Fairtrade Africa Provision of Consultancy Services: Visual, Design and Production of a Photo Book for Recover Africa Project Jobs in Tanzania

Fairtrade Africa Provision of Consultancy Services: Visual, Design and Production of a Photo Book for Recover Africa Project Jobs in Tanzania


  • FTA is seeking the services of a professional photographer in Tanzania who will assist the organisation to document the participants, results, learning and success stories through quality photography.

  • The photographer is required to produce a package of photographs to illustrate the various interventions undertaken by the project and how that it has impacted the lives of producers and farmers and the communities in general.

  • The photographs should tell a story that depicts the role of Fairtrade Africa and the projects in various relief and emergency interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Most importantly, the photographs should highlight the impact of the project in terms of its contributions to building the resilience of Fairtrade producers beyond the pandemic.

  • The photographs should highlight the progress of the project by illustrating BEFORE and AFTER images whenever possible. It will be important to document how individual lives are affected by the project.

  • To do this, the photographer has to gather photos and stories behind the photos and identifying key communications people that can support these efforts.

  • For the photos, it will be important to collect a variety of shot types – e.g. extreme closeups,close-ups, mid-shot, long shot, staged shots, and action shots.

  • In addition to a variety of shot types, it would be important to gather photos that showcase people (especially if they have provided a quote), process/es, technological innovation, working experience with local communities are highly desirable in this consultancy.

    The photos will include the following data:

    • Location (where): Name the place, community and country where the the picture was made.

    • Date (when): Provide the date the photo was made using the format YYYY-MM-DD

    • Description: What is occurring --the action --in the photo? Or what are we seeing? Explain the purpose or reason why this is occurring, the context if you will.

    • People: Who is in the photograph? Try to get at least people's names and age. If more than one person in images write their names the following way: “From left to right: Moses, Fatuma, Peter and John.” If there are
    more than 2 people, you can also specify the group.

  • The photographer will obtain the relevant written consent for photographs usage from
    concerned people/authorities.

    Expected Outputs (Deliverables)

  • 1-2-page Shortlist – Before going to the field, it would be ideal if the photographer could share and refine the shortlist (i.e. the basic list of shots detailing the ideal shots that the photographer would want to capture
    with photos) and provide initial ideas on the storyline for the photographic documentary.
  • This would allow the project team to add or highlight additional images that may be good to capture. A sample working draft and project backgrounds will be provided.

  • Provide Fairtrade Africa with at least 300 high-resolution photographs (both raw and processed) and few appropriate video stills in external drives from all the projects.

  • The project team will conduct a photo review after each field trip undertaken by the photographer.

  • Provide Fairtrade Africa with a package of visual materials for use across different platforms for each of the three projects.

  • RIGHTS TO OWNERSHIP OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN

  • Rights in all the images taken and prepared by the photographer under this contract are to be owned by the FTA. These photographs, digital or printed both shall not be transferred to anyone outside FTA whether free of charge or at cost.

  • The photographs remain the property of FTA, even after the completion of the contract.

  • The consultancy work will be 25 days, including visits to the various project sites.
    Fairtrade Africa will determine the exact travel dates for the field visits in consultation with the respective Project Managers and based on the photographer’s expertise.

    Desired Expereinces

    FTA is looking for an individual with the following qualifications:

    • Demonstrated expertise in photography with at least 5 years of relevant working experience in professional photography in a similar field;

    • Outstanding photo editing skills

    • Good written communication skills in English and experience in script writing

    • Availability and willingness to travel to the project sites

    • High level of creativity and initiative

    How to Apply

  • Interested and qualified firm(s), institutions or consultants should submit their applications, which should include the following:

    • Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability

    • CV to include qualifications/competencies and relevant past experience in similar projects and contact details of 2 professional referees who can certify your competencies, professionalism, quality of writing, presentation and overall suitability to this TOR, with samples of relevant photographs.

    • Brief description of the approach to work/technical proposal of why the individual
    considers him/herself as the most suitable for the assignment, and a proposed methodology on how you will approach and complete the assignment; (max 1)page)

    • Financial Proposal that indicates the all-inclusive fixed total contract price and
    all other travel-related costs (such as professional fees, transportation, communications, etc.), supported by a breakdown of costs.

  • The closing date for receiving the application is 24th December 2020.

  • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

  • Please send the applications to recruitment@fairtradeafrica.net

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