[opportunities] CONSULTANT TO DRAW PICTURES FOR ILLUSTRATION OF IEC MATERIALS ON PARENTING SKILLS

Fri Aug 5 08:54:47 ICT 2016

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This project is funded by EU
TERMS OF REFERENCECONSULTANT TO DRAW PICTURES FOR ILLUSTRATION OF

*  IEC MATERIALS ON PARENTING SKILLS*

*Project **“**Promoting inclusive and relevant early childhood care and
education for ethnic minority and disadvantaged children in Vietnam” –
funded by EU*

*I.                    **BACKGROUND*

*Aide et Action International (AEA) *is an international NGO, started
working in Vietnam since 2003 to support the development of sustainable
education projects with our belief in the universal right to a quality
education. The approaches of AEA in Vietnam focus on early transformation
during two time periods which are most critical in a child’s schooling,
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to basic education. Over 10 years
of experiences along with local communities, partner organizations, and
governments, AEA has implemented a number of projects in various locations.

*The Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and
Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA)* is a Vietnamese NGO established in 2000. Since
its establishment, CISDOMA has carried out various intervention projects
both at grassroots level and central level, and researches and surveys on
the topics relating to sustainable agriculture, climate change adaptive
livelihoods, Disaster Risk Reduction, value chain, Community Education.

*II.                  **RATIONALE*
Aide et Action and CISDOMA are now implementing the project “Promoting
inclusive and relevant early childhood care and education for ethnic
minority and disadvantaged children in Vietnam” - funded by EU - with the
aim to*increase access to high quality, relevant pre-school and early
primary education for ethnic minority children *living in 3 communes of Tam
Duong district in Lai Chau Province (Ta Leng, Nung Nang, Khun Ha)*through
enhanced teaching pedagogies, participation of parents, and well-informed
policymakers.*

Within the project framework, parents and caregivers of ethnic minority
children will play key roles in the process of promoting the quality of
care and education for the children. Parents will receive needs-specific
training in nutrition, health and hygiene, among other topics to develop
their capacities to more suitably care for their young children.  In order
to achieve the project’s objective, an Information, Education and
Communication (IEC) material package will be developed and applied in the
project’s community. In order to this materials is used effectively,
visualization of the contents of the materials by relevant pictures is very
essential.

*III.                **OBJECTIVE*
The consultant (preferred artist) will help to draw pictures for
illustration of IEC materials on Parenting Skills based on the content of
the skills which was developed by relevant experts.

*IV.               **SCOPE OF WORK*

The consultant will familiarize her/himself with the project’s proposal,
need assessment report on Parenting skills, and other documents relevant to
the project.

The consultant will work closely with project team and experts who
developed the content of the IEC materials

The consultant will discuss and get approval from Project Steering Board
(PSB) and Project Implementation Board (PIT) on the proposed ideas.

The consultant will develop the pictures based on the approval of PSB and
PIT. The pictures must reflect the true content of the skills, easy to
understand and remember, fit with local culture, custom and practice, and
comply with the project expected outputs and donor’s requirements.

The consultant will modify (if any) and finalize the pictures after testing
to familiarize with the project target beneficiaries and community

The consultant will ensure the copy right of the pictures and such pictures
after having integrated into the materials shall be the copy right of this
project

*V.                 **DELIVERABLES*

The specific outputs will be:

a)                  A package of pictures which illustrate the content of 7
topics on Parenting Skills including:

·                     health care for children

·                     personal hygiene for children and environmental
sanitation

·                     nutrition and food safety

·                     care for pregnant mothers

·                     preventing and dealing with situations involving
common accidents and injuries for children

·                     children rights

·                     physical development, cognitive development, language
development, emotional development and social skills, aesthetic development

b)        A written document from the consultant to ensure no violation of
copy rights of the pictures

*VI. CONSULTANT REQUIREMENTS*

The consultant should preferably have:

a)                  ability of good drawing, graduated from University of
Fine Art is an advantage

b)                  understanding the concepts of topics in IEC materials
to develop the ideas for suitable pictures

c)                  at least 2 years of experience in developing pictures
for IEC materials, especially for education projects

d)                  understanding on the culture, custom and practice of
Mong tribe and Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province

*VII.                         **DURATION AND TIMING*

                   The consultant is expected to start the service from the
3rd week of August 2016 and complete the task no later than 31st of August
2016 with agreed detail schedule.

*VIII.                       **MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT*

                    The contract will be signed in accordance with AEA
regulations and guidelines for the contracting of consultant. The
assignment will be directly managed by the Project Officer and
Communication Officer in the planning, picture developing and finalizing
the task assigned.

*IX.                **PROPOSAL CONTENTS*

Interested candidates must submit the following documents:

1.                  Expression of interest

2.                  Curriculum Vitae

3.                  3 relevant samples of previous work

Interested candidates are invited to contact Ms. Nguyen Thu Trang (
trang.nguyen at aide-et-action.org) for additional details about the
assignment. Please indicate clearly in your application subject:
“Consultant to develop pictures of IEC material”. Full proposal should be
submitted electronically no later than 14th August 2016 to the contact
email address:  info-vietnam at aide-et-action.org. Please note that only the
selected consultant is contacted.
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