Location of Consultancy	Remote / Washington, DC, USA; no travel is required for this project
Language(s) required	English (fluency)
Duration of Contract	October 1 to December 31, 2024

Background 

ACTION is a partnership of 14 locally rooted organizations around the world that advocate for life-saving care for millions of people who are threatened by preventable diseases. We work to enhance our impact, influence, and partnership to galvanize political will around the sustainable development agenda. 

Our mission is to influence policy and mobilize resources to fight diseases of poverty and achieve equitable access to health. ACTION’s Strategic Framework focuses the Partnership’s advocacy on three thematic pillars: 1) ending the epidemics; 2) giving all children a healthy start, with equal opportunity for girls and women to thrive; and 3) building equitable and sustainable systems. These pillars represent objectives that we seek to achieve by enhancing our impact, influence, and partnership, so we can galvanize political will to achieve the ambitious sustainable development agenda.  

The ACTION Partnership, founded in 2004, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. We plan to celebrate this major milestone by highlighting the Partnership’s accomplishments through a series of activities, including several short interviews with ACTION Partners and friends of the Partnership to be shared on social media.  

Scope of Work 

The objective of this assignment is to produce edited video clips of recorded interview content and photos that will be ideal to share on our website and on social media (X, LinkedIn, etc.) as part of the ACTION Partnership’s 20th anniversary celebrations in the fall of 2024. 

The consultant will work directly with the Director, ACTION Secretariat to design, draft, and finalize short videos for ACTION’s 20th anniversary. 

The consultant will be responsible for verifying the scope of the services indicated and for proposing their expansion, reduction, or modification as and when the consultant deems necessary in accordance with professional experience and the knowledge obtained during project implementation.  

Activities may include, 

• Meeting with the ACTION team to understand the vision and goals of the short form videos. 
• Create animations to accompany the video clips as appropriate. 
• Edit together video clips provided by ACTION with stock images, background music, etc. to deliver a final set of video clips meeting the standards of the ACTION team. 

The Consultant will provide all final products in MP4 and the original editing file, unless otherwise specified by ACTION. 

Key qualifications, experience, and skills of the candidate 

• A minimum of an associate’s degree (2 years) in a creative field such as video editing, graphic design, advertising, communication design, or visual arts, or 3–5 years of qualifying experience. 
• Understanding of and past work with non-profits and advocacy organizations would be considered a significant advantage. 
• Extensive work experience and a design portfolio with a wide range of creative projects. 
• Demonstrated experience of having undertaken similar assignments. 
• Proficiency in using video editing tools such as Adobe Premiere. 
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent command of oral and written English. 

Timeline and reporting 

• The consultant reports to the Director, ACTION Secretariat. She coordinates their activities with other members of the Secretariat team.  
• The assignment will take place October 1 – December 31, 2024. 

Procedure for submission of expression of interest 

Interested consultants should submit the following documents by email: 

• An updated CV (maximum 3 pages) 
• A letter/email that includes their daily rate and estimates (# hours) for 15 videos around 1–2 minutes in length using existing recorded material and as described above. 
• An example similar work (include examples with animations and stock images as well as examples containing only video content) 
• At least two references from previous clients or employers 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please submit your applications at info@action.org with “ACTION Video Editor RFP” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.