Required services: Consultancy to provide technical support to the Program Management Team and Prevention Care and Treatment teams of the National Aligned HIV/AIDS Initiative (NAHI) grant.

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Proposed dates: November – January 2023.

Commencement Date: November 16^th ,2022

Duration: 3 Months

Background

The USD290.5 million Global Fund National Aligned HIV/AIDS Initiative (NAHI) is a three-year (January 2021 – December 2023) grant that complements the efforts of Government of Nigeria, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and other partners to ensure that Nigeria pushes towards epidemic control by attaining the UNAIDs goal of 95-95-95 by 2030. To date, the Global Fund NAHI grant has collaborated progressively with key stakeholders to reach significant milestones in the course of achieving the set goals. As part efforts to communicate progress and keep the stakeholders (and the donor) abreast of grants achievements, this activity plans to develop digital documentaries (videos, pictures, and audios) on grant intervention areas of General Population, Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), Key Populations implemented in 17 intervention states in Nigeria.

Description/Purpose of the consultancy

The selected candidate will work closely with the project implementation team to conduct field trips to project sites to document program results and achievements as well as capture human angle stories as digital documentaries. The documentaries will be disseminated to wider range of stakeholders to replicate gains from the GF NAHI grant, sustain its activities after life of the program and promote project positive profile in the eyes of stakeholders, donors and implementing partners alike. The digital documentaries will be widely circulated via approved platforms (including social media) and used for purpose of advocacies to promote demand creation and uptake of HIV services at facility and community levels, as well as at key project events.

Objectives of the consultancy:

The objective of this consultancy is requested for a Video Editor to support the project implementing team to adequately tell stories about impact of project intervention on beneficiaries and promote awareness on accessible HIV prevention, care and treatment support services at the Global Fund supported facilities in the 17 focal states of implementation. The Consultant will support in the dissemination of digital documentaries to wider range of stakeholders to replicate gains from the NAHI grant and promote project positive profile in the eyes of stakeholders, donors and implementing partners alike. The Consultant will support in training project implementation team in the use of the product and circulation through approved platforms and for advocacies to promote demand creation and uptake of HIV services at facility and community levels, as well as at key project events.

Consultancy Overview and Role

The services of the Video Editing Graphic Consultant will include the following:

• Attend review meetings with the implementation team to determine production vision.
• Work closely with the project implementation team to embark on field trips to organize and filmed interviews with program beneficiaries as well as collate stakeholders’ testimonies and program’s impacts, results, and achievements.
• Edits raw footages and create appealing and compelling high-quality content videos of the interviews with program beneficiaries to adequately communicate project’s stories and achievements.
• Support to ensure the digital documentaries meet the program and donor branding and marking standard.

Specific deliverables:

Based on the activities listed above, the Consultants is expected to produce or accomplish the following:

1. Participate in meetings with program technical staff to understand design needs and expectations.
2. Participate in meetings to script, plan, model and ensure completion of video contents and sequences prior to set deadlines
3. develop.
4. Support in the design of product deployment specifications and packaging for social media and relevant channels.
5. Train project implementation team on the use and deployment of the final product.
6. Submit a monthly report of the consultancy assignment to AHNI.

Qualifications

• At least Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Design, Animation, Fine Arts, Education, Communications, Video, Art, Video Production, Multimedia, or equivalent with 3-6 years of experience

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in film studies, cinematography, or related field.
• Previous work experience as a video editor.
• Hands-on experience with editing software, including Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, Lightworks, and Premier.
• Creative and artistic skills.
• Familiarity with 3D composition and special effects.
• Portfolio of completed film productions.
• Ability to work to a tight schedule.
• Ability to translate ideas into complete projects.

Competencies:

• Knowledge of graphics and animation tools such as CorelDraw Graphic Suites, After Effects, Cinema4D, Maya, Photoshop Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Lightroom, Tableau

Method of Application

Interested and Qualified candidates should send in their Curriculum Vitae to this email: gf_advert@ahnigeria.org.

Deadline for submission of application is 1 week