Antecedentes

Project Title

Implementation of Sustainable Land Management Practices to Address Land Degradation and Mitigate Effects of Drought (SLM Project, herein referred to as “Project”)

Background

The Project is a three (3) year project being implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Soils and Water Management (DA-BSWM).

The over-all objective of the Project is to strengthen the enabling regulatory, institutional and financial framework that would govern efforts to address land degradation in the Philippines and promote SLM measures and technologies for the adoption of vulnerable farming communities through the establishment of SLM demonstration sites where farmers will be able to learn and adopt various methods of soil conservation farming and water resources conservation to improve their crop production and income.

This 2018, one of the Project’s targets is to build local knowledge and capacity by providing information, education and communication (IEC) materials, documenting project lessons, and developing training materials. The communication products which will be produced will be distributed to Project stakeholders and partners and other target audiences, including the academe, CSOs and the media.

Due to the volume of publications being produced, the Project is now seeking the technical service and assistance of a “Graphic Artist” who will be required to develop a more consistent look and feel for these publications to make them clearly identifiable as coming from ‘SLM Project.’

The “Layout Artist” must have prior experience in carrying out similar project and is proactive in presenting or 'pitching' ideas and designs that have high visual impact in order to contribute to the development and improvement of the design, branding, and layout of outputs produced by the Project such as technical reports, manuals, flyers, brochures, roll-ups, banners, etc. 

Expected Outputs and Deliverables

The expected outputs of the Graphic Artist are: graphic templates, charts, artwork, photographs and camera-ready layout for:

  • First Tranche          10% - Upon contract signing including submission and acceptance of the Project Brand;
  • Second Tranche     10% - Upon submission and acceptance of the GEF-UNDP ILMF Training Manual;
  • Third Tranche         10% - Upon submission and acceptance of Project Report re: Outcome 1;
  • Fourth Tranche       10% - Upon submission and acceptance of Project Presentation re: Outcome 1;
  • Fifth Tranche          20% - Upon submission and acceptance of GEF-UNDP SLM Training Manual;
  • Sixth Tranche         10% - Upon submission and acceptance of Project Report re: Outcome 2;
  • Seventh Tranche    10% - Upon submission and acceptance of Project Presentation re: Outcome 2;
  • Eight Tranche         20% - Upon submission and acceptance of Project Portfolio.

The target audience includes the Philippine Government, local partners and stakeholders, development partners in the country, academe and other NGOs.

Duration of the Work

The Consultant shall be engaged on an output basis within six (6) months, commencing from the signing of the contract.

 

Duty Station

Metro Manila. The position is Manila-based for accessibility and availability to allow for discussions/reporting on progress of activities as may be required by the BSWM-SLM PMO.

The Consultant will not be required to report to office regularly but status report on the outputs shall be expected from time to time. The consultant will work closely with the BSWM Focal Point and the PMO staff.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The “Graphic Artist” will work closely with the Project Management Office to ensure that the Project’s products and reports follow existing graphic guidelines and are accurate, innovative and usable to the Project’s target audiences while ensuring its consistency with the overall branding process. S/He is required to translate concepts and procedures into illustrations. The Graphic Artist is also expected to lay-out and produce blueprint copies of manuals, brochures and other information materials. In particular, the duties include:

 

  • Conceptualize and propose a branding design for the project which will include but not limited to: project logo; project colors; project fonts;

  • visualize and execute graphics, charts and artwork for training manuals, reports and presentations

  • identify or take appropriate pictures for training manuals, reports and presentations

  • execute camera ready layout for project training manuals and reports

  • compile and organize a portfolio (hard copies and soft files) of all project graphics, charts, artwork and photographs for future use

Competencias

CORPORATE COMPETENCIES

  • Commitment to UNDP’s mission, vision, values and ethical standards
  • Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences
  • Treat all stakeholders fairly and without prejudice
  • Maintains objectivity and impartiality in handling evaluation processes

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

  • Experience in project development, implementation and evaluation--particularly in directly managing results-based monitoring and evaluation methodologies
  • Demonstrated experience in conducting evaluation of multi-year and multi-component programmes and projects
  • Familiarity with the norms and issues in early recovery and rehabilitation work in disaster-affected areas

  • Ability to process large amounts and diverse set of data and documents related to infrastructure development, livelihood, resettlement, disaster risk reduction and management, and governance

  • Demonstrated strong coordination and facilitation skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to initiate discussions with national/local governmental officials, peoples organizations and communities

  • Demonstrated ability to function in a team environment and to deal with complex multi-stakeholder environment

  • Demonstrated ability to prepare and present comprehensive reports

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

  • Baccalaureate degree in fine arts, mass communication, computer graphics or multimedia studies;

Experience:

  • Minimum three years of experience in graphic design;

  • Experience in commercial print management and knowledgeable of emerging technologies in multi-media.

Language:

  • Fluency in written and spoken English and excellent technical writing skills

Skills:

  • Familiarity with the technical subject matter (sustainable land management)

Criteria for selection process:

The offer will evaluated based on the Combined Scoring method – where the qualifications will be weighted a max. of 50%, sample of designs and end-products completed within the past 3 years  will be weighted a maximum of 20% and combined with the financial offer which will be weighted a max of 30%.

Application requirements:

  • Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability (Financial Proposal Template) using the template provided by UNDP;
  • Personal CV or P11, indicating all past experience from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
  • Sample of designs and end-products completed within the past 3 years

Application requirements should be emailed to procurement.ph@undp.org and registry.ph@undp.org on or before  20 March 2018.

Attachments such as Terms of Reference, Financial Proposal Template, P11 Personal History Template and Terms and Conditions for Consultants can be downloaded through this link:

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=44749

In view of the volume of applications UNDP receives, only shortlisted offerors will be notified.