Turkey: Photo Journalist

Position: Photo journalist

Location: Turkey (İstanbul)

Duration: 23 day, with possibility of contract extension/renewal based on quality of deliverables

Reports to: Country Director

About RI:

Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty. Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

Scopeof Work:

The Photojournalist will be responsible for training a between 10 to 15 selected beneficiaries who are benefiting from programs run by RI and its implementing partners on intensive photography and writing workshop that meets daily for two weeks. It is then followed by a one-week period to print and organize a public photo exhibition. The photojournalist will visit RI’s program site in Istanbul and produce the following deliverables:

1. Run a photo and writing workshop for refugees at RI’s partner site in Sultanbeyli, Istanbul.
2. The workshop will be conducted over a two week period and the course will consist of daily photography assignments with the photojournalist to foster open and creative expression
3. Develop a photo archive of high resolution images developed by the beneficiaries
4. Select the best photos to be presented in the photo exhibition.
5. Create photo diaries for each beneficiary to keep with them after the completion of the course
6. Distribute certificates of completion for beneficiaries
7. Select the best photos for a final exhibition
8. Draft and finalise a 3 minute video on the photo course, interviewing beneficiaries and facilitators

Duties and Responsibilities:

The consultant is expected to follow the requirements listed below:

• Incorporate RI and donor branding and style guidelines as specified.
• Obtain consent from individuals featured in the photographs using RI’s consent form.
• Provision of camera’s and other materials for the beneficiaries attending the course
• Provide brief captions for all photos specifying the subject of the picture and an explanatory sheet with background information.
• Responsible for hiring translators for the photo course.
• Provide RI with final material in editable soft copy format.
• Responsible for the photo exhibition content (RI will be responsible for inviting participants)

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Photo journalist with a relevant degree and/or demonstrated experience.
• Demonstrated experience in photography and videography with an extensive portfolio.
• Experience in training the volunteers on photography.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• An interest in humanitarian, development, and related issues.
• Proficiency in English required; knowledge of Arabic and/or Turkish is desirable.
• Ownership or possession of a high resolution digital camera is a must.

Intellectual Property:

All information pertaining to this project (documentary, digital, cyber, project documents, etc.) belonging to RI, which the consultant may come into contact with in the performance of his/her duties under this assignment shall remain the property of RI who will have exclusive rights over their use. Except for the purposes of this assignment, the information shall not be disclosed to the public nor used in any way without written permission of RI. The copyright for all photographs, videos, and other materials produced as part of this assignment will remain with RI.

Financial Proposal & Payment Arrangements:

The photo journalist will submit a financial proposal based on a lump sum amount that includes all costs required for the performance of this assignment, such as the consultant’s fee, taxes; stationaries for the participators, daily work prints (250 prints/day), printing (2 prints/student), lodging for facilitator, lunch and snacks for the participators for 16 days, translators (Arabic-English-Turkish), international and domestic travel cost, transportation and accommodation cost and cameras, memory card, hard drives 1tb. The contract price will be fixed output-based price, regardless of extension of the specified duration. Payment will be made upon submission and RI’s acceptable of the final deliverables.

RI Values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and Accountability
• Agility and Innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability

Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume, cover letter, financial proposal, and samples of past work by July 03, 2018 on the link below:

http://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=RI&cws=4&rid=1202