Oxfam employs more than six thousand people in 90 countries who share a commitment to work together to end poverty and suffering. It is committed to ensure diversity and gender equality within the organization and welcomes applications from women, person with disability and under-represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status. The organization has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence and has established a permanent country office in 1972. Since then it has responded to all major emergencies in the country. Oxfam’s current program focuses on Economic Justice & Resilience, Gender and Women’s Leadership and Humanitarian Capacity Building and Response.

A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can stop poverty and suffering in their tracks. More than 8,000 people already commit their time and talents to our humanitarian and longterm development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for a qualified Consultant or a Consultancy Firm to “Storyteller / Writer for Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls.” We are inviting for proposal from interested consultancy firm / individual to undertake this assignment.

Background:

Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls (henceforth Creating Spaces) is a five-year project supported by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Oxfam Canada that takes a stand in six Asian countries to reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG), including child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM).

From 2016, Creating Spaces has 5 local partners who have worked with 24 community-based partners approximately have reached thousands lives to deliver our experience in developing networks of change, boosting capacity, and creating spaces for women and girls to feel safe, valued, and included. To achieve our goal in Bangladesh, the initiative is collaborating with five national NGOs as implementing partners.

Objective:

The main objective of the consultancy is to develop appropriate contents of the story through collecting impact stories from Creating Spaces project implementing locations. The consultant will be mainly responsible for collecting contents from the field, copy- editing, design the story. Expected number of impact stories is 10.

The consultant will develop impact stories/production (s) on the following themes:

• Create awareness on gender related issues through story telling skills
  
• Write stories based on the contents collected from the ground both in Bangla and English for wider audience
  
• Copy edit the impact story book content
  

Please refer to the detailed ToR (Click here) for this assignment.

• The individual/firm must submit the following documents along with Technical & Financial Proposal.
• The financial proposal should include 15% VAT only. Oxfam will deduct Income Tax and VAT as per government rules and policies at source from the agreed consultancy amount for national consultant and firms.

For Individual Consultant

• Maximum 2 pages’ profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number along with detailed CV.
• TIN certificate and any other relevant document (if necessary).

For Consultancy Firm

• Maximum 2 pages’ firm profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number.
• Lead Consultant’s (who will lead the assignment) Maximum 2 pages CV highlighting related assignment completed, role in of the completed assignment.
• Other Team members’ (who will involve in the assignment) one paragraph short CV highlighting related assignment completed and role.
• Firm’s Certificate, TIN and VAT registration.

Please mention the assignment title “Storyteller / Writer for Creating Spaces” in the subject line and send the application to hrbd@oxfam.org.uk.

Submit two separate PDF files with following names:

1. Financial proposal
2. Technical proposal

The Technical proposal should include following parts

• Cover page
  
• Table of content
  
• Understanding of the assignment (pls. don’t copy & paste)
  
• Experience in handling similar assignments, a work-plan, methodology
  
• Certificate: TIN and VAT registration
  
  

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 03 OCTOBER 2021

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