Job Description

Background

Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL) is an international child rights organisation that works to create a world free from child exploitation. Since 1965, the organisation has protected children from violence, trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse. TdH NL has been supporting local partners in East Africa to implement programmes that help improve the wellbeing of children in the region.

One of these programmes is She Leads. She Leads is a five year joint programme (2021-2025) that brings together child rights organisations, feminist/women’s rights organisations, and groups led by girls and young women. The programme focuses on increasing the sustained influence of girls and young women (GYW) in  decision-making and the transformation of gender and social norms in formal and informal institutions.

She Leads is a partnership of Plan International Netherlands, Defence for Children - ECPAT the Netherlands (DCI-ECPAT), African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), and Terre des Hommes Netherlands, in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The programme is implemented in Lebanon, Jordan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana.

Advocacy is central to the programme, specifically advocacy by girls and young women themselves. Training and empowerment of girls and young women is a key strategy of She Leads, as well as mobilisation of GYW to amplify their voices. She Leads works in three interrelated domains; central to the She Leads programme is the enhancement of collective action of GYW in a gender-responsive civil society (civil society domain), supported by increased acceptance of positive social gender norms (socio-cultural domain) and by meaningful participation of GYW enabled in decision-making by political institutions (institutional domain).

About the assignment

The advocacy efforts and other programme activities of She Leads are supported by a sound communication and publicity initiative. To this end, actual professional photo footage from various countries of implementation is needed. This footage will serve the entire She Leads community - domestically in the countries of implementation; regionally and internationally e.g. in lobbying the United Nations; and in the Netherlands to inform and give accountability to the constituencies of the Dutch She Leads partners.

Objective of the Assignment

The overall objective of the assignment is to produce a series of photographs that captures the essence, spirit and work of the She Leads programme, particularly the  youth advocates. 

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

For this assignment, TdH NL is specifically looking for local talent. In line with the She Leads programme, the photographer for this assignment is preferably a young feminist /gender advocate. The photographer should have:

• 2-3 years of demonstrable, relevant photography experience

• Experience in producing advocacy/development  work related photography

• Local knowledge of the community in (Amhara Region)

• Excellent technical capacity and equipment (state of art photography equipment).

How to Apply

Application Procedure

Interested applicants are invited to submit their Expression of Interest. This should include the following:

• Letter of Interest, stating why you consider yourself suitable for the assignment and what your ideas are for capturing ‘intangible’ concepts such as advocacy;

• Personal CV highlighting relevant past experience;

• Portfolio with examples of recent work (can be online via a link);

• Budget for this assignment, breaking down the various tasks such as pre and post production, and the actual shoot itself;

• At least two references related to past assignments, with contact details (e-mail addresses and mobile phone number) of referees.

Contacts for Submission or Questions

Interested applicants can submit their Expression of Interest  to   ethiopia@tdh.nl on or by 25th August 2022. The application email subject should be: ¨Consultancy: Freelance Photography for She Leads Programme - (Ethiopia)"

For more information about this position,  you can get the ToR through this email address: a.alemu@tdh.nl