TERM OF REFERENCE
CONSULTANT FOR HANDBOOK AND COMIC BOOK DEVELOPMENT AND LAYOUT
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Requested by ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Project Tittle : Youth, Journalist, and Civil Society Capacity-Building Project (YJCS-CBP) in Medan, North Sumatera."
CONSULTANT FOR HANDBOOK AND COMIC BOOK DEVELOPMENT AND LAYOUT
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Requested by ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Project Tittle : Youth, Journalist, and Civil Society Capacity-Building Project (YJCS-CBP) in Medan, North Sumatera."
Position : Consultant for Handbook Development and Layout
Duration : 5 weeks
The Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) is a French non-profit organization working in over 30 countries worldwide to provide emergency response, early recovery, and development assistance to communities in need. ACTED's interventions seek to cover multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach that is both global and local, and adapted to each context. ACTED's vision is to establish emergency, rehabilitation, and development. ACTED aims to guarantee the sustainability of relief interventions carried out during crises by remaining in the field after the emergency to engage in long-term support to communities in food security, health, education, economic assistance, microfinance, advocacy, and cultural promotion. ACTED's actions are needs based and identified in a participatory manner with communities in the areas where we are present.
ACTED has been active in Indonesia since April 2005, assisting those affected by the tsunami and Nias earthquake and is now working to support livelihoods, community-based disaster risk reduction, and child protection in North Sumatra and Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT).
Project background
ACTED in partnership with Indonesian NGO, Kajian Informasi, Pendidikan dan Penerbitan Sumatera (KIPPAS) will implement a project to strengthen the capacity of youth, journalists, and civil society organizations to enhave civic engagement in Medan, North Sumatera. This project is co-financed by EU (European Union)
Objectives of the consultancy
ACTED is seeking applications for Consultant for handbook development and layout, that will provide support services to the ACTED in relation to develop youth voter handbook to university students and comic book to senior high students. The information or topic will developing with the staff.
- Expected outcomes of the consultancy
- Research, write and design one handbook;
- Research, write and design one comic book;
- Coordination and collaboration
All along the implementation of these activities, the consultant will
have to ensure the smooth collaboration with all the stakeholders of the
project, such as local authorities, community members and ACTED staffs.
He/she will provide on a weekly basis to the ACTED Project Manager an update of the ongoing activities, and will plan these accordingly to ACTED procedures with other key ACTED staffs such as programmes, finance and logistics.
Background of the consultant
He/she will provide on a weekly basis to the ACTED Project Manager an update of the ongoing activities, and will plan these accordingly to ACTED procedures with other key ACTED staffs such as programmes, finance and logistics.
Background of the consultant
- Professional Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum of Bachelor Degree in Social Study, Communications, or other related field
- Experience on developing handbook and comic especially for general election and democratic education for youth voter.
- Good understanding of the Indonesia general culture and democratic education.
- Have an experience in making any kind of handbook, comic, etc, which is containing the things about youth with using language that easy understanding by youth.
- Good communication skills and written/spoken fluency in Bahasa Indonesia required.
- Good interpersonal skills, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen as well as respect for beneficiaries required;
- Application process Expected period to start the consultant : 4 June 2013
Each applicant should provide:
- CV;
- Cover letter;
- References (minimum 3 relevant experiences);
- The sample of handbook or comic as portfolio;
- Financial proposition (bid): this should include all transportation to ACTED's Medan office for meetings and any other related costs for the duration of the consultancy. The consultant has to include in the financial proposition the taxes that will be paid by ACTED (2% of the total amount if the consultant has tax registration number, 4% otherwise). The financial proposition will therefore be a gross amount. All submissions without a bid will not be eligible.
The deadline for the application process on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Applications to be submitted by e-mail to: medan.logistics@acted.org
