Closing date: Friday, 28 February 2020
Photo & Video Coverage Consultant
Advertised on behalf of : Location : ZAMBIA
Application Deadline : 28-Feb-20 (Midnight New York, USA)
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : National Consultant
Languages Required : English
Duration of Initial Contract : 40 days
Expected Duration of Assignment : 1 year
Background
UN Capital Development Fund is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 49 least developed countries. It creates new opportunities for poor people and their communities by increasing access to microfinance and investment capital. UNCDF focuses on Africa and the poorest countries of Asia and the Pacific, with a special commitment to countries emerging from conflict or crisis. It provides seed capital – grants and loans – and technical support to help microfinance institutions reach more poor households and small businesses, and local governments finance the capital investments – water systems, feeder roads, schools, irrigation schemes – that will improve poor peoples’ lives. Financial inclusion means universal access, at a reasonable cost, to a wide range of financial services, provided by a variety of sound and sustainable institutions. The range of financial services includes savings, short and long-term credit, leasing and factoring, mortgages, insurance, pensions, payments, local money transfers and international remittances.
Since 2015, UNCDF has been a local presence in Zambia, focused on implementation of projects that address the needs of the 40% financially excluded. These projects are grounded in digital solutions to improve financial inclusion, address energy and resource needs at household leve, and improve accessibility to goods, services and markets that help them sustain their livelihoods or improve their lives.
UNCDF Zambia is seeking an experienced photographer and videographer to support the production of quality photos and a video that capture the content and impact of our work on advancing digital financial inclusion in Zambia. In 2020, UNCDF Zambia will be implementing the following projects/hosting the following events:
- Sprint4Women field activities;
- Launch of State of the DFS Industry Reports;
- Launch of Bank of Zambia Data Automation System;
- Innovative Agents field activities;
- Digital Coffee Sessions;
- Feedback2Action workshop;
- Other events as advised.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Discuss with UNCDF Zambia Regional Technical Specialist, DFS Expert(s), and Knowledge Management Consultant and other relevant team members the goals and expectations for each photo shoot at least 3-5 days prior to photo shoot and co-create an initial story UNCDF would like told.
- Reflect the content/focus of the project and workshop to ensure viewers understand the type of activities UNCDF Zambia is conducting.
- Illustrate the impact of an event or project.
- Create a photo montage/story illustrating the activities carried out by UNCDF Zambia and the impressions from the participants e.g. a photo-series illustrating a day in the life of a customer or agent of one of the DFS providers participating in a specific project or a photo-series at an event that can be used to tell a story on social media about who attended the event and what the reception was.
- The photos and video are to be used in knowledge products, press releases, articles and online posts for the programme’s website and blog as well as social media channels from UNCDF and partners’ sites.
The desired outcome: photo and video coverage of a selection of UNCDF Zambia’s projects and events.
Deliverables:
- Photos (both portraits and contextual) and videos from the following field visits and events in high resolution (at least 150 dpi, which corresponds approximately to width = 1280 pixel)
- Out of the overall shooting per project/event – only a selection of the 20 to 40 best pictures will be delivered in agreement with the KM Consultant in charge.
- Besides the context, the individual contractor will capture images of the participants in discussions, workshops, field visit to ensure diversity in the images and ease editing of the photos.
- Delivery of edited and finalized photos within 7 days after the field visit/event and edited videos within 14 days after the field visit/event.
The pictures and video lighting quality should be of a professional level. Later these pictures and video will be featured on UNCDF and partners’ publications, websites and blogs.
The audience (who will watch):
- The participants (event participants, customers, agents and DFS providers in the field).
- DFS stakeholders participating in the project or event.
The photographer will be required to show proof that consent was obtained from individuals that were photographed during field visits.
The photos will answer the following questions: Before each assignment, the contact person (the Knowledge Management Specialist) will brief the contractor on the purpose of each event to ensure that the images captured addressed the following points:
- Does the image tell a story?
- Is the image dramatically framed?
- Is the image active?