UNDP Jobs - 101963- LTA National Graphic Designer

LTA National Graphic Designer - LBN/CO/IC/239/21 - Reposted

Location :

Beirut, LEBANON

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

29-Sep-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 years

Languages Required :

Arabic English French

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

In order to ensure a smooth transition for Lebanon towards environmental sustainability, the Government of Lebanon, through the Ministry of Environment (MoE) has requested the support of the World Bank (WB) and the Italian Government to establish the Lebanon Environmental Pollution Abatement Project (LEPAP) as a national initiative to respond to the challenges for promoting the financial and environmental sustainability of the industrial sector in Lebanon.
The LEPAP was initiated by the MoE in 2014 and consists of two main components: (A) Technical Assistance Component funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and (B) Investment Component funded by the WB. LEPAP is being implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in close partnership with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Banque du
Liban (BDL). The LEPAP aims at reducing industrial pollution in targeted industrial enterprises and will contribute to strengthening the monitoring and enforcement capabilities of the MoE.
Under the technical assistance component, the AICS has approved the allocation of a financial contribution to UNDP to provide technical assistance to the project’s beneficiaries mainly the MoE and the concerned industries and to support in the overall management of the project’s activities. These ToRs relate to the technical assistance component of the project.
The Project has recently developed a communication strategy and is starting to implement some of its components. Among those, the development of factsheets about the financed interventions, launching of success stories/videos, improvements to the website and others.
To visualize the LEPAP achievements and better present the success stories, a Graphic Designer (referred to as “Individual Consultant (IC)”) will be recruited to support the LEPAP team in designing any publications and published information, any graphics or creative applications needed to implement the strategy including but not limited to flyers, factsheets and manuals prepared under the Project.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant shall perform all the services/work as necessary to fulfill the objectives of the consultancy contract under the overall guidance of the UNDP LEPAP Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer and in coordination with the UNDP Communication Officer.

The Consultant will be expected to carry out tasks such as:

Create different visual storytelling materials such as 2D/3D animation videos (up to 2min maximum) following UNDP’s guidelines. The consultant will be responsible of creating the storyboard, developing visual frames and motion.
Combine footages and/or visuals with text on screen and add a voice over/music. The consultant will be responsible of providing the material needed, the UNDP team will provide the technical data.
Prepare events’ material. This task includes preparing the content of the campaign and designing it: email invitation, an event’s introduction, a thank you note and adding a cover/credits pages to the recorded event (if any).
Editorial design following UNDP’s and donors’ requirements and policies. This task includes the design of fact sheets, leaflets, reports and publications.
Design social media posts. The consultant will be responsible of translating the data provided by the team into visuals. The artworks may be also used in reports published by the project.
Prepare informative and/or infographic set of posters. The consultant will be responsible of translating the data provided by the team into textual and graphic elements.

For additional information, please refer to ANNEX I – Terms of Reference

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Good management and communication skills.
Excellent visual, written and oral communication skills.

Corporate Competencies:

Ability to grasp complex issues, concepts and strategies and to translate/communicate these concepts into visual materials
Proven creative and graphic design skills backed up by a good portfolio
Experience working on content that appeals to wide audiences
Ability to work effectively independently
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and independently.
Show a clear and mature style of design, demonstrating an understanding of the communication requirements of UNDP.
Must have a positive can do attitude.

Required Skills and Experience

I. Academic Qualifications:

BA in Graphic Design, a Master’s Degree in Graphic Design or relevant field is a plus.

II. Years of experience:

Minimum 4 years of professional experience in graphic design.

III. Technical experience:

Proven theoretical and practical expertise in communication and graphic design
Proficient use of Adobe's Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effect
Good experience in conceptualising, developing and implementing communication campaigns
Good experience in designing the various components of a communication campaign and its various creative applications
Good experience in typography, logo design, color, image selection, print production, layout design
Good understanding of UNDP and other development programmes guidelines is a plus

How to apply:

The consultancy is open for all national consultants who meet the selection criteria and propose a competitive fee. Interested consultants are requested to apply only through this UNDP jobs portal.

Submissions through any other media will not be considered.

The application must include all of the following documents:

1. P11,

2. Technical Proposal,

3. Annex 3 (Offerors Letter) and

4. Financial proposal

Kindly note that you may find all the required documents on the below link: https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=83310 ; whereas the application must be submitted through this Jobs portal
All files shall be submitted in one single document and uploaded as word or PDF file to the UNDP job site.

It has been observed that bidders don’t submit all requested documents and thus reducing their chance to be selected for a contract with UNDP. before you submit your offer please revise that the application is complete and comprises all four (4) documents.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.