Video Making Consultant

Sustainable Healthy Diets through

Food Systems Transformations (SHiFT) Initiative: WP1

(open to Vietnamese nationals only)

The Organization

The Alliance of Bioversity International (www.bioversityinternational.org) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (www.ciat.cgiar.org) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.

With novel partnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people in a climate crisis.

The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.

About the position

The OneCGIAR research initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformations (SHiFT) aims to stimulate the demand for/consumption of sustainable healthy diets; the production/delivery of nutritious, safe, affordable, and sustainably produced foods; while improving livelihoods, gender equity, and social inclusiveness in all subsectors of food systems. One of the objectives of Work Package 1 is to Identify, test, and evaluate potentially scalable consumer- and food environment -focused policies, innovations, and guidelines to shift consumption patterns toward sustainable healthy diets. It is within this work package that the Alliance seeks to establish the co-creation of community actions to improve the adolescents’ food environments to ensure access to and consumption of healthy and sustainable diets in Vietnam.

Toward these objectives, the Alliance is seeking for a consultant to conduct training of study participants on participatory video making of their food environments in three study sites. The consultant will be supported by the CGIAR Food Environment and Consumer Behaviour Team in Asia.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the development of training protocols on technical video making, creation of storyboards and video creation
• Lead workshops that train adolescents on video making, making of story boardings and video cutting
• Provide backstopping to participants as they shoot video clips and cut videos to ensure the clips and videos show what the adolescents intended as per their story boards
• Review produced clips and videos for quality issues
• Support the research team in the compilation of all produced video clips, storyboards, cuttings, and videos

Deliverables:

• Training protocol on video making, creation of storyboards and video cutting
• Report on backstopping of video making, video quality and storyboards processes
• Storyboards produced by the 06 groups
• Videos produced by the 06 groups
• Video clips from all production teams

Qualifications:

• Experiences in participatory video making
• Interest in and proven editing and proof-video making skills
• Experience in working with children and or adolescents
• Good communication skills with a positive attitude and a strong service orientation
• Good command of Vietnamese and English (Written and Oral)

Duration: Total days of 44 days over 4 months, August to November 2023

Part time, schedule dependent on project timeline

Total contract value: USD 7,480 ($170 per day) PIT included

Payment schedule: The payment will be made based on the following schedule, and once the supervisor has confirmed deliverables:

Date	Amount	Deliverables
End of month 1	30%	Training protocol on video making, creation of storyboards and video cutting Report on the training of video making and cutting
End of month 2	30%	Interim report on backstopping of video making, video quality and storyboards processes Storyboards produced by the 06 groups
End of month 4	40%	Final report on backstopping of video making, video quality and storyboards processes Videos produced by the 06 groups Video clips from all groups

Applications

To be considered for this position, please send an email to HR Unit: [email protected] (Ms. Monissa Raju) with the subject line “Application: Video Making Consultant – Your full name”. In your email, please include:

1. A cover letter illustrating your motivation to apply and suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications and work responsibilities;
2. A detailed curriculum vitae, including the names and email addresses of three professional referees who are knowledgeable about your skills and professional abilities.

This position is urgent and will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Only qualified applicants with relevant skills and experience will be contacted. We recommend applying as soon as possible and no later than May 30, 2023.

We invite you to learn more about us at: https://alliancebioversityciat.org/

 

Organization: CIAT
Location:
Application deadline: 2023-05-30
Send application to: [email protected]