TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR HIRING OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT FOR MAKING VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ON PROGRAM FOR POVERTY REDUCTION Taraqee Foundation

• Job Location: Quetta
• Country: Pakistan
• Positions: 1
• Job Type: Consultant
• Department / Job Category: Community, Social Services, and Nonprofit
• Last Date: 05 August, 2016

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Interested individual consultants must send their CVs/profile along with Cover Letter, proposal for the making of documentary, cost/budget (itemized) on taraqee@taraqee.pk by August 5, 2016 before CoB.

Terms of Reference for Hiring of individual Consultant for Making Video Documentary on Program for Poverty Reduction

Introduction of Taraqee Foundation:

Taraqee Foundation, a national level NGO, registered with Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) under the Company’s Ordinance 1984 and engaged since 1994 in different development sectors of Balochistan i.e. Health, Education, Environment & Infrastructure, Livelihood and emergency response.

Background Information and Rationale:

Taraqee Foundation has engaged with PPAF in implementing a project on Institutional Development in UC Saddar Muslim Bagh of district Killa Saifullah from March 2015.  The project is mainly working with communities in five different sectors i.e. Social Mobilization, Health, Education, Community Physical Infrastructure and Livelihood.  The first phase of the project was purely on community mobilization and involving community to form Community Organizations (COs), Village Organizations (VOs) and Local Support Organization (LSO).  Each CO will be formed by involving 15 – 25 household members and their office bearers will move further to form VOs and LSO.  The community institutions also finalized their Village Development and Union Council Development Plans to identify their needs and its solutions.

The second phase of the project is initiated by meeting the requirements of Village/UC Development Plan.  It was discovered that community institutions have to be aware with several social aspects which will support in resolving many social matters.  Currently the third phase of the project has been initiated which is the extension of second phase activities.  One of the activities is designed to publish project achievements and processes followed under the program and expressed in video format.  There will be a video documentary which will capture the overall program activities, beneficiary feedback, outcomes of activities, physical progress, women participation along with other vulnerable groups.  Taraqee Foundation is intended to hire an individual experienced consultant to make the video documentary by using best available equipment, experienced team members, and dubbing in both English and Urdu.

Specific Objectives:

1. To explain the program interventions through video documentary and how the interventions benefit people.
2. To record the feedback of beneficiaries, their satisfaction level and outcomes of the activities.
3. To record the feedback from PPAF, Italian Consultant for Project and head of Taraqee Foundation.

Scope of Work:

The consultant will design the entire framework for making of documentary.  Consultant will prepare its work plan to conduct meetings with Taraqee Foundation, Community Organizations, interview details from all stakeholders, filming, editing with sub-titles, dubbing, and final product.  The documentary would at least of 15 minutes and to be prepared in HD mode.  Consultant will have to visit field area (once or twice) and need to capture some ongoing activities as well as on ground physical progress.  The video will be prepared in both English and Urdu languages and prepare their sub-titles accordingly.  Dubbing would be done in professional manner by involving highly skilled individuals.  Computer graphics would be used according to the frames/scenes and must be efficient in all respect.  The consultant will agree to make changes in the documentary twice as per contact, otherwise charges will be added. 

Eligibility of a Consultant:

• Must have Degree in relevant subject/assignment.
• Must have 8 years of experience in working with filming/documentary making.
• Must have 5 years of experience in preparing documentaries for projects.
• Must have sound knowledge of dubbing, computer graphics, editing and use of hi-tech equipment.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.

Deliverables:

• Framework of documentary design along with requirements.
• Video product in at least two languages i.e. English and Urdu.
• Work plan of entire assignment.
• A brief report on assignment.

Contract Duration:

The assignment will be completed within 2 months’ period after signing of agreement including report submission and other deliverables.  Expected dates of training will be communicated later by TF.

Budget and Payment Schedule:

• Consultant will quote the budget in Pak Rupees for his/her services.
• 50% agreed amount will be paid after signing of contact and 50% will be paid after providing final product.
• Applicable taxes will be deducted at source i.e. 10% from filers and 15% from non-filers.

Selection Method for consultant:

Selection of consultant will be finalized after scrutiny on the basis of following criteria:

1. Qualification (20 Marks)
2. Total Working Experience (20 Marks)
3. Experience in developing documentaries (20 Marks)
4. Experience in use of latest technology regarding film/documentary making (20 Marks)
5. Report Writing and Presentation Skills (20 Marks)

Interested individual consultants must send their CVs/profile along with Cover Letter, proposal for the making of documentary, cost/budget (itemized) on taraqee@taraqee.pk by August 5, 2016 before CoB.