Background of Oxfam In Uganda
Oxfam is a global movement for change that empowers people to create a secure future, just and free from poverty. We believe that everyone has a right to safety, security, a livelihood and a say in decisions that affect them.
We seek a world in which everyone can speak up to power, demand and claim their human rights, and build a better future for themselves. We recognise that we cannot achieve this on our own but as a collective power. We, therefore, work in partnership with local and grass-root organisations, civil society, individuals, volunteers, the private sector, and the Government.
Our Vision is Uganda free of inequality and Injustice: A society where people, particularly women and young people, claim and exercise their rights and responsibilities and influence decisions that affect their lives. Our work is guided by the Country Strategic Framework (CSF) (2021-2030) which is organised around four themes: Governance and Accountability, Resilient Livelihoods, Humanitarian preparedness and response and Gender Justice and Women Rights. All the themes work towards influencing policy and practice, youth and women empowerment, inclusive participation in decision making at various levels, and capacity strengthening of national and local actors.
About YEEP project
Youth Engagement and Empowerment Project (YEEP) is a three-year project (2020- 2022) funded by the EU being implemented by Oxfam in partnership with International Foundation for Recovery and Development (IFRAD) and African Youth Development Link (AYDL). This Project is implemented in Oyam, Gulu, Arua and Nebbi Districts with an aim of improving youth livelihoods and their participation in development processes. YEEP is implemented under three specific objectives, these include;
- To increase employability and income of youth through agribusiness, entrepreneurship, vocational skilling, and business development.
- To increase participation of youth in decision making processes.
- To reduce youth vulnerability to sexual exploitation and Gender Based Violence.
Purpose of the consultancy
Oxfam needs a documentation consultancy to document the project’s progress with a focus on innovations, learnings, stories of change, challenges, and case studies among others from the Youth Engagement and Empowerment Project (YEEP).
Objective of carrying on the documentation
- To showcase the outcomes of the project and the change in people’s lives and communities.
- Showcase the complementarity of the different components in the integrated project.
- Identify innovation during project implementation towards increased sustainability.
Target Audience
Donors, and General interested audiences
Expected Deliverables
- 15 minutes overall project video documentary and a shorter online version of not more than 5 minutes
- 50 edited high resolution images with extended captions (delivered on both DVD and with a link) depicting all the result areas
- 30-40 paged project booklet (consisting of stories of change, info graphics, high resolution photos and case studies)
- Submission of all videos on DVD, Project booklet and project photos.
- Soft copies of the films packaged in high resolution but compressed for online sharing.
- All loose photos
- Consent forms of all people interviewed/filmed
Possible Areas/Topics For content generation
- Participation of youth in business
- Youth engagement especially female youth in leadership at group, community and council level
- Participation of youth in advocacy and influencing activities
- Changes in youth lives and their households
- Contribution of the project to government programs
- Community’s views and perceptions about the project impact
- Project Innovations
- Learnings
Prerequisites
- Consent of people explicitly portrayed – consent forms must be signed off and filled.
- Photographs/video should include a range of shots and action oriented photos from:
- Dynamic and observational shots of people conveying action, movement and energy
- Portrait shots - try to shoot a balance of portrait and landscape shots.
- Animated portraits of key individuals conveying their personality and emotion (both acknowledging the camera and not)
- Close-up detail of relevant objects and textures.
- Scene and context shots. Include a panoramic shot when the scene contains activities of interest
- Lively, striking, ‘slice-of-life’ images.
- Well gender balanced images, voices /footages portraying the people as empowered
Please note that Oxfam does not work with black and white shots
Consultancy Location
The documentation will be done in the districts of Nebbi and Arua
Responsibilities of the Consultant
The Consultant should work closely with Project team to accomplish the following tasks;
- Hold preparatory discussion with Project team and communication team at Oxfam about the activity
- Prepare a shooting script and an editing script and share them with Oxfam for approval
- Provide narration for the overall project documentary.
- Capture video footage as agreed with project and communications team and as according to the prepared script.
- Any background music will be provided by the consultant. Any music used must not have copyright concerns.
- Accurately Translate the project beneficiaries' voice into English for subtitles.
- Where the beneficiary speaks English but not fluently, the consultant shall include subtitles
- Prepare draft videos and booklet and submit it to Oxfam for review and feedback before the deadline of the contract. Enough time should be given to allow for review and feedback
- Finalize the documentation according to the feedback provided by the project team.
Expectation from the consultant
- The consultant will adhere to Oxfam policies of do no harm, child protection and acquiring informed consent.
- The consultant will sign the Oxfam external code of conduct.
- The consultant will present his / her subjects with dignity.
- The consultant will be expected to bring creativity
Responsibilities of Oxfam and Partners
- Oxfam and Partners will provide reference materials, analyze the quality of the products, and give input to drafts
- Support the consultant to coordinate field activities through the partners’ field staff and beneficiaries.
- Provide leads for possible cases for documentation
- Ensure that feedback is provided for the consultant when and where necessary.
- Payment to the consultant as per agreement.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant should have at least 3 years experiences in development communication and using audio-visual recording, editing, and media production, clear understanding of the technical aspects of video making process, and understanding of social development field is required along with experiences on using different tools and techniques in developing appropriate and quality audio-visual products
Applications should include three references of similar work.
Time schedule
This activity is expected to be executed in 40 days starting from submission of the inception report and script. The consultant is expected to present a plan/schedule on how they will execute the assignment
Fees payment
The consultant will be paid in accordance with Oxfam consulting policy which stipulates 20% upon submission of the inception report and 80% upon successful completion and acceptance of the final products.
For interested applicants, please submit your technical and financial proposal clearly breaking down the budget and other supporting documents to Ugandalogistics@oxfam.org with email subject: YEEP Documentation, no later than 5:00 PM (GMT +3) on 26th July 2022
Only successful candidates will be notified.