Consultant (Video Documentary) at Mercy Corps Limited / GTE

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action - helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within, now, and for the future.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engagement of Consultant for Video Documentary to Showcase RRA Partnership with GAIL

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Contract

Background

• The Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity (RRA) is a 5-year USAID funded program being implemented by a consortium led by Mercy Corps with support from IFDC and Save the Children across the states of Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe in Northeast Nigeria. The Rural Resilience Activity seeks to facilitate economic recovery and growth in vulnerable, conflict-affected areas by promoting systemic change in market systems. This will ensure long-term improvements to markets that will sustainably move over 600,000 individuals out of chronic poverty.
• The Rural Resilience Activity, through Mercy Corps Nigeria, entered into a one-year partnership with Golden Agri Inputs Limited (GAIL) in September 2021 to increase access to high-grade agricultural inputs and high-value markets. The partnership targeted 3,000 maize farmers (including women and youth) in Adamawa and Gombe states. The project achieved massive impacts on farmers' livelihoods with $21.2 million in sales of grains and fertilizer. This documentary is aimed at documenting and showcasing the impacts of the partnership between the two organizations.

Purpose / Project Description

• This project is aimed at producing a 25 mins (max) video documentary to highlight how the USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity facilitated the return of GAIL to the Northeast. The video documentary shall showcase the impact of the partnership between GAIL and RRA on the livelihoods of farmers, key market actors, and their households, on their nutritional status and well-being, and on other impacts identified during the course of the production.
• The documentary will highlight GAIL’s relationship with aggregators, and the satisfaction of customers with GAIL products. The documentary shall describe the nature of RRA’s partnership with GAIL, the role of the parties, the challenge of GAIL before the RRA project, and the role played by the Rural Resilience Activity in GAIL’s return to the Northeast. In addition, the documentary shall present the context of the Northeast in relation to agribusiness, positively, profiling the opportunities available for investors, but not without its challenges.

Consultant Objectives

• The Activity, through the Communications Team, will engage a consultant who shall work with the relevant staff in GAIL and RRA to produce a maximum of 25mins video documentary, highlighting the impacts of the partnership between RRA and GAIL on farmers and aggregators. And especially how GAIL has been able to build a pool of aggregators.

Consultant Activities:
The consultant shall carry out the following activities and any other activities necessary for the success of the production.

Pre-production:

• Initiation meeting with GAIL and RRA: The consultant shall hold an initial meeting with relevant staff in RRA and GAIL to discuss, further the assignment and plan the travels and interviews.
• Production brief by the consultant: The consultant shall submit to Mercy Corps the step-by-step plan with a timeline of how the task will be achieved. At this stage, the consultant must demonstrate a clear understanding of the work before he can progress.

Production:

• Travel to locations: The documentary shall be shot in Lagos (GAIL office), Abuja (RRA’s office), Gombe (field location), and Yobe (field location).
• Interviews and Shooting: Interviews shall be held with GAIL and RRA participants (farmers and aggregators) as well as staff of RRA and GAIL.

Post-production:

• Editing: The consultant shall adopt the best editing tools and equipment in the production and post-production of the documentary.
• Handover of materials (products): All interviews and shots used in the documentary shall be shared with Mercy Corps with full consent of the participants.

Consultant Deliverables:

• Maximum 25 mins video documentary
• A hard drive containing all shots and raw interviews.

Timeframe / Schedule:

• 1 month (November 14th - December 14th, 2022).

Working Relationships

• The Consultant will report to: Ayodele Adesanmi, RRA Communications Manager
• The Consultant will work closely with: RRA Communications team members, the RRA EIF Manager, GAIL Brand Manager, RRA Intervention Officers.

Required Experience & Skills

Application Closing Date
6th November, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send the required Documents below to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Application Documents
Applicants must submit the Following Documentation:

• CV and Cover Letter,Tax Identification number and/or Tax certification
• Track record of the consultant/organization in producing documentaries
• Previous contracts, references, and/or appreciation letters and any other documents from other organizations you have worked for.
• Evidence of documentary videos, communication products, and other relevant previous work done.
• Detailed proposal /task breakdown demonstrating the consultant understanding of the task.