National Graphic Design and Animation Consultant

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development; human rights; as well as humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women Programme Office in the Republic of North Macedonia in line with its priorities set in the UN Women strategic plan and in the UN Partnership for Sustainable Development, is coordinating the UNCT on gender equality, supports the country on the normative commitments and is working in two thematic areas – governance and national planning and ending violence against women. In fulfilling its mandate, UN Women is cooperating with UN, the government and the CSOs to advocate for women’s empowerment and advancement for gender equality.

In the programmatic area of governance and national planning, UN Women is implementing the projects “Promoting Gender-Responsive Policies and Budgets: Towards Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Republic of North-Macedonia” and “Gender mainstreaming advisory services to the North Macedonian administration at central level”. The projects are supporting the advancement of the implementation of national and international commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment in line with national SDG priority targets and the EU accession process. The overall objective is to improve women’s lives, including the most vulnerable groups, through systematic and sustainable integration of gender perspective at all stages of policy and budgetary processes.

Within the projects, UN Women office in North Macedonia will develop publications, reports, and analyses, as well as communications and advocacy materials that require creative and catchy graphic design, such as brochures, factsheets, fliers, posters, newsletters, infographics, animation videos, logos etc.; to support communications, advocacy and resource mobilization and enhance visibility and understanding of UN Women initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will provide design for knowledge products and other publications, as well as design for animation, graphics, and infographics to disseminate key messages of the projects “Promoting Gender Responsive Policies and Budgets: Towards Transparent, Inclusive and Accountable Governance in the Republic of North Macedonia” (GRB) and “Gender mainstreaming advisory services to the North Macedonian administration at central level” (GEF), on social media and digital platforms.

The consultant will work closely with UN Women Programme presence office in North Macedonia to perform the following tasks:

• Conceptualize, design and layout of high-quality innovative, creative and attention-grabbing materials, for print and web-based communications, such as publications, infographics, illustrations, print and web-based campaign and advocacy materials, promotion materials and any other communications materials that require creative graphic design.
• Conceptualize and develop animation videos, graphics and infographics to communicate key achievements of the programme. The materials should be created for specific use on web and social media and should utilize branding, colour and themes previously used for the GRB and GEF work in the Republic of North Macedonia.
• Liaise with the printing/ production facilities and provide them with all relevant production-related information.
• Conduct quality control to ensure accurate and high-quality work.
• Modify, revise, and edit materials as required, in consultation with relevant UN Women staff.
• Prepare final media files for online distribution.
• Carry out ad-hoc graphic design related work as instructed by the supervisor.

The consultant should:

• Follow UN Women Branding Guidelines and Identity Standards

• Explore and propose ways to convey information through infographics and animation.

PRINCIPLES

• Messages should be positive and empowering and reflect the programme’s principles;
• Materials should be designed in such a way that they can be updated and adjusted for future use (all colours, pantones, fonts, inserted bitmaps or any other used resource should be included in the design package; fonts should not be converted to outlines in order to follow further edits and adaptations in the future);
• The designs of the materials should be consistent with UN Women Communications guidelines.
• UN Women will hold non-exclusive world rights in perpetuity of all designed submissions and products.

DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINE

Deliverables	Timeframe
High quality design materials, including: publications, animations, graphics  infographics etc. All of which must complying with agreed formats and communication objectives.	The deadline of submission for each assignment will be indicated with the instructions for each assignment.

 

DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT AND DUTY STATION

The time required for the consultancy is up to 160 working days within the period indicated, and the consultant will be engaged on a job-by-job basis.

There is no commitment or guarantee given by UN Women regarding the number of days work to be given to the consultant, only that it will not exceed 160 days.

CONTRACT SUPERVISION 

The consultant will work in close cooperation with UN Women Programme Analysts, Project Coordinators, and Communications and Knowledge Management Officer at UN Women North Macedonia, who will be responsible for the quality assurance of the deliverables.

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

The fee is payable on a monthly basis, upon receipt and approval of timesheets and satisfactory completion of deliverables at the end of each respective month. All deliverables must meet the specified requirements and be signed off as acceptable by the Hiring Manager.

Competencies

Core Values/guiding principles:

• Integrity - Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Professionalism - Demonstrate professional competence and Consultant knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
• Cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity - Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Additionally, the individual should have an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Planning & Organizing – Develops clear goals in line with agreed strategies, identifies priorities, foresees risks and makes allowances accordingly.
• Organizational Awareness - Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment.
• Teamwork - Demonstrate ability to work in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Accountability – Takes ownership of all responsibilities and delivers outputs in accordance with agreed time, cost and quality standards.

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Shares knowledge and experience
• Seeks and applies knowledge, information, and best practices from within and outside UN Women
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills
• Development and Operational Effectiveness
• Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills. Communicates sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies
• Demonstrates very good understanding of and experience in communications and outreach/advocacy
• Ability to perform a variety of standard specialized and non-specialized tasks and work processes that are fully documented, researched, recorded and reported
• Ability to review a variety of data, identify and adjust discrepancies, identify and resolve operational problems
• Uses Information Technology effectively as a tool and resource

Leadership and Self-Management

• Focuses on result for the client and responds positively to feedback
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
• Remains calm, in control and good humoured even under pressure
• Proven networking skills and ability to generate interest in UN Women’s mandate
• Identifies opportunities and builds strong partnerships with clients and partners

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, animation, communications and/or visual arts. A Technical degree/certification in combination with relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of bachelor’s degree.

Experience

• At least 5 years of professional experience in animation, graphic design and layout work for digital and print content;
• Experience in visual and digital storytelling, video and film making;
• Design experience for application on social media, social platforms;
• Experience in best practices for infographic design;
• Experience in a full range of graphic design software, including Adobe Suite/CC such as Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and/or After Effects;
• Solid understanding in preparation of graphics for application on printing and production matters and knowledge of different formats for printing;
• Experience on development of communications materials for UN, preferably on gender, gender responsive budgeting, gender mainstreaming, gender statistics, or similar, is an asset;
• Excellent written and oral skills in Macedonian and English required.

Application procedure:

Interested individual consultants are requested to apply electronically through the following link: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_jobs.cfm 

The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:

• Cover letter to include a brief overview in English (unedited text) about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.
• P11 with past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment, a signed copy should be submitted.
• Financial Proposal  Financial proposal will specify the daily fee in MKD per working day (a day will be calculated as 8 hours and could be prorated to the hours worked) and shall cover all expenditures..
• Previous Work - The candidate should provide examples/portfolio of graphic design and animation work completed in the last two years.

Evaluation of applicants:

Consultants will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of qualifications and financial proposal. Contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

1. Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
2. Having received the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria.

Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.

	Evaluation Criteria	Max points
TECHNICAL EVALUATION (70%)
Language Requirements	Excellent written and spoken Macedonian and English	REQUIRED
Education	Minimum educational requirement: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, animation, communications and/or visual arts. A Technical degree in combination with relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of bachelor’s degree.	10
Professional experience	At least 5 years of professional experience in animation, graphic design and layout work;	10
	Experience in visual and digital storytelling, video and film making;	10
	Experience in infographics design, especially for social media;	10
	Experience and advanced command over a full range of graphic design software, including Adobe Suite/CC such as Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects;	15
	Solid understanding of printing and production matters and knowledge of different formats for printing;	5
	Experience working in the UN system or other international organizations; experience in branding and producing communication materials related to gender equality, gender responsive budgeting, gender mainstreaming, or gender statistics is an asset.	10
Total technical		70

Financial Evaluation – 30 points

• Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70% (49 points) in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.
• The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion. The calculation formula applied is as follows:

p = 30 (µ/z); where: p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated; µ = price of the lowest priced proposal; z = price of the proposal being evaluated.

How to Submit the Application: 

To submit your application online, please follow the steps below:

• Download and complete the UN Women Personal History Form (P11)- http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
• Merge your UN Women Personal History Form (P11), the Financial Proposal, and the Letter of Confirmation of Interest 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.
• Candidates should have the ability to quickly produce degree certificates and medical certification (of good health) for consideration of the consultancy post.

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If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

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