Photography Trainer for School Clubs

Title:
Type of Contract:	Special Service Agreement
Length Of Contract:	6.5 months
Organization Unit:	Communication
Duty Station:	Nairobi with travel to Somalia
Date of Issue:	11 November 2013
Closing date of    Application:	18 November 2013

1.      Background

UNICEF Somalia’s Communication and Education sections plan to introduce photography to the activities of Child To Child (CTC) clubs at schools in Puntland and in South Central Somalia.

This will provide an additional way to give young people a platform  to explore issues of Child Rights, provide them with a voice and progressively allow them to be change agents in their families and their communities

The Ministries of Education in each zone will select up to 10 teachers currently involved in the after school Child-to-Child Clubs, who would be interested in teaching photography. UNICEF aims to hire a freelance consultant photographer to train the teachers and to work with two NGO partners in both zones on providing technical support.  After the course, the teachers will be able to replicate the knowledge to children and work with them on themes relating to their Rights and aspirations. Each teacher will be given two cameras. The consultant will return six weeks later for a one day follow up training and support.

The consultant will work with a focal point from an NGO who will make routine visits to the schools to download, file and transfer the photos to the consultant who will in turn provide to UNICEF a selection that represents the themes and schools.

On another note, UNICEF would like to engage the consultant in the development of four high quality multimedia pieces on selected themes and UNICEF flagship programme to support fund raising and donor visibility. The consultant will be expected to generate the photos and audio-visual material for the multimedia. UNICEF will facilitate access to the project sites.

The consultant is not expected to sit in the UNICEF offices in Nairobi throughout the period of the assignments.

Scope of work:

School photography

1.     Explain to participants the rights of every child photographer to the images she/he produces including to grant others the right to reproduce those images; introduction of the signed ‘Art Release’ to be translated into Somali - as the legal basis for granting reproduction rights to UNICEF to reproduce these images globally.

2.     Conduct Training of Trainer for NGO focal point staff and set up photo editing software on their computers.

3.     Conduct training workshop of ten teachers in each zone selected by the Ministry of Education in basics of photography/ telling a story through pictures.

4.     Conduct practical session with teachers - divided into three groups - with Child-to-Child Clubs children.

5.     Downloading of images with NGO trainer - sending of images to UNICEF in Nairobi

6.     Training of Trainer from NGO in downloading of images/ captioning and archiving

7.     Visit school clubs to watch teachers training and give advice

8.      Conduct discussion with children and teachers on a sustainable work plan on child participation in the media

Multimedia piece

9.     Take photos of selected UNICEF assisted projects

10.  Film selected UNICEF assisted projects.

11.  Record voices relevant to the multimedia piece.

12.  Produce a 5-10 minutes multimedia piece.

End Product:

1.     A training manual translated into Somali

2.     A selection of the photos taken by the children.

3.     A progress report of the Puntland training documenting the training workshops, field work and recommendations

4.     Final report documenting the training workshops, field work and recommendations

5.     High resolution photos.

6.     Four multimedia pieces on selected projects.

Performance Indicators for evaluation of results:

Quality of workshop training.

Completion of workshop elements.

Professional photography quality.

Timely delivery of all related products

Qualifications and Experience

·         First degree in a Communication or related field

·         Professional documentary photographer and child photography workshop trainer.

·         Previous work experience with the United Nations/UNICEF inside Somalia;

·         Strong understanding of principles of child rights in communication and advocacy;

·         Strong understanding of child participation in the media projects;

·         Familiarity with cultural norms, preferences and traditions of Somalia;  

·         Capacity to produce high-quality multi-media products;

·         Ability to travel and move inside Somalia

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with updated UN Personal History Form (P.11) form, updated CV attaching copies of academic certificates to the email below. UN staff are requested to provide the last two Performance Evaluation Reports (PERs). Applications submitted without a duly completed and signed Personal History Form (P11) will not be considered. Additionally please fill and submit the attached rate sheet indicating your quotation for each item of the assignment.  Applicants must quote the vacancy number and post title in the subject line of the application.

Email to: somaliahrvacancies@unicef.org

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

More vacancy announcements are posted on UNICEF Somalia website http://www.unicef.org/somalia/index.html