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Call for roster - Visual Communication Expert (Creative Content), RBDakar

Dakar

  • Organization: WFP - World Food Programme
  • Location: Dakar
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Communication and Public Information
    • Design (digital, product, graphics or visual design)
  • Closing Date: Closed

🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°:   333408

📢 Roster Title: Call for roster - Visual Communication Expert (Creative Content), RBDakar

📌Type of ContractInternational Consultancy (Level I and II)

➡️ Unit / Division: Communications Advocacy and Marketing (CAM)

📍   Duty StationMultiple locations in Western Africa Region

➡️ DurationAssignments with a range of one (1) to eleven (11) months

 Closing date: 09 March 2023

 

 

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

 

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operates in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do, and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high-performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. 

To learn more about WFP, visit our website: UN World Food Programme (WFP), and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news:  YouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookTwitter.

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The WFP West Africa region extends from Mauritania to Chad and along the coast from Cameroon to Senegal. It consists of 19 countries; Benin Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.  The West Africa Regional Bureau (RBD) is based in Dakar and provides strategic guidance, technical support, and direction to country operations in these countries.

 

The Communications Advocacy and Marketing (CAM) Unit at the Regional Bureau for Western Africa (RBD) is implementing specific communications and/or advocacy plans, particularly coordinating and managing multimedia and digital content production and deliberate media engagement from RBD to advance engagement with partners and create a favourable environment for fundraising as well as political support and involvement.

 

In Western Africa Regional Bureau in Dakar, Senegal, a Senior Regional Communications and Advocacy Officer provides leadership and strategic guidance to the Communication Advocacy and Marketing team. To further strengthen this team, WFP RBD is seeking to build a roster of Visual Communication Expert (Creative Content)who will support the production, design of various creative content projects in the region, lead on post-production of content in liaison with Country Offices, HQ and other WFP offices, travel to the field to gather produce compelling multimedia storytelling – employing high-end professional videography, photography and, text and graphics skills -  to show the impact of the scale-up on community livelihoods, food security, nutrition, school feeding and more.

The purpose is to enable stakeholders understand the scale of the change communities are making in their lives; demonstrating that despite challenges, West Africa, particularly the Sahel, is alive and that the people are taking action towards development despite several challenges including the corona virus pandemic.

 

PURPOSE OF THE ROSTER

This call for the roster is published to give an opportunity to applicants to express interest in being part of this roster to undertake the key accountabilities listed below when the opportunities arise. 

This vacancy announcement is not related to any current open position. However, all applications received will be reviewed and will be subject to a selection process to assess the relevant professional experience and qualifications of the candidates.

 

A Visual Communication Expert (Creative Content) would be responsible for the Key accountabilities listed below. 

 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

  1. As a visual communication expert, help manage end to end visual communication products and develop strategies for the integrated resilience scale-up in the Sahel, in liaison with Head of Unit, CAMRES Special Projects Coordinator and Resilience and Livelihoods teams.
  2. Serve as audiovisual creative content strategist and producer for RBD – and deploying, as necessary for photography and videography. 
  3. Serve as a content producer with specialized technical skills in virtual reality productions.
  4. Provide strategic advice and give support to CO teams to improve communications to achieve the most impact.
  5. Develop and implement training and provide extensive support for COs and project teams.
  6. Guide visual storytelling across the region in coordination with RBD Team Leader and CO Teams to design a production outline and plan with conceptual framework, approach, and vision to develop video and photographic work including creative briefs and scenarios and then arrange shooting for specific projects
  7. Design, develop and deliver compelling, creative audiovisual content for online events that make it easy for audiences to understand data, narratives, and proof points, working in anticipation and delivering quick turnaround solutions for last-minute requests. 
  8. Coordinate and plan travel to sites, as necessary, and ensure professional filming and photography of the interventions; produce content including engaging text, photos, videos, and audio content for use across a range of integrated platforms, to support advocacy. 
  9. Lead video productions, photography and graphics post-production, including captioning, outputting final deliverables within set timelines.
  10. Liaise with CAM HQ (Creative Studio) to develop complementary tools, style, branding, quality, and measurements.
  11. Other duties and tasks as requested by Head of Unit

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT (inclusive and not exclusively):

  • Creative content briefs, field production and post-production for audio-visual and photographic narratives related to the integrated resilience scale-up in the Sahel
  • Virtual Reality video stories from the Western Africa region
  • Support to Storytellers' production crews in Country Offices
  • Videos on various Projects in the region
  • Guidance and feedback for quality video content production for CAM colleagues and external producers in the region - continuous 
  • Video training sessions for communication officers who are also content producers in the region.
  • High-resolution photos with captions, reflecting programmes/interventions, activities, as well as impact on communities / environment for social media use, reports, or knowledge-based products, some accompanied with strong beneficiary or partner/staff testimonies.

 

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Advanced university degree recognized by https://www.whed.net/home.php) in fields related to the visual arts, communication, journalism, photography, fine arts. Specialised training and / or certificate in video, photographic, digital content production will be an asset or First University degree in the same disciplines with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training.

Should you not find your university degree in this link kindly note that it will be your responsibility to obtain a formal letter from your Ministry of Education stating their recognition of the university and degree

 

Experience:

The minimum requirement for professional-level experience is as follows:

Level I Consultancy: three (3) years of relevant progressively responsible professional post-graduate experience in multimedia journalism, photography, videography, visual storytelling, writing. A good understanding of the socio-political, cultural and environmental context of West Africa is desirable.

Level II Consultancyfive (5) to ten (10) years of relevant progressively responsible professional post-graduate experience in multimedia journalism, photography, videography, visual storytelling, writing. A good understanding of the socio-political, cultural and environmental context of West Africa is desirable.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in both written and spoken English and French. 

 

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

  • Keen knowledge of storytelling and understanding diverse audiences and approaches to reaching them.
  • Demonstrated experience in developing original stories, short form video clips and multimedia products that are shared through social media.
  • Ability to operate latest equipment to deliver photographs and multimedia content according to the specified quality and technical requirements.
  • Experience with utilizing the latest technology cameras and visual equipment.
  • Proven skills operating video production and editing equipment

 

WHY WORK WITH US?

This is an opportunity for exciting and challenging assignments in a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary team, based in a unique location, West Africa, on a topic with high relevance. In addition, we offer:

 

 ️ Meaningful and impactful careers: - Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve

 Continuous learning and training: - We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers

 ️ Multicultural and stimulating work environment: - We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger

 Join us to make a difference, watch this video to know more about us!!  

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • All applications received will be reviewed and go through a selection process to assess relevant experience and qualifications. Based on the assessment results, successful candidates will be placed in a roster at consultant level II. Applicants who meet the selection criteria may be contacted for further interviews or assessments and to confirm their continued interest and availability for short-term opportunities ranging between 1 to 11 months.
  • The roster validity is for a period of 24 months from the date on which the candidate is notified of their success.

 

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 09 March 2023

 

  • WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.
  • All employment decisions are made based on organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
  • No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service. 
  • All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment. 
  • WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action. 
  • WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

 

Special notice on office relocation: WFP and other UN Agencies will be moving to the new United Nations House, presently under construction in Diamniadio, 30 kilometres from downtown Dakar approximately around mid-2023. The duty station will remain in Dakar, Senegal.

 

Special recommendation:

Before you apply, please confirm that both (i) your on-line profile and CV are accurate and up to date, (ii) your CV should include your employment history, academic qualifications, and language skills. 

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