Consultancy - Illustrator-Designer for Preschool Education Tender, Georgia - 31540296

Procurement Summary

Country : Georgia

Summary : Consultancy - Illustrator-Designer for Preschool Education

Deadline : 25 Mar 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31540296

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
9 Eristavi street, IV floor, UN House Tel: +995-32251130
Georgia
Email :tbilisi@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org

Tender Details

Georgia: National Consultancy - Illustrator-Designer for Preschool Education Publications in Tbilisi, Georgia.

BACKGROUND
UNICEF supports the Government of Georgia and municipalities in implementing new standards on Early and Preschool Education and Care. In 2017-2018 UNICEF supported development of supplementary methodological resources (guidebooks, curriculum guides, brochures, video clips, posters, etc.) to support capacity building and improve understanding of the national standards among preschool practitioners and managers.

UNICEF seeks to hire one or several individual consultant/s to support development of the electronic and print-ready layouts of two publications.

OVERALL GOAL OF CONSULTANCY AND SPECIFIC TASKS
Overall goal of the consultancy is to develop illustrations and designs (including cover and layout) for two guidebooks developed for preschool practitioners:

Curriculum Guidebook for children age 2 to 5 and mixed age groups.
Guidebook for National Early and Preschool Education Quality Standards.
Specific tasks throughout the consultancy include:

In coordination with UNICEF's communication and education programme teams, as well as authors of the guidebooks, develop relevant sketches of illustrations and graphs for the two guidebooks; finalize illustrations and graphs based on received feedback;
Deliverable 1: finalized illustrations and graphs for the two guidebooks.

Prepare a user-friendly design concept for the two guidebooks in close coordination with UNICEF's communication and education programme teams, as well as authors of the two guidebooks.
Deliverable 2: Design concept and sample layout pages developed for the two guidebooks.

Design and layout of the two publications, including covers, based on the agreed design concept; Prepare final web-version and print files of both publications.
Deliverable 3: Finalized two guidebooks designed and ready for publication online and for print.

Publications (2 types of publications)
design/layout - WEB AND FOR print:

Size: A4 (or smaller size)

Colour: 4+4

Content:

Authentic illustrations (created for this particular assignment), symbols/icons, infographics and graphics.

(1.) Curriculum Guidebook for children age 2 to 5 and mixed age groups (356 pages);

(2.) Guidebook for National Early and Preschool Education Quality Standards (256 pages).

Deliverables
Finalized illustrations and graphs for the two guidebooks.
Design concept and sample layout pages developed for the two guidebooks.
Finalized two guidebooks designed and ready for publication online and for print.
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The performance of work will be evaluated based on the following indicators:

Completion of tasks specified in ToR.
Compliance with the established deadlines for submission of deliverables.
Quality of work.
QUALIFICATIONS OR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/FINANCIAL PROPOSALS
Significant experience in developing illustrations, icons, infographics and designs of posters, brochures and other publications, preferably for top brands.
Experience with doing similar job for educational purposes.
Work experience with humanitarian international organizations, NGOs or non-profits.
Experience with utilizing the latest technics and technology in terms of design.
Ability to deliver products on time and within budget.
The applicant should submit a detailed action plan and financial proposal with payment modalities by the deadline indicated in the ToR.

Structure of the Action Plan

The Action Plan should include but not be limited to the following.

Detailed methodology/approach to achieve the deliverables.
Proposed timeline and milestones.
Portfolio which includes illustrations, icons, infographics, graphics, posters, brochures and publications.
Financial proposal and payment modality

The financial proposal shall specify the fees requested for the tasks described in the current ToR and shall be based on the above list of deliverables. The financial proposal should be indicated in GEL.

SUPERVISION ARRANGEMENTS AND UNICEF SUPPORT
The contracted individual(s) will work under the direct supervision of Education Officer (Early Childhood Education) and in close collaboration with the Communication Officer, who will oversee all contract issues, provide feedback as indicated in the tasks above, and assure quality of the final products.

All activities and deliverables will be discussed and planned in consultation with UNICEF. The consultant(s) will receive feedback and guidance to achieve objectives and quality of work.

The consultant(s) will not be provided with any equipment, office space, travel or other services by UNICEF.

DURATION AND MODE OF CONSULTANCY
The part-time consultancy service is required for the duration of three (3) months starting as of 25 March, 2019.
The service is home-based with occasional meetings to be organized in UNICEF Tbilisi office.

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