UNDP Jobs - 78551- Call for professional Photographers to Express an

Call for professional Photographers to Express an Interest in possible short-term consultancies

Location :

Tbilisi with in-country travel (if, when required), GEORGIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

27-May-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

Expected Duration of Assignment :

short-term consultancies during June 2018 – June 2019, with possible extension up to three years

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

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Georgia is soliciting services of professional photographers to photo and video document its ongoing activities and public events.

UNDP Georgia would like to select several professional photographers with a demonstrated expertise in artistic photography and photo reporting. Skills and experience in video-making are highly desirable but not mandatory. Selected candidates will be invited for on-call assignments to provide professional photo and, possibly, video coverage of UNDP and UN-related activities.

While selecting its various vendors, UNDP sets the following principles for its procurement: 1) best value for money; 2) efficiency and effectiveness; 3) interest to the organization; 4) fairness, integrity, transparency.

Every assignment under the long-term retainer contract (extendable to up to 3 years) will be discussed with the respective UNDP and/or UN representative. There will be performance measurement system introduced to collect feedback after assignments.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UNDP and/or UN agency officials, the Contractors shall provide UNDP and/or other UN agencies in Georgia with the following goods/services:

Photo and video document official events and activities, at the request of UNDP Georgia, ensuring comprehensive visual reports of the photo/video opportunity.
Consider travelling throughout Georgia if requested by the assignment. Travel expenses, including Daily Subsistence Allowance, will be covered by UNDP and/or UN agencies.
Process and edit photo/video materials and deliver them to the Country Office in an electronic format (recorded on a CD or uploaded to any free cloud-based computer file transfer service) in the time-frames set by the Country Office.
Ensure the quality of photo and video materials suitable for printing, publishing, web design and broadcasting.
Use their own professional equipment for photography, filming, processing and editing.
Work in close cooperation with and report to the UNDP Communications Analyst, UN Information Officer or other UN staff members, as agreed prior to each specific assignment.
Abide with the UNDP copyright rules and regulations. Refrain from providing any photo and video materials taken under the UNDP assignment to any media outlet, publishing agency, organization or personality.

The outputs of the Contactors’ work shall include:

High quality photo collections and video materials suitable for printing, publishing, web design and broadcasting.
Professional photo and video reports to illustrate official events, activities and human stories.

Competencies

Core Competencies:

Demonstrated commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision and values;
Sensitivity and adaptability to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age;
Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Technical Competencies:

Ability to work on a strict deadline;
Professionally ethical behaviour. Understanding that photographers and film-makers on UNDP and/or UN assignments represent UNDP and UN agencies to the people they are photographing.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Higher education and/or professional training in photo documentary, photo journalism, filming or a related field (minimum requirement: 10 points).

Experience:

At least 5 years of practical experience in photography/photo journalism and/or video documentary (minimum requirement: 10 points);
Practical experience in photo/video reporting and documentary; preferably a combination of photographic and film-making skills;
Solid experience in processing and editing photo and video materials, creating photo and video stories;
Portfolio – at least 10 high resolution photos. At least 3 video stories (highly desirable but not mandatory) (minimum requirement: 40 points);
Experience with on-call assignments, preferably, with international organizations (10 points).

Language Requirements:

Knowledge of Georgian language; knowlege of English would be an asset.

Evaluation:

Individual consultants will be evaluated against the combination of technical and financial criteria. Technical evaluation stage encompasses a desk review of submitted applications. Only offerors obtaining a minimum of 60-point score of the desk review would be considered for the Financial Evaluation. The offerors who obtain a minimum of 60-point score of the desk review will be asked to provide a Financial Proposal to specify daily fees for photography, video recording and consultancy, such as practical training in photography and/or video recording, participation in a jury of a photo contest, etc. Note: price should be quoted in USD. As regard to travel and accommodation, while consultants shall be paid living allowance as per UN Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) rates, the cost of travel shall be borne separately.

Documents to be included when submitting the poposals:

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

Letter of Interest in English or Georgian.
Statement of qualification – diplomas, certificates, references.
Recent CV
Portfolio – at least 10 high resolution photos. At least 3 video stories (highly desirable but not mandatory). Note: Portfolios shall be referenced in the submitted CVs as the links to the respective websites. NO hard-copy submissions will be accepted.

Any request for clarification must be sent in writing, or by standard electronic communication to the e-mail: sophie.tchitchinadze@undp.org. The UNDP Georgia Communications Unit will respond in writing or by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all consultants.