Engagement of Researcher/Creative Writer Consultants to develop two Case Studies on PIND’s Peacebuilding and Conflict Mitigation Success Stories

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PIND is seeking to engage researcher/creative writer consultants develop case studies on two success stories from its peacebuilding interventions in the Niger Delta.

The objective of this assignment is for the researcher/creative writers to research, and develop case studies that showcases two success stories from PIND’s peacebuilding program work. Each success story will be built around the testimonials of selected project beneficiaries and through these stories, extend the narrative to the wider impact: personal level, household level, organisational level, and community level. Stories would showcase what was the situation, the activity that was done, what the outcome of the intervention was, what the current situation is now and what has changed from before the intervention.

SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work for this assignment would include the following broad headings:

Planning meetings with relevant PIND teams and persons
Identification of case study and success story subjects: testifiers/beneficiaries
Desk reviews of documents and existing information
Template development and workplan scheduling
Information mining from target audience and existing documents for content development
Writing the case study and success stories
Editing and finalizing of case studies and success stories

QUALIFICATIONS

The consultant(s) should have the following qualifications and experiences;

A proven professional record of field research, creative writing and production of exploratory case studies, evidenced by the inclusion of links to show previous works: This is MANDATORY.
Excellent attention to technical details and ability to see the big-picture.
Master story teller with the ability to tell inspiring stories and good creative eye.
Ability to deliver quality within fast deadlines.
Excellent communications – written and oral- and ability to relate to people of different cultures, demonstrating ability to see issues from others’ perspectives.
Ability to coordinate activities in a professional manner exhibiting good work ethics.
Must be able to work with little or no supervision while maintaining the highest level of creativity.
Knowledge of the Niger Delta peacebuilding and development space is an added advantage.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested consultants can bid for the job according to their competencies. To apply, please kindly fill in responses in the template below and submit. All entries must not exceed three pages in total (but can be less). Applications should be emailed to procurement@pindfoundation.org with the subject: “Peacebuilding Case Studies”.