Audio-Visual Specialist

Background of the Project

In the framework of FIIAPP’s leadership of the consortium implementing the EU-funded “Promotion of community policing in Lebanon” project, six civil society organizations and entities, specialists in different fields of defense and monitoring of human rights in the current context of Lebanon, were contracted for Technical Assistance (6 lots) to support grassroots organizations in the territory with technical training and organizational capacity building to promote the application of a rights-based approach in policing. The project aims to restore trust, promote inter-institutional cooperation, and strengthen community dialogue between the ISF, the municipal police, and civil society. Lebanese Civil Society Organizations have an essential role to play in monitoring and promoting human rights so that these rights are respected at the level of citizens and within the institutional framework by public agencies and security forces. Through collaboration and cooperation mechanisms between Civil Society Organizations and the security forces, in particular the Internal Security Forces (ISF), the project will contribute to ensure best compliance with human rights in police actions and to improve communication with organized Lebanese social movements. The contractual purpose of ALEF – act for human rights is the provision of Technical Assistance services in Lot 2: Civil and Political Rights and Freedoms: freedom of expression, opinion and media, freedom of association. The main objective of ALEF’s Technical Assistance is to support the implementation of component 3 (O3) "Strengthen independent oversight and accountability of ISF in partnership with civil society and to develop actions within the framework of O3.
Background for the Consultancy ALEF is looking for an Audio-Visual Specialist consultant to create content for a social media video that contributes to raising awareness on the status of civil and political rights, with particular focus on real cases in which these rights need to be better protected by the police and the population, based on ALEF’s monitoring of human rights violations and progresses in Lebanon. The consultant is expected to develop an understanding of ALEF’s monitoring of civil and political rights violations and progresses in Lebanon, communicate with the ALEF team to choose main findings to work on, and create a short video for a social media campaign. The final video should reflect a visual summary of the findings of the monitoring. The consultant should also produce the end product within the deadline set by ALEF.

Scope of Work

The consultant will be responsible for the following:

• Develop an understanding of ALEF’s monitoring of civil and political rights violations and progresses in Lebanon and its main findings.
• Create a short video for social media based on the data monitored by ALEF, in a logical sequence and an objective style.
• Submitting a final video to ALEF on time and according to the contract.

Consultancy Period

The work is expected to start once the contract is signed by the consultant, planned as soon as possible, and launch the campaign by the end of May at most. A more detailed timeline will be agreed upon with the consultant.

Deliverables

• One short video for social media.

Qualifications

• University degree in Audio-visuals, and/or related field or experience.
• 3-4 years of professional experience in videography, creating audio-visual content, such as infographics or short videos, and editing videos.
• Excellent English skills, with focus on written capacities.