Terms of reference for Audiovisual communications specialist consultant

Summary Information

• Department: Business Case for Collective Landscape Action initiative

• Location(s): Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

• Commitment: 2 months, full time dedication for travelling to Sintang, and Ketungau Hulu and Ketungau Tengah.

• Under direction of: Senior Associate, Communications APAC. The development of the consultancy will be in coordination with the Communications Manager for the Business Case initiative.

Consultancy Summary

About the Rainforest Alliance

Rainforest Alliance (RA) is now a $70 million per year organization with offices in 17 countries (and growing) and over 500 staff. The merged organization has two main offices—one in Amsterdam and one in New York City.

The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities.

We work towards making responsible business the new normal through our certification program, tailored supply chain services, landscape and community work, and advocacy.

The Rainforest Alliance is working to build an alliance to create a better future for people and nature by making responsible business the new normal. To advance our mission, we focus on amplifying our impact on the ground through systemic transformation: change throughout the supply chain, change in relationships between people and nature, and change within our own organization.

Overview

Rainforest Alliance, in partnership with Clarmondial, CDP North America, and Conservation International (CI), is leading the “Business Case Initiative for Collective Landscape Action” (the Business Case henceforward).

Across the Amazon and Indonesia, the rates of forest loss and biodiversity loss are increasing at a time the global impacts of climate change are escalating. If the world is to turn the corner from increasing rates of forest and biodiversity loss, and climate disaster towards a net forest-positive and climate-positive future, transformative solutions that have the potential to unleash systems change are needed.

The goal of the Business Case is to scale-up reductions in commodity-driven deforestation while accelerating biodiversity conservation, restoration, and community livelihood gains by demonstrating the business case for collective landscape action and enabling its application globally. There are many problems that a single organization or a sector cannot face alone, such as adaptation to climate change, access to quality water (social conflict), and loss of biodiversity and its ecosystem services (pollinators, pest control, and soil quality). When facing these problems, the integrated landscape management (ILM)[1] approach in Rainforest Alliance facilitates collaborative landscape governance processes to develop solutions to complex challenges, involving key stakeholders by creating or strengthening a landscape partnership. A landscape partnership aims to be long-term in nature, have a vision of more than 10 years, and have multiple sources of financing, markets, and tax incentives to support priority projects and activities, which are outlined in a formal landscape action plan (LAP). Long-term impacts are monitored by LandScale[2]. The landscape partnership, landscape action plan, and LandScale aim to create better conditions to allow landscapes to “de-risk” and encourage investment, going further than certification to address challenges that have an impact beyond the farm (wastewater management, for example) and align the landscape action plan to governmental and private sector planning instruments.

The Business Case initiative consists of three interconnected components that support the theory of change:

1. Facilitation of multi-stakeholder landscape action plans and enhanced local capacity to implement activities and attract finance to achieve positive landscape-scale outcomes through the work of partners Rainforest Alliance and Conservation International. Component 1 works at the local level and is led by RA and CI.

2. The development of innovative financing mechanisms to support investment in high-performing landscapes through the work of partner Clarmondial.

3. Increased disclosure of information on the performance of and governmental and private sector participation in landscapes and jurisdictions through the work of partner CDP.

As a result of this work, the initiative aims to unlock international finance for sustainable production, channel it to well-planned landscapes, and ultimately stabilize critical deforestation frontiers.

Context behind the consultancy: 

The consultancy will support the work of the Business Case to develop audiovisual communications resources needed to mainstream and disseminate the work, progress, and impact of the initiative in Sintang, West Kalimantan. During the implementation, partners of the Business Case have identified the need to develop customized communications products that builds on the work developed by The Business Case, to showcase the value proposition of the initiative and hence, attract more partnerships, financing, and support to work under an Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) approach.

Main Objective

The main objective of the consultancy is to register pictures and video footage of the work developed by the Business Case team, particularly by RA. The specific activities and products listed below are focused on: Develop a photo library with pictures of Sintang landscape, best practices on oil palm plots, trainings developed with local communities, technical assistance and joint/collective work being undertaken by the multistakeholder forum. The second product is to register video footage from the landscape, trainings, work with local and indigenous communities, palm oil plots, and interviews to key stakeholders with whom the Sintang team is working. The third product is the edition of a video summarizing the development of the Multistakeholder forum and the Sintang Landscape Action Plan.

Contractor Services at a minimum must include:

The consultancy requires an individual, that can meet the following requirements:

1. Five (5) years of proven experience in photography and video register and editing, from conceptualization to completion and dissemination of the product

2. Color management / video color correction.

3. Strong theoretical and practical experience in graphic design, creation, and video editing, including the use of graphic design software, and editing such as Adobe Creative Suite – In-Design, Adobe Premier Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, etc.

4. Detailed and labeled portfolio of photo and video work.

5. Basic knowledge and skills in animation are desirable.

6. Consultant should be owner of a Drone for aerial photography and videos.

7. Native Indonesian speaker (Warga Negara Indonesia). Excellent skills in verbal and written business English.

8. Preferable: Experience working with diverse social groups internationally, including women and Indigenous peoples (IP).

9. Preferable: experience working with international NGOs

Activities and deliverables

1. Conduct meetings with the Business Case Communications Manager, APAC Communications Senior Associate and the Sintang technical team to define the work plan for registering pictures and videos of the Business Case work.

2. Develop a work plan that includes a clear timeline for registering photos and videos, and their edition afterwards. This work plan should include the name of key stakeholders who will be interviewed.

3. Develop the video script in Indonesian, for the 3 minutes video that summarizes the work of the Business Case in Sintang.

4. Travel to Sintang, West Kalimantan and to the work areas of the Business Case to register photos and videos.

5. Edit 60 HD photos and video footage that will be used for the 3 minutes video.

6. Deliver a first cut edition of the video for revision and feedback.

7. Deliver a second cut for final edits.

8. Deliver the final cut of the 3 minutes video.

9. Deliver all editable files for both pictures and video footage. Rainforest Alliance will provide external HDD.

Deliverables should include a process to get feedback from the Rainforest Alliance, to incorporate feedback before the final deadline. Deliverables will include the following.

Selection Criteria

The list criteria to assess proposals from potential consultants are:

• Technical Proposal (30%) – The extent that the Applicant’s proposal demonstrates a clear and effective overall technical approach and presents an effective and realistic work timeline.

• Qualifications (40%) – Demonstrated expertise, experience, and availability through a CV that meets the requirements of the technical specifications.

• Past Performance (30%) – Demonstrated capabilities and experience related to the technical specifications, capabilities, and quality of products or services.

Proposal Process and Format

Submit application via Hirehive uploading CV, technical proposal, qualifications, and past performance along with other relevant materials for evaluation no later than May 17th, 2024.

The proposals should contain:

• Work plan/technical proposal/methodology/timeline for deliverables.

• List of previous engagements that address the above experience desired.

• Current C.V.

• Contact details of recent references (email and phone number)

Pre-selected candidates will be notified by email and / or by phone.

Thank you for your interest in working with The Rainforest Alliance

[1] For more information on the ILM approach, refer to “A Practical Guide to Integrated landscape Management” by the “1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People” initiative at https://landscapes.global/resources/

[2] For more information on the LandScale tool, visit the website at www.landscale.org