19.12.2019

Creative Writer, Storyteller, Копірайтер/ка

ЗАВЕРШЕНО

Додано:
OlegC

In response to the request of the Government of Ukraine, UNOPS opened an office in Ukraine in 2017, which provides a broad spectrum of services to the Government and the people of Ukraine. Currently, the country office has a portfolio of projects exceeding USD 100 million, in the areas of rule of law, environment, energy efficiency, crisis recovery, good governance, human resources management, procurement, and logistics.

UNOPS mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.

UNOPS vision is a world where people can live full lives supported by appropriate, sustainable and resilient infrastructure and by the efficient, transparent use of public resources in procurement and project management.

Job categories Communications

Vacancy code VA/2019/B5007/18992

Department/office ECR, GVA, Geneva

Duty station Kyiv, Ukraine

Contract type Local ICA Specialist

Contract level LICA Specialist-9

Duration Up to 45 days

Application period 17-Dec-2019 to 30-Dec-2019

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Background Information – Job-specific

Purpose and Scope of Assignment

The main objective of the assignment is to translate programme results into powerful compelling human stories related to UNOPS Ukraine main areas of work.

Under the direct supervision of the UNOPS Communications Officer, the consultant is expected to produce a number of human stories (in English and Ukrainian) demonstrating UNOPS’ impact on the ground.

The stories will be disseminated through UNOPS communication channels, including but not limited to web site social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter) etc.

The Consultant will carry out the following activities:

Review the background documents provided by UNOPS to obtain a better understanding of the goals and context to follow when developing the products. Meet with communication and business development officers to discuss potential storylines. Develop the concept and detailed work plan identifying timelines, activities and determined deliverables for the period of assignment in consultation with UNOPS Communications Officer and submit to UNOPS for approval.
Identify success stories and gather engaging and compelling stories/content, both by the desk review and by interviews with men/women selected to be portrayed in the storytelling project.
Turn scientific content and human voices into personalized human stories the audience will relate to the style of stories should be catchy, avoiding jargon and technical words. It is also important to capture the subject in their daily action or engaged in an activity that helps construct the story. Stories should also focus on the process of change, finding positive solutions and/or overcoming challenges.
With an emphasis on strong writing, contextualize and design visual, text-based content as well as tailor and package key messages to be communicated to suit the audience. Ensure that the content clearly communicates the message and ensure content and message are consistent.
Provide UNOPS with first drafts of the success human stories for comments/feedback by agreed deadline.
Supplement the success human stories with photos and ensure their following photo quality and approach: photo files size should be around 3MB or more at 300 dpi. The consultant must obtain advance consent from subjects to photograph and/or record them.
Provide UNOPS with revised drafts for comments / feedback by agreed deadline.
Ensure timely incorporation of feedback received from UNOPS into final drafts.
Develop a final report covering the whole assignment, followed with all relevant Annexes with all outputs produced.

To ensure the delivery of the above tasks, the Consultant will:

Liaise and ensure constant communication/coordination with UNOPS communications and business development team regarding all aspects of the assignment;
Submit all the deliverables for review, comments and approval to UNOPS communications and business development teams as requested;
Hold consultations with UNOPS communications and business team as requested.
Extensive travel within Ukraine will be required. Cost of travel will be covered separately in accordance with existing UNOPS policies.

Monitoring and Project Controls

Deliverables and Timeframe

The timeframe and deliverables of the assignment are as follows:

Deliverable 1 – 15 days from the contract start date:

Review of the background documents and consultations completed. Detailed concept and plan of activities with the timetable for the assignment/field visits prepared, submitted to and approved by UNOPS communications and business development teams. The plan should also contain short outline per each story planned, including person (s) to be interviewed, place, angle/theme of the story, highlights etc.

Deliverable 2 – 45 days from the contract start date:

Relevant scientific/project material reviewed and interviews with people to be featured in at least 10 storytelling projects conducted.
High quality audio recording of all the interviews taken for writing the story and transcript shared with UNOPS.
At least 10 compelling evidence-based human stories in English and Ukrainian with high-quality photos produced and submitted to UNOPS communications and business development teams for comments/ feedback.
The feedback / comments received from UNOPS incorporated into final drafts.
Upon addressing comments/feedback from UNOPS produce and present UNOPS communications and business development teams final drafts of at least 10 human interest stories and relevant photos. The final report covering the whole assignment followed with all the relevant Annexes provided to UNOPS.

Payments are based upon output, i.e. upon delivery of the services specified in this Terms of Reference as follows:

30% of contract total value will be paid upon completion of the Deliverables 1 per TOR.
70 % of contract total value will be paid upon completion of the Deliverable 2 as per TOR.

Monitoring/Reporting Requirements

The Consultant will work under the overall supervision of the UNOPS Communications Officers.

The consultant will interact with supervisors to receive any clarifications and guidance that may be needed. The Consultant will duly inform supervisors of any problems, issues or delays arising in the course of implementation of assignment and take necessary steps to address them.

UNOPS will be the final authority to control the quality and evaluate the work. The satisfactory completion of each of the deliverables shall be subject to the endorsement of the Communications Officers. Each deliverable will be delivered in a draft for comments and feedback as per timeframe before finalization. No reports or documents should be published or distributed to third parties without the written approval of UNOPS.

The Consultant will duly inform Communications Officers of, issues or delays arising in the course of implementation of assignment and take necessary steps to address them.

All reports and results are to be submitted to the UNOPS communications team in electronic form (*.docx, *.xlsx, *.pptx, and *.pdf or other formats accepted by UNOPS). The language of the materials and reports is Ukrainian and English.

Intellectual Property

All outputs produced under this ToR shall remain the property of the UNOPS who shall have exclusive rights over their use. The products shall not be disclosed to the public nor used in whatever format without written permission of UNOPS.

Education

Master’s degree in journalism & media, public relations, communications, linguistics, social sciences or other relevant disciplines.
A bachelor’s degree in the above disciplines with two years of additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a master’s degree.

Experience

With master’s degree at least 3 years or with bachelor’s degree at least 5 years of relevant experience in journalism, development communication, copy writing of human-centred stories and/or storytelling or similar field;
Excellent storytelling/ writing skills and ability to translate expert knowledge in language that can be understood by non-expert audiences proven by record (portfolio) of at least 5 published articles, human-centred success stories and/or other relevant publications;
Familiarity with the issues related to the international development (education or at least 1 year working experience in the related field) would be a strong advantage.
Previous relevant experience with UN Agencies, international organisations or donors would be an asset.

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