Photo-video Consultant

**Location**: Cairo, Egypt

**Reporting to**: Communications Unit Senior Manager

Purpose of the roster
ICARDA is seeking professional photographers and/or videographers to document ICARDA’s work. Contractors will provide digital photographs and/or video for production of human-interest stories, social media materials, campaign publications, and website content, etc. The contract will be home based with required travel for field missions.
This call for the roster is published to give an opportunity to applicants to express interest in being part of this roster to undertake the key accountabilities listed below when the opportunities arise.

About ICARDA
All CGIAR Centers are currently engaged into a reform process (“One CGIAR’”) that will help ICARDA and CGIAR achieve better impact through more strategically integrated research, unified governance, an integrated structure and new research modalities across participating Research Centers. This transformation is supported by CGIAR donors who have committed to increased funding as a result of these reforms.

Main responsibilities
- The contractor will work alongside the Communications Staff and Project Staff to develop a project brief and costing that plans and executes 1-5 days trips to the project sites to capture digital image/video material.
- A ‘shopping list’ of images and/or video will be provided by the Communications Unit along with a list of deliverables, and performance indicators.
- Video interviews may be included.
- Post-production of images and/or video will be included.
- Written stories to accompany images may be optional and will be planned within the brief.
- A set of images in RAW format as well as edited/enhanced JPG format images.
- RAW video, preferably in short clips.
- Possible edited video - to be discussed and planned in the brief.
- The medium on which the images and/or video will be delivered on (external drives, etc), will also be planned in the project brief.
- The copyright of all photo and/or video materials produced (raw and edited) will belong to ICARDA.

**Requirements**:
Desired qualifications, requirements, and experiences for entry into the role
- Contractors will be expected to submit a portfolio of professional quality and appropriate photographic and/or video work to demonstrate their expertise in the medium.
- Contractors will be expected to demonstrate a minimum of eight years’ experience of carrying out such documentation trips in the humanitarian/development sector.
- Contractors should have the capacity to take all responsibility for any permissions required to capture images and/or video while on location.
- Contarctors should have the ability to supply their own photographic/video equipment and editing software.
- The inclusion of drone equipment is preferable.
- Contractors must have a right to work in the target countries. ICARDA will not supply working visas for individuals who do not possess the right to work in the target countries.
- Any insurances for both equipment and health, will be at the contractor’s responsibility.
- Contractors will be asked to supply competitive daily rates that include their equipment.
- For longer shoots, contractors will be expected to supply a ‘package’ (discounted daily rates)
- Postproduction rates will depend on the length of the project.
- The contractor will be expected to make their own way to the ICARDA office in target countries. ICARDA will not be responsible for the cost or organization of any international flights to transport the contractor to or from the target country.
- ICARDA will be responsible for the cost and organization of any travel within the target country.

**Benefits**:
Terms and conditions
- Applicants who meet the selection criteria may be contacted for further interviews or assessments and to confirm their continued interest and availability for opportunities which are projected to be conducted between 1 to 20 days.