[Hiring] National Consultant - Photographer @UNDP

Role Description

UN Women Country Office in Georgia supports the government and civil society partners in fostering women's empowerment and gender equality. UN Women focuses its activities on one overarching goal: to support the implementation at the national level of existing international commitments to advance gender equality. In support of this goal, UN Women in Georgia implements projects/programmes in the following thematic areas:

• Women, Peace and Security
• Elimination of Violence against Women
• Social and Economic Empowerment of Women
• Mainstreaming gender into national planning and budgeting processes

The National consultant will be responsible to:

• Capture high resolution images of UN Women’s various programme/project activities in various parts of the country.
• Caption each photograph with specific details such as the location taken, name of the person (for portraits), activity and any other relevant information.
• Provide UN Women with at least 1000 high quality photographs from all projects through Wetransfer or Google sharing platforms. The copyright for all these photographs remains with UN Women.
• Give creative input to the overall photo shooting.
• Provide the technical equipment needed for the shooting and editing including cameras, etc.
• Provide adequate lighting systems including camera light as well as any additional light equipment deemed necessary.
• Ownership or possession of a high-resolution state of the art digital camera/equipment is a MUST.

Deliverables

• A collection of photographs depicting UN Women’s work across its core programme areas in TIF, PSD (high resolution for printing) as well as in jpg (low resolution for website use).
• A collection of sample photo essays of project beneficiaries of UN Women projects across all its core programme areas.
• Edited and captioned pictures to illustrate uploaded stories.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

• This is a home-based consultancy.
• As part of this assignment, there may be a maximum of 15 trips to regions of Georgia.
• The work will be reimbursed based on the submitted finalized deliverable(s) as requested, from the above list of deliverables.
• The payment will be done based on the hours worked.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Respect for Diversity

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies

• Ability to take high quality photographs
• Creative and artistic approach towards photo shooting of event/story telling
• Availability and willingness to travel in-country
• Ability to work in team

Required Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in humanities, social sciences, or another relevant field; or a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in humanities, social sciences, or a related field, combined with an additional two (2) years of relevant professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience as a photographer for candidates with a master’s degree, or seven (7) years for candidates with a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience in the management and implementation of photography projects.
• Demonstrated experience in producing photo reports and documentary photography focused on women’s rights and gender equality issues in Georgia.

Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience as a photographer for candidates with a master’s degree, or seven (7) years for candidates with a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated experience in the management and implementation of photography projects.
• Demonstrated experience in producing photo reports and documentary photography focused on women’s rights and gender equality issues in Georgia.

Languages

• Georgian (fluent)
• Knowledge of English would be considered an asset.

Diversity and Inclusion

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.