National Consultant to Lay Out the ILO Financial Education Trainee’s Booklet for Returnees and Potential Migrants at International Labor Organization (ILO)

Objective and scope of the assignment

• In the context of the adaptation of the ILO Financial Education training materials, the objective of this assignment will be for a national consultant to lay out the newly developed English and Swahili versions of the ILO Financial Education trainees’ booklet for returnees and potential migrants in Kenya.

Key activities

Under the overall guidance of the ILO Better Regional Migration Management Chief Technical Advisor, National Project Coordinator, the technical officer of the ILO Social Finance Programme and the international consultant recruited for the adaptation of the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet, the consultant will undertake the following activities:

• Lay out the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet for returnees and potential migrants in Kenya in English and Swahili (each around 200 pages).
• Adapt illustrations or imagery as required to the Kenyan context by the ILO BRMM project team and the ILO Social Finance Programme. This can include images of fake brochures to be adapted to the local context and target group, based on the recommendations and inputs from the ILO.
• For these activities to be successfully delivered, the consultant will need to follow the recently developed ILO Financial Education training materials’ template, including the branding of the ILO Global Programme on Financial Education and the 2020 ILO Branding.
• Apart from the above-mentioned illustrations required to be adapted by the designer, the ILO will provide the training materials’ InDesign template, alongside all texts and illustrations to be needed in the layout.

Required outputs and deliverables

• Once the core technical content of the newly adapted ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet is completed, the national consultant will be required to work on and deliver the laid-out version of the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet for returnees and potential migrants in Kenya in English (around 200 pages), following the template provided by the ILO, and including all the illustrations produced by the illustrator and the ones directly adapted by the designer.
• Moreover, following the translation of the English manual to Swahili, the national consultant will be required to work on and deliver the laid-out version of the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet for returnees and potential migrants in Kenya in Swahili (around 200 pages), following the template designed for the English version and also the one provided by the ILO, and including all the illustrations produced by the illustrator and the ones directly adapted by the designer.
• These outputs will be required in a high-resolution PDF version and in a lower resolution web version. All the InDesign source files pertaining to the two above-mentioned outputs will be required for the validation of the assignment. All the outputs will need to respect the ILO Financial Education training materials’ template as well as the 2020 ILO Branding.

Duration and timeline of the assignment

• This assignment will be carried out from May - June 2024

Payment Schedule

• 50% will be disbursed upon submission of the laid-out version of the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet for returnees and potential migrants in Kenya in English to the satisfaction of the ILO two weeks following the signature of the agreement.
• 50% will be disbursed upon submission of the laid-out version of the ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet for returnees and potential migrants in Kenya in Swahili to the satisfaction of the ILO one month following the signature of the agreement.

Supervision and coordination

• The technical officer of the ILO Social Finance Programme from ILO-HQ will provide guidance to the consultant throughout the duration of this assignment. The consultant will also receive inputs from the international consultant recruited for the adaptation of the trainee’s booklet. The consultant will report to the ILO Better Regional Migration Management Chief Technical Advisor, National Project Coordinator and Technical Officer of the ILO Social Finance Programme.

Evaluation Criteria

Description

Maximum score A

Expertise/Qualification

• Does the applicant have proven experience in producing publications with innovative graphic designs with the use of software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, Illustrator, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash, etc. 10
• Does the applicant have previous proven working experience on similar work with UN agencies? 10
• Does the applicant have experience working with the newly developed 2020 ILO Brandi10
• Does the applicant have experience of graphic production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes (offset and digital) and colour management? 10
• Fluency in Swahili and English is a must.10

Maximum point 50

B Proposed approach to deliver the ToR’s scope of work

• Applicant demonstrates (via submitted technical proposal and a folder of sampled publications professionally designed by the applicant) their expertise working as a designer. The technical proposal includes a realistic 20work plan and financial proposition. The evaluation will assess the understanding of scope, objectives and methods used. 30
• Quality of the sample publications suggests that the applicant(s) possess the required level of skills and capacities to fulfill the assignment. 20

Maximum Points 50

• Total for Both Section A (50 Points) and Section B (50 Points) 100
• Minimum Acceptable Score for the Proposal to be considered for financial evaluation. 70

Qualification and experience

The consultant must have the following experience and skills to be able to perform qualitatively the activities mentioned in these Terms of Reference:

• Capacity to use efficiently the ILO Financial Education training materials’ template provided by the ILO.
• Proven experience in producing publications with innovative graphic designs with the use of software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, Illustrator, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in producing high quality laid-out training materials. The consultant will be required to provide a sample folder with publications he/she had professionally designed in past experiences.
• Respect of deadlines and ability to deliver the assignment in a timely manner.
• Previous experience working on similar work with sister UN agencies
• Fluency in Swahili and English is a must.
• Knowledge of the ILO Financial Education training materials is an asset.