Graphic Design Consultancy at African Development Solutions (Adeso)

Project: NEAR

Position Type: Short-Term Consultancy

Study/Assessment Topic: Graphic Design Consultancy

Duration: Two (2) Weeks

Reporting To: Programs Manager - NEAR

Working With: Executive Office and Programs Team

Starting Date: Immediately

Application Deadline: 15th January, 2019

ABOUT NEAR NETWORK

Adeso together with other local and national NGOs have come together to form a global network which was launched in May 2016 at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. The Network, NEAR (Network for Empowered Aid Response), is a movement of local organizations with a bold ambition – to reshape the top-down humanitarian and development system to one that is locally driven and owned, and is built around equitable, dignified and accountable partnerships.

BACKGROUND FOR CONSULTANCY

The first ever world humanitarian summit in 2016 outlined Grand Bargain commitments that have a transformative potential for the humanitarian sector. The commitments on the localization are defined as follows: increase direct funding to southern-based NGOs for humanitarian action; reaffirm the Principles of Partnership; increase transparency around resource transfers to southern-based national and local NGOs; stop undermining local capacity; emphasize the importance of national actors; address subcontracting; provide robust organizational support, capacity strengthening and communication to the media and the public about partners. However, there is currently no system in place to measure progress in meeting these commitments and their impact on aid delivery. In 2018, NEAR worked on developing a multidimensional framework for measuring performance against the objectives of the localization agenda which proposes a set of key performance indicators (KPIs).

To ensure a broad dissemination of the framework, NEAR would like to engage a consultant to design an online version of the framework to be published on the NEAR website.

SCOPE OF WORK

• Design a user-friendly web-version of the Localization Performance Measurement Framework and its related tools
• Design promo materials for the official launch of the framework including social media content materials

DELIVERABLES

Final design of the Localization Framework, its tools and promo content.

CONSULTANCY PERIOD

17^th - 31^st January, 2019.

COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

In consideration of the fees paid, the Consultant expressly assigns to Adeso/NEAR any copyright arising from the works the consultant produces while executing this contract. All images (whether used for online or print purposes) must however bear the consultant’s photo credit, as specified by international intellectual property rights. The consultant may not use, reproduce or otherwise disseminate or authorize others to use, reproduce or disseminate such works without prior consent from Adeso/NEAR.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong theoretical and practical background in graphic design, including the use of design software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash, etc.
• Show a clear and mature style of design, demonstrating an understanding of communication requirements for NEAR.
• Good understanding of new and evolving technologies and digital platforms; Knowledge of standard software packages, including MS Office– MS Access–MS Visio –Adobe Acrobat;