UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND
Office in Serbia is seeking a qualified Consultant- graphic designer for
designing, developing and releasing an accessible On-line Catalogue of
Assistive technologies
VN: 20-2016
The purpose of the consultancy is designing, developing and releasing an
accessible On-line Catalogue of AT based on the content already developed by
the AT Education Expert. The On-line Catalogue meeting the principle of
universal design shall be placed on the MoESTD website, Group for Social
Inclusion page and shall enable different technical possibilities (zooming,
automatic slide-show, searching, saving, downloading…).
Duration of the assignment is in period June – July 2016, total number of 15
working days.
The closing date for applications is 9 June 2016. Detailed Terms of Reference
can be found on http://www.unicef.rs/oglasi-za-posao.html under Vacancies.
Qualified candidates are requested to send their application to
[email protected] by 9 June 2016, ref. VN-20 Consultant - Graphic designer.
The application must include the following:
1. P11 (P11 form can be downloaded from
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc)
2. Price proposal - daily rate in RSD
3. Sample of work relevant for the consultancy – e.g. graphic content for
websites, on-line media and on-line catalogues etc.)
Important note: Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. UNICEF is a non-smoking
environment. UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its
workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all
national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with
disabilities to apply.
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Background:
Inclusive education (IE) has been set as an education policy priority and subsequently incorporated into legislation adopted in
Serbia starting from 2009. Implementation of the IE is of key significance for the realization of child and human rights, social
inclusion and human capital development. Law on the Foundations of the Education System at all levels of pre-university
education guarantees access to all children, ensures the right to education, institutional teaching with additional support and
individualized approach.
As a result of the project between the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and UNICEF Office
with support of the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC), the Group for Social Inclusion (GSI) was formed
in April 2015 with the goal to ensure continued advancement of early development and inclusive approach at all levels of
education in Serbia. Based on analysis of current status for inclusive education, the GSI in cooperation with partners,
developed the draft Action Plan for Inclusive Education, as foreseen by the Action Plan for implementation of Strategy for
Development of Education until 2020.
One of the priority goals of the AP for IE is creation of inclusive environment for development, learning and participation.
Accessibility of assistive technologies to children and students is one of the requirements for meeting this goal. Assistive
technology or adaptive technology (AT) is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for
people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. AT promotes greater
independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty
accomplishing, by providing enhancements to or changed methods of interacting with the technology needed to accomplish
such tasks. The provision of AT requires knowledgeable professionals on AT and its functions. However in Serbia there are
no many teachers and professionals fairly familiar with AT. Furthermore, there is no comprehensive tool that would provide
easily accessible information and characteristics on AT to teachers, professionals, parents, education institutions, ISCs and
other interested stakeholders. In order to enable accessibility of and dissemination of knowledge on AT, UNICEF and
MoESTD, shall support development of the On-line Catalogue of Assistive Technologies (AT). Main goal of the on-line
catalogue is to provide access to information to all stakeholders (parents, education institutions, inter-sectoral committees etc.)
on existing AT, their main characteristics, best use, as well as where and how they can be provided.
Purpose of the assignment:
Under the general guidance and direction the UNICEF and MoESTD/ GSI, the incumbent will be responsible to design,
develop and release an accessible On-line Catalogue of AT based on the content already developed by the AT Education
Expert. The On-line Catalogue meeting the principle of universal design shall be placed on the MoESTD website, GSI page
and shall enable different technical possibilities (zooming, automatic slide-show, searching, saving, downloading…). The
graphic designer shall work in close cooperation with the consultant for Assistive technologies and follow business
requirements for On-line catalogue.
Estimated start Date:
Estimated end Date:
Number of days/months
June 2016
End of July 2016
Estimated 15 days over given period.
No. of days will be paid on actual days worked
Work Assignment Overview
Tasks
Deliverables
Timeframe
1. Develop accessible On-line catalogue for AT
1. On-line catalogue released June – July 2016
following technical and business specification
and functioning
Up to 15 days
developed by the AT Consultant engaged by
the UNICEF, MoESTD/GSI and universal
design, that would build a basis for further
upgrade to web application
2. Provide graphic solution of the On-line
catalogue for AT and different technical
possibilities as agreed
3. Upload resources agreed with AT consultant
and approved by the MoESTD/GSI into Online Catalogue for AT.
4.
5.
6.
Run testing phase of the On-line Catalogue for
AT and follow up comments, fine-tuning of
On-line catalogue optimized for readability,
searchability, and accessibility.
Keep and file all material to be available for
future web application in adequate format
Train MoESTD on maintaining of the On-line
Catalogue
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Travel Required:
No
Workplace of Consultant:
Home based
Will the consultant need IT access, email?
No
Qualifications required, specialised knowledge, specialised skills and work experience required for this assignment
 Specialised course in computer science, design, engineering or related discipline, university degree is an asset
 More than 5 years of experience in designing print and on-line media and on-line catalogues, categories and subcategories grouping in user friendly manner
 Knowledge of Universal Design
 Knowledge of relevant design software such as PageMaker, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver
inDesign, Daisy…
 Knowledge of PDF optimizations for readability, searchability, and accessibility.
 Knowledge of web technologies HTML and Web-building tools is an asset
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