Action Against Hunger Recruitment 2022/2023 – How to Apply

Action Against Hunger is currently recruiting interested and qualified candidates to fill the job vacancies in their organization. Interested candidates should kindly follow the instruction below to apply successfully.

Action Against Hunger is the world's hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Media Mapping Consultant

Reference Number: PD-ABU-01912-001
Locations: Abuja, Borno, Yobe, Kano and Kebbi
Project Name: USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
Sector: Health and Nutrition, WASH
Activity Type: Engagement of National Consultant (open to Individual or Corporate entities)

Job Summary

• Action Against Hunger is a leading global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger in over 40 countries including Nigeria.
• Through our interventions in health and nutrition, water and sanitation, food security and livelihoods, and social protection programs, we save the lives of malnourished children.
• We ensure everyone can access clean water, food, training and healthcare. We enable entire communities to be free from hunger.
• The capacity of traditional and new media stakeholders in accurately representing humanitarian actions conducted for vulnerable populations remains essential in the delivery and uptake of these lifesaving interventions different media opportunities including digital communications to highlight and further engage with stakeholders relevant to influencing policies that necessitate the good of vulnerable populations in Nigeria.

Project Goal:

• The objective of this consultancy is to conduct specific mapping of print media in the states; active State and national radio and television houses and agencies (public and private) who reflect and promote Action Against Hunger's humanitarian values in regions of intervention as well as other potential expansion areas subject to funding.
• The proposed consultancy also aims at presenting an advocacy/media structure and context sensitive activities for AAH Groundwater programming.
• In addition, the proposed consultancy would engage with information desks, recognized at various state and federal government MGAs relevant to AAH's pillars of implementation.
• Outcomes of this consultancy is expected to inform the Action Against Hunger's understanding of the media landscape, inform media engagement and communication strategy and enrich its overall Programme and specifically groundwater project implementation mechanism.
• This consultancy will assist the Advocacy and Communications unit of the mission to identify and target media partners relevant to our humanitarian and development programs and projects.

Geographical Scope Covered by the Analysis:

• The geographical scope of this consultancy are Borno, Yobe, Kano, Kebbi States and Abuja – Nigeria.

Job Responsibilities

• Entrance meeting with the communications unit
• Desk research on traditional (Radio, TV, Print) and digital (Bloggers, Influencers) working and active in Northeast, northwest and north central reporting on the humanitarian crisis and response
• Conduct extensive review and mapping within selected region. This includes but not limited to: audience demography, the listening habits of the audience including prime times, frequency, media ratings, local ratings, preferred format and length for radio programs, and preferred language of broadcast. Identify media outlets
• Profile TV and Radio agencies indicating reach and airing cost, how the number of reach is being estimated. Also providing an online link for broadcast
• Consult and provide Action Against Hunger with a report containing the list of prospective TV and radio outlets suitable to promote Humanitarian actions.
• Present Specific Groundwater media community C4D guides, that is context specific to North East Nigeria.

Minimum Requirements

• If it is a consultancy firm, must have been registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Tax Regulatory Agency (Tax Clearance) (for corporate consultancy firm).
• Evidence of CAC and Tax Clearance for a corporate firm
• Must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Journalism, Media studies, Fine Arts, English Language, or any Technical Professional trainings.
• Demonstrate Firm's experience in undertaking similar assignments by use of samples (YouTube links) of successfully and recently completed work.
• Prove of human capacity (team members) to work with as technical staff.
• Proposed consultant must have good knowledge of multicultural aspects in the North Nigeria region, cultural nuances, gender and crosscutting issues.
• The Consultant must possess excellent communication skills-fluency in oral and written English
• Individuals/Firm must have excellent technical capacities to ensure high quality etc.
• Clear articulation of capacity and skills, and innovative approaches to carry out the assignment; as well as ·a clear work plan and articulation of expected methodologies and outputs within the tight timeframe.
• Ability to work under strict time limits and adhering to WHO and specific country MOH Covid- 19 protocols and guidelines.

Job Title: Videography and Photography Consultant

Reference Number: PD-ABU-01893-001
Location: Borno
Project Name: USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
Sector: Food and Nutrition Cash Programming
Activity Type: Engagement of National Consultant (open to Individual or Corporate entities)

Job Responsibilities

FSL:

• The Purpose of the assignment is to document and produce two short films and High Resolution

(HD) Photographs Highlighting:

• Food distribution
• Cash disbursement
• Nutrition (porridge mum activities) and Health
• WASH

Nutrition:

• To highlight the benefits and nutritional improvement for Pregnant and Lactating
• Women (PLWs) using videos and high-resolution photographs that highlight successes:
  • a) Mother to child MUAC
  • b) Food distribution activities
  • c) Impact of cash disbursement on beneficiary

Health:
To highlight the impact of health program activities on the lives of program participants in MMC/JERE

• Health facility
• NFI distribution sites
• CMAM and IYCF: these are key to nutrition programming, specially the B3J project.
• WASH: To highlight the impact of WASH program activities on the lives of program participants in MMC/JERE
  • a) Good photos from water points with captions
  • b) NFI distribution sites
  • c) Hygiene promotion, Latrine and showers rehabilitation, Latrine dislodgment, Latrine construction,
• Borehole rehabilitation, Borehole construction, and waste management.

Minimum Requirements

• Must possess a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Journalism, Media studies, Fine Arts.
• Other team members should also hold relevant qualifications in any of these areas.
• Demonstrate Firm's experience in undertaking similar assignments by use of samples (Youtube links) of successfully and recently completed work.
• Team Lead must have at-least five to ten years working experience in development of documentary or film production that meets national and international broadcast standards.
• Proposed team must have working knowledge of French, good knowledge of multicultural aspects in the region, cultural nuances, gender and crosscutting issues.
• Team Lead must possess excellent communication skills-fluency in oral and written English Previous proven experience in documenting donor supported projects using digital media.
• Firm must have excellent technical capacities to ensure smooth and high quality production (video production staff, owner of its own video production studio or a documentary proof of an access to a rented video studio) etc.
• Clear articulation of capacity and skills, and innovative approaches to carry out the assignment; as well as ·a clear work plan and articulation of expected methodologies and outputs within the tight timeframe.
• Track record of successful materials filmed in the region and/or on similar topics by would be an asset
• Ability to work under strict time limits and adhering to WHO and specific country MOH Covid-19 protocols and guidelines.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified consultants should send their Expression of Interest to: supply@ng-actionagainsthunger.org using “PD-ABU-01912-001_ Media Mapping Consultancy Service” as the subject of the email in order to receive the full ToR.

Note

• Proposal without request of the full ToR will not be accepted.
• The sending of full ToR will commence from April 18th 2022 until the deadline of the submissions to all expressions of interest from prospective consultants.

Application Closing Date

28th April, 2022.

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