KHARTOUM, SUDAN /PROGRAMS – AFRICA – CENTRAL & EAST /CONSULTANT – INTERNATIONAL
Deadline for submission of applications is January 17, 2021.
Background:
Search for Common Ground (Search) is an international NGO with the overall mission to change the way the world deals with conflict— away from adversarial approaches and toward collaborative solutions. In Sudan, Search, in partnership with Sudanese NGOs Badya Centre for Integrated Development (Badya), Um Serdiba Association for Development (Um Serdiba), Paralegal’s Association (PASS), Human Security Initiative Organisation (MAMAN), and ElSharq Centre for Culture (ECC), are implementing a 30-month project titled “Maa Baaad Nanmo”– We Grow Together: Supporting Sudanese CSOs to improve multi-sectoral development for vulnerable women and girls, which has the overall goal to increase the capacity, networks and opportunities of Sudanese CSOs to improve vulnerable women and girls’ access to multi-sectoral development in the states of West Kordofan, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, Al Qadarif and Kassala.
Assignment:
As part of this project, Search is seeking to recruit a cartoonist to develop a 24-page comic book that will provide information and on women’s rights and gender inequalities. In particular, this comic book will center around the constitutional document and will emphasize the importance of women’s rights and the ways in which gender inequality is being addressed in the constitutional document.
Deliverables & Deadlines:
- Completion of consultations: February 15, 2021
- Completion of the script: February 28, 2021
- Submission of the first draft of the comic book: April 15, 2021
- Pre-testing of the comic book: April 30, 2021
- Completion of the comic book: May 15, 2021
Qualifications:
- At least 3 years of experience as a cartoonist
- Experience developing comic books for NGOs, preferably INGOs; is preferred
- Knowledge of local Sudanese context in West Kordofan, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, Al Qadarif and Kassala is an asset
- Fluent in spoken and written Arabic is preferred
- Proficiency in English (spoken) is preferred
- Flexibility and collaborative team spirit
To apply, interested candidates are requested to submit their profile/CV including their proposed daily consultancy fee, as well as a comic book sample by January 17, 2021.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.
All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Shared Humanity – Empathy – Impartiality – Inclusivity – Courage – Hope – Humility – Audacity. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults.
Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
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