Background

Schools2030 is a global movement for holistic learning and teacher and youth leadership. The movement brings together a diverse coalition which includes educators, school leaders, civil society, researchers, international organisations and government across ten countries and 1,000+ schools and community learning sites.

Our goal is to improve quality teaching and holistic learning, and to foster resilient education systems across the world, including for those living in remote regions and those facing multiple forms of marginalisation and crises.

Purpose:

Communications and the programme’s visibility are a central part of its strategy to scale micro-innovations around the world and encourage worldwide systems change by advancing the Schools2030 methodology. Videos and photographs help to play a crucial role in our storytelling abilities and can support the creation of a wide range of communications products, from our website and news articles to our reports, to our monthly newsletters and more.

We are therefore seeking a Videographer/Photographer to help capture the work of our teachers, Civil Society actors, staff and school communities in Mombasa and Lamu counties between the months of September 2024 to November 2024

Scope of work

AKF is seeking a partner consultant or organisation to support the documentation of Schools2030 programme achievements. The Scope of Work involves:

• Success stories on 5 youth partners implementation (3 in Mombasa and 2 in Lamu) – 5 videos (maximum of 10 minutes each)
• Incubation of the T-learning model– 1 video (5 minutes) capturing schools in Lamu and Mombasa
• Incubation of the Place Value Kit– 1 video (5 minutes) capturing schools in Lamu and Mombasa
• Incubation of improvised learning materials – 1 video (5 minutes) capturing schools in Lamu and Mombasa

The consultant is expected to:

• Demonstrate a client-oriented approach, tact and ability to work with people of different cultural backgrounds.
• Ensure effective and efficient provision of services, full confidentiality in all aspects of the assignment, management of information flow and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made.
• Ensure dignity of subjects, particularly in the context of children and vulnerable groups.
• Ensure all footage is labelled with time, date and location, and that we capture all subjects’ names, location and job title (or age in the place of children). This can be shared separately as a word document.
• Always ensure alignment to AKF’s global safeguarding policy.
• Ensure informed consent forms are signed by parents, teachers and subjects as appropriate and submit these consent forms to AKF along with images.
• Work in close coordination on the assignment with the National Coordinator and Communication Officer/or the Schools2030 team on the ground, as well as the Schools2030 Global Communications and Advocacy Manager.

Deliverables

• Film, edit and finalize 3x 5 and 5x 10 minute video, capturing stories of programme participants. All stories/films should be human centered as much as possible
• Ensure capture of 5 key types of shots to help tell a visual story of the Schools2030’s work: a mixture of landscape , architectural, portrait (subject looking into camera), group portraits and detail (close ups of innovations, books, learning materials etc.) shots.
• Film a mixture of b-roll based on the above guidelines, as well as interviews with all appropriate stakeholder groups (refer to communication officer for support with this).
• Visualize positive, people-centric, engaged, active participants as per the AKF visual communication strategy;
• Provision of edited photos in large JPEG format as per the minimum specified per shoot;
• Final HD with all footage shot during the assignment to be provided to Schools2030 team on the ground as well as uploaded to a specified cloud folder.
• All footage and final product taken during a shoot should be delivered to teams within two weeks of the shoot ending.
• Consent forms signed by subjects, and parents in the case of children as per AKF guidelines;
• Capture high definition pictures that capture all the innovations and the partners involved in the programme

The Aga Khan Foundation retains copyright over all footage shot during the course of an assignment. Copyright will appear as name of AKF Country/Year/Videographer.

The footage and videos taken should be usable for diverse audiences and have universal appeal. They should always demonstrate optimism, energy, inclusivity and enthusiasm and must never show images of sickness, sadness, fighting, anger or other negative or inappropriate imagery.

Workplan

Activity

Timeline

Introduction meeting to discuss assignment

September – November, 2024

Success stories on youth partners implementation

Incubation of the T-learning model

Incubation of the place value kit

Incubation of the improvised learning materials

Submission of final edits and raw footage

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Videographer/Photographer team based in Mombasa with demonstrated national and international expertise in film and video creation, with at least 5 years of relevant working experience in videography in similar field;
• Bilingual skills (English/local language) is preferred;
• Work with Media Agencies, International Organizations, NGOs an asset

Procedures and Logistics

• The Schools2030 team will regularly monitor the progress of the consultant’s work.
• Consultant will work from her/his private space.
• Consultant will use her/his computer and other equipment if necessary.
• Consultant will submit final report in an electronic form.

Conditions

• The nature of the contract will be temporary and the time-frame will be decided by the Communication Officer;
• The consultant is expected to conduct all work independently, in accordance with professional standards.

Payment Terms

• Payment is linked to receipt and satisfactory acceptance of deliverables;
• 50% payment upon signing of contract and 50% upon completion of the assignment and subject to approval by Schools2030 National Coordinator and Communication Officer.