Call for Consultancy: Strategic Media Content on Peace & Interfaith Tolerance Infographics & Article - Search for Common Ground

Project Overview 

Search for Common Ground (Indonesia) invites applications from media agencies/firms or individual consultants to produce and promote an article and infographics for an online campaign which aims to promote peace and interfaith tolerance to Indonesian youth. 

Background

Search for Common Ground (Search) Indonesia believes that media and social media, when used right, can be powerful tools to spread peaceful messages, including in supporting religious freedom and interfaith tolerance. Through the SOLID-ID: Strengthening Religious Freedom in Indonesia project, Search has carried out researches in the form of Policy Assessment, Media Content Analysis, and Public Perception Survey on religious freedom and interfaith tolerance in Indonesia.

In order to raise awareness about the importance of peace and tolerance in Indonesia, Search will produce strategic media content on religious freedom, in the form of infographics and editorial articles on social media based on these researches, in order to be disseminated through social media and local media partners.  In order to carry out this purpose, Search deems it necessary to collaborate with a local media agency or individual consultant that focuses on producing positive and engaging content, particularly in the forms of editorial articles and infographics.

Organization

Search is an international peacebuilding organization that strives to transform the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches; towards collaborative problem-solving. Search has been working in Indonesia since 2002 and works with governments, civil society, state institutions, youth, women, media organizations, and other stakeholder groups to promote peace, reconciliation, tolerance, and collaboration across dividing lines. 

Search, in collaboration with local partners, supports the process of building peaceful culture through media programming, dialogues, outreach activities, and capacity strengthening. Search Indonesia works primarily with youth to prevent violent extremism and religious intolerance as part of the challenges for peace and tolerance in Indonesia. 

Objectives

• To disseminate highlights and important findings of Search’s research to the wider public, particularly youth
• To produce positive content as an alternative narrative on social media 
• To promote the message of peace in general and interfaith tolerance in particular

Key duties

The selected Consultant(s) must perform the following tasks, including but not limited to:

1. Produce an article

            The selected consultant will produce 1 (one) article on religious freedom and interfaith tolerance in             Indonesia, drawing from highlights or important findings from Search’s research.

        2. Produce 2 (two) infographics

            The selected consultant will design and produce 2 (two) infographics based on Search’s research within             the agreed timeline and theme.

         3. Place article and infographics on online platforms.

            The consultant will work together with Search Indonesia’s Communication and Social Media Coordinator             to create captions and editorial plan to accompany the contents. They will distribute and promote the             contents through their channels. 

        4. Report the statistics

            The consultant will provide monthly insights of the contents within the period of January - March,             including but not limited to number of likes, views, shares, comments, and engagements.

Deliverables

a. 1 (one) editorial article, in Bahasa Indonesia and English. 

b. 2 (two) infographics, in Bahasa Indonesia and English 

c. Placement of the article and infographics (in Bahasa Indonesia) on online platform. 

        The article is expected to gain:

        - 5,000 views

        The infographics are expected to gain:

        - 5,000 reach (the number of unique accounts that have seen the post) within the period of January –                 March.

        - 10,000 impressions (the total number of times the post has been seen) within the period of January                 – March

d. Performance report of the contents.

The consultancy period will be from January 18th to February 1st 2019.

Remuneration

The schedule of payment of the consultancy fee is as follows:

1. 50% will be paid upon signing of the agreement

2. 50% will be paid upon approval and publication of deliverables.

Consultancy fee is subjected to tax.

 

Qualifications

• Reputable media company or experienced individual;
• Experienced in media production, including producing articles and infographics; 
• Has good social media presence, particularly among the youth.

Application process

Interested candidates should send their CV or company portfolio, technical and financial proposal (detailing the cost calculations), and similar past work to phandayani@sfcg.org (cc-ed to sgayatri@sfcg.org) by January 11th 2018.

Short-listed offerors will be invited for further discussion about the proposed approach. Incomplete applications well not be accepted

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