UN WOMEN Jobs - 104820- Two Photographers

Two Photographers

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

Tbilisi, travel to the project sites, GEORGIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

28-Mar-2022

Application Deadline :

04-Mar-22 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

12 months (with the possibility of extension)

Languages Required :

Expected Duration of Assignment :

28 March 2022 -27 March 2023

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

UN Women Country Office in Georgia supports the government and civil society partners in fostering women's empowerment and gender equality. UN Women focuses its activities on one overarching goal: to support the implementation at the national level of existing international commitments to advance gender equality. In support of this goal, UN Women in Georgia implements projects/programmes in the following thematic areas: Women, Peace and Security; Elimination of Violence against Women; Social and Economic Empowerment of Women; Mainstreaming gender into national planning and budgeting processes.

UN Women within its projects/programmes plan to produce multimedia products such as photo documentaries depicting UN Woman’s intervention with beneficiaries (story-telling photography) and photo reports for the events (event photography) to promote UN Women’s work in Georgia and enhance public discussion and awareness on the issues related to Gender Based Violence and Domestic Violence, support the realization of gender equality and the reduction of feminized poverty through addressing women’s social, economic, and political needs, with particular focus on IDPs, and conflict-affected and national minority women’s groups.

The photo reports/ documentaries are foreseen to cover all project/programme events and target regions – Kakheti, Shida Qartli, Qvemo Qarti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Imereti, Samegrelo – Zemo Svaneti (Georgia). UN Women communication strategy anticipates use of all kinds of media products and channels including for better outreach and communication with its primary and secondary target groups. Primary target group: women and girls; secondary target group: local governments and public in general. UN Women communications strategy foresees production of photo and multimedia products for placing and disseminating through social media and local and global corporate websites. Thus UN Women plans to contract photographers for the following tasks:

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the photographers are:

To capture high resolution images of UN Women’s various programme/project activities in various parts of the country;
Caption each photograph with specific details such as the location taken, name of the person (for portraits), activity and any other relevant information;
Provide UN Women with at least 1000 high quality photographs from all projects through Wetransfer or Google sharing platforms. The copy right for all these photographs remains with UN Women;
To give creative input to the overall photo shooting;
To provide the technical equipment needed for the shooting and editing including cameras, etc.;
To provide adequate lightening systems including camera light as well as any additional light equipment deemed necessary.
Ownership or possession of a high-resolution state of the art digital camera/equipment is a MUST.

The successful candidates will administratively be under the overall supervision of the Communications Analyst to deliver the assignment.

Deliverables:

A collection of photographs depicting UN Women’s work across its core programme areas in TIF, PSD (high resolution for printing) as well as in jpg (low resolution for website use).
·A collection of sample photo essays of project beneficiaries of UN Women projects across all its core programme areas.
·Edited and captioned pictures to illustrate uploaded stories.

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Ability to take high quality photographs;
Creative and artistic approach towards photo shooting of event/story telling
Availability and willingness to travel in-country
Ability to work in team

Core Competencies:

Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

University degree (at least BA) in humanities, social science or other.

Experience:

At least five years of experience as professional photographer
Proved experience of photo projects management
Proved experience of producing photo reports and documentaries on women’s rights issues in Georgia

Language: Fluency in Georgian;

Evaluation Procedure:

The candidates will be evaluated in three stages: according to minimum qualification criteria followed by technical and financial evaluation.

Technical evaluation criteria (including minimum qualifications):

University degree (at least BA) in humanities, social science or other (max 30 points);
At least five years of experience as a professional photographer (max 100 points)
Proved experience of managing of photo projects (max 100 points)
Proved experience of photo documentaries on women’s rights issues in Georgia (max 90 points)
Fluency in Georgian and good knowledge of Russian (max 30 points);

Maximum total technical score amounts to 350 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 245 points out of maximum 350 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 150

S – score received on financial evaluation;

Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;

F – financial offer under consideration.

The winning candidates will be the candidates, who have accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical

scoring + financial scoring).

Management arrangements:

The contractors will work under direct supervision of UN Women Communications Analyst in cooperation with programme managers with overall guidance of UN Women Deputy Head and Georgia Country Representative.

Financial arrangements:

Payment will be done upon submission and certification of satisfactory quality of work requested by the UN Women as per delivery: story telling photography or event photography.

Application submission package:

CV;
Dully filled Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process
Financial Proposal - the proposal/offer lump sum in Georgian Lari indicating separately below:
Rate of Photos for feature story (3 photos):
Rate of documentary photo story (minimum 15 photos)
Rate per event photography per hour
Lump sum daily travel costs in Tbilisi
Lump sum daily travel costs outside Tbilisi
Rate of Multimedia Photo story

How to Submit the Application:

Download and complete the UN Women Personal History Form (P11) - https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process
Merge your UN Women Personal History Form (P11), CV and the Financial Proposal into a single file. The system does not allow for more than one attachment to be uploaded.
Click on the Job Title (job vacancy announcement).
Click 'Apply Now' button, fill in necessary information on the first page, and then click 'Submit Application;'
Upload your application/single file as indicated above with the merged documents (underlined above).
You will receive an automatic response to your email confirming receipt of your application by the system.

Notes:

UN Women retains the right to contact references directly. Due to the large numbers of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.
Applications without the financial offer will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
Individual consultants should take the mandatory learning security course prior to commencement of assignment– details will follow before the issuance of contract.

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.)?