UNICEF C4D good practices in West and Central Africa Region – Senegal
Job no : 517919
Work type : Consultancy
Location : Senegal
Categories : Communication for Development (C4D)
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Background
The Communication for Development (C4D) section at the UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO) provides technical support to 24 country offices in the fields of communication for social and behaviour change for child survival, development, education and protection. The region is extremely complex, diverse and bears a disproportionate share of the global burden of key child rights deprivations. Though home to 11 per cent of the world under 5 (U5) children, it registers 31 per cent of U5 death, 42 per cent of global maternal death, 30 per cent of severe acute malnutrition cases and 36 per cent of the out of school children globally. It also has the lowest rate of girls’ access to education and highest rate of child marriage and teenage pregnancy.
In the last decades, countries have implemented a range of cost-effective and high impact interventions to prevent child and maternal deaths. While these interventions save lives, they are often not enough for long-term sustained impact. No matter how well commodities are distributed or how efficiently services are provided, children continue to die from preventable diseases if their families and communities are not considered as essential partners and fully engaged to increase preventive care at home, demand and effectively use health and other social services, find local solutions to achieve child health, development and protection.
Communication for social and behaviour change (SBC) and application of the principles of effective communication are central to further development objectives in WCAR countries. In recent years, C4D network across the region has facilitated the engagement and participation of parents, caregivers, local organizations and a range of local influencers in support of positive social change in favour of children, provided technical assistance and capacity building to partners, aimed at shifting from a message-oriented to a dialogue approach, strengthened the use of social data for quality communication planning and undertaken other important efforts to prompt positive social change for children.
The existing good experiences require being documented, linked and cross-indexed with other knowledge sharing initiatives within and outside of WCAR, shared with the public and donors, and within the C4D network, to enrich knowledge and practices, to demonstrate the results, to facilitate C4D communities of practices, and to promote partnerships.
In this context, UNICEF WCARO is looking for a qualified professional to support the C4D section in documenting a series of innovative and successful experiences and practices in the field of communication for child survival and development, education and protection, including the community engagement initiatives for child and maternal survival and the community engagement initiatives in humanitarian settings.
How can you make a difference?
Objectives
Support the regional C4D team in documenting a pre-selected series of good practices, experiences and innovations in the field of C4D for child survival and development, education and protection in the WCA region, with a particular focus (but not limited) to projects:
- Community engagement for maternal, neonatal and child health (funded by Muskoka).
- Community engagement and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) mechanisms in humanitarian situations.
- Innovative initiatives for positive social change.
Scope of work
Purpose of the Assignment
Under the general guidance of the C4D Regional Adviser and in close cooperation with C4D specialists in country offices and in the regional C4D team, the consultant will contribute to C4D Knowledge Management in WCARO by producing multimedia quality documentation of a pre-selected series of successful and/or innovative examples of communication in support to child survival, development and protection.
The selected consultant will work closely with the programmes and communication teams to produce the following types of materials for each experience :
- 16 High-end quality videos in English and French ;
- 16 written stories presenting the good C4D experiences and their contribution to achieving programme results, in English and French ;
- 16 series of photos (5-6 for each story).
The consultant will supply all filming and editing equipment and will agree to provide, if requested, rough edit selections before final packaging :
- Video format, transmission, captioning must be closely coordinated with the C4D team ;
- On assignment completion, the entire video taken and photos will be provided, with complete shot list ;
- UNICEF has first selection rights to all originals taken on this assignment with non-exclusive concomitant world rights in all media in perpetuity ;
- The consultant will use consent forms provided by UNICEF to respect identity of beneficiaries and will go by the Ethical reporting for Children principles ;
The video and photo products should respect the UNICEF communication and visibility guidelines.
The consultant will coordinate with the UNICEF teams to ensure coverage and interactions with beneficiary populations and local partners.
UNICEF C4D teams will identify in advance the local beneficiaries and actors to be featured in the videos.
Tasks :
In agreement with the WCARO C4D Team and with concerned country teams, 16 case studies had been chosen to be documented in 8 countries.
The consultancy will be conducted in 2 stages and the tasks to be conducted for each stage of the consultancy are as follows:
1st stage: Documentation of C4D experiences in Muskoka-funded countries: Togo, Benin, Niger, Mali.
| Task | Nr of days |
| Review the existing documentation and data on the specific case studies;
Define the methodology for documentation and the calendar of missions and activities related to this assignment in agreement with the supervisor and the concerned country offices; Organize the information and data, request the missing information and follow up with concerned C4D focal points in the concerned offices, in coordination with the regional team. Write the draft synopsis for each video. | 8 days, home based |
| Realize 4 field trips in concerned countries to film, take pictures, collect information as required;
Brief and coordinate with WCARO between missions and during the missions (online, by phone, regular mail exchange); | 36 days, travel to countries |
| Produce the 8 selected case study materials (videos, texts and pictures);
Share the drafts with C4D WCARO and C4D of concerned COs for feedback. | 20 days, home based |
| Revise and insert feedback and finalize the multimedia materials.
| 4 days, home based |
2nd stage: Documentation of C4D experiences in CAR, Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso
| Task | Nr of days |
| Review the existing documentation and data on the specific case studies;
Define the methodology for documentation and the calendar of missions and activities related to this assignment in agreement with the supervisor and the concerned country offices; Organize the information and data, request the missing information and follow up with concerned C4D focal points in the concerned offices, in coordination with the regional team. Write the synopsis for the video filming of each project. | 6 days, home based |
| Realize 4 field trips in concerned countries to film, take pictures, collect information as required;
Brief and coordinate with WCARO between missions and during the missions (online, by phone, regular mail exchange); | 36 days, travel to countries |
| Produce the 8 selected case study materials (videos, texts and pictures);
Share the drafts with C4D WCARO and C4D of concerned COs for feedback. | 20 days, home based |
| Revise and insert feedback and finalize the multimedia materials. | 4 days, home based |
Deliverables and Schedules
| Deliverables 1st stage | Deadline | Payment schedule |
| Deliverable 1:
Detailed workplan for the 1st stage, including the methodology: Understanding of the assignment, calendar of field work and of production activities. | 10 December 2018 | 10% |
| Deliverable 2:
Draft of the first documentation set to be provided (2 countries, to be determined) according to the approved calendar of missions. | 25 January 2019 | 5% |
| Deliverable 3:
– 4 fully edited, high quality short format videos with the duration of 3 minutes (maximum) – 4 written case studies on C4D experiences – 4 related series of pictures (5-6 each) | 5 February 2019 | 15% |
| Deliverable 4:
Draft of the second documentation set to be provided (2 countries, to be determined) according to the approved calendar of missions. | 7 March 2019 | 5% |
| Deliverable 5
– 4 fully edited, high quality short format videos with the duration of 3 minutes (maximum) – 4 written case studies on C4D experiences – 4 related series of pictures (5-6 each) | 15 March 2019 | 15% |
| Deliverables 2nd stage | Deadline | Payment schedule |
| Deliverable 6:
Detailed workplan for the second stage, including the methodology: Understanding of the assignment, calendar of field work and of production activities. | 25 March 2019 | 0% |
| Deliverable 7:
Draft of the third documentation set to be provided (2 countries, to be determined) according to the approved calendar of missions. | 25 April 2019 | 5% |
| Deliverable 8:
– 4 fully edited, high quality short format videos with the duration of 3 minutes (maximum) – 4 written case studies on C4D experiences – 4 related series of pictures (5-6 each) | 5 May 2019 | 15% |
| Deliverable 9:
Draft of the forth documentation set to be provided (2 countries, to be determined) according to the approved calendar of missions. | 10 June 2019 | 5% |
| Deliverable 10
– 4 fully edited, high quality short format videos with the duration of 3 minutes (maximum) – 4 written case studies on C4D experiences – 4 related series of pictures (5-6 each). | 20 June 2019 | 15% |
| Deliverable 11:
Final summary report and transfer of entire video taken and photos, with complete shot list. | 28 June 2019 | 10% |
| Total | 100% | |
Timing
The consultancy is planned for 134 days, during a period of 6 months, with estimated start on December 1st 2018 and end on June 30 2019.
Reporting Requirements
The consultant will report to the Regional Adviser C4D and will work in close collaboration with the Regional C4D Specialists in charge of Knowledge Management in WCARO and C4D Teams in selected Country Offices (TBD).
The consultant will provide to the supervisor all the deliverables due to indicated deadlines, a final consultancy report and travel reports. The quality of the work will be reviewed for each product and the final report upon delivery. Additional inputs or revision might be requested.
Administrative Issues
| This assignment is home based with frequent field trips to UNICEF Regional office in Dakar, Senegal and 8 country offices in the region.
The consultant will be expected to adhere to the agreed timelines. The consultant should be able and willing to travel to any of the selected countries for the purposes of this assignment. Consultant is expected to use his own equipment. The Consultant will work under the terms and conditions as provided by UNICEF’s regulations governing consultants. All materials and information collected will be the property of UNICEF and will not be used by the consultants for any other purposes without the express authority of UNICEF. Health insurance is mandatory, at the expenses of the consultant. As per UNICEF policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment will be allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary. Application requirements: one Technical Proposal and one Financial Proposal. The Technical Proposal will include:
The Financial Proposal will include (expressed in US dollars):
Technical Evaluation Criteria:
Financial Evaluation Criteria: The total amount of points allocated for the price component is 20. The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened and compared among those candidates which obtain the threshold points in the evaluation of the technical component. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price. Payments will only be made for work satisfactorily completed and accepted by UNICEF.
All prices/rates quoted must be exclusive of all taxes, as UNICEF is tax-exempted. |
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education :
An advanced university degree (Master’s) in Communication, Journalism, Public relations, videography, new media and other related fields.
Work experience :
- Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in communication, print, broadcast and new media ;
- International professional experience with UNICEF or comparable organizations or international media ;
- Experience in the field of C4D/SBC in UN/NGOs or UN, in particular in West and Central Africa Region (WCAR), constitutes a significant asset ;
- Proven experience in knowledge management, documentation of best practices.
Competence :
- Communication, facilitation, networking, advocacy and writing ;
- Knowledge management and documentation of best practices ;
- Videography, photography, editing and video production demonstrated skills ;
- Knowledge of the social, political and economic environment of West and Central Africa ;
- Knowledge of current developments in the fields of communication theory, adult learning, indigenous media, community engagement and participation ;
- Computer and various office applications skills.
Languages :
- Fluency in French and English required ;
Knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish will be an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate dedication
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
The technical competencies required for this post are….
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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.”
Remarks :
Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.