Photographer

UNOPS mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Within these three core areas of expertise, UNOPS provides its partners with advisory, implementation and transactional services, with projects ranging from building schools and hospitals, to procuring goods and services and training local personnel. UNOPS works closely with governments and communities to ensure increased economic, social and environmental sustainability for the projects we support, with a focus on developing national capacity.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices in development, humanitarian and peacebuilding contexts, always satisfying or surpassing partner expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it. A flexible structure and global reach means we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.

Afghanistan

With 20 years of experience in the country, the UNOPS Afghanistan Operational Hub (AFOH) supports national reconstruction and development efforts by providing projects with goods and services; from stand-alone, one-off solutions to long-term management and capacity development support.  Based in Kabul, UNOPS AFOH has project offices in every region of the country. The team implements projects in support of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy, in a wide range of sectors including infrastructure, education, environment and agriculture, and governance and rule of law.

UNOPS strategy for Afghanistan and surrounding countries under its auspices is aimed at providing maximum support to the Governments and peoples of countries within the designated area of responsibility, through delivery of projects and services in line with the governments’ own priorities.

The UNOPS Afghanistan Operational Hub (AFOH) has been established as an organizational mechanism to deliver a range of projects for which UNOPS has been designated as the implementation agency. At present, UNOPS AFOH is implementing a number of projects in a range of sectors including infrastructure (roads, hospitals and irrigation systems) development, and capacity building to various ministries, on behalf of the host governments, in particular the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA), and the wider donor community.

The functional objective of UNOPS AFOH is to deliver projects in an efficient and effective manner, to achieve the development outcomes sought by host governments and the donor community, where capacity building is always considered and encouraged. The aim of UNOPS AFOH is to provide implementation services to the host governments, the donor community and partner agencies in the reconstruction and development of the countries within AFOH’s region. In doing so, UNOPS aims to exceed client expectations in the delivery of quality services throughout the country.

With the new UNOPS global structure and establishment of Afghanistan as an Operational Hub, the scope of responsibility has increased to cover Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Under the overall guidance of the Stakeholder Engagement and Reporting Officer, the photographer will support AFOH in taking dramatic landscape and infrastructure photos and will assist in documenting completed and successful projects of the organization in different regions of the country, in support of partnership development activities.  The photographer shall perform the following duties and responsibilities, but not limited to:

• Provide high quality and high resolution colored images of projects assigned to him/her
• Facilitate any necessary permits or permissions prior to shooting photographic subjects
• Seek out appropriate photographic subjects and opportunities
• Communicate with photographic subjects, putting them at ease, encouraging them and directing them
• Prepare and submit proofs for approval
• Provide photo captions (i.e. name, location and activity)
• Perform other duties as may be assigned

Monitoring and Progress Controls

• Soon after each project site visit, the photographer must submit 10 photos, which allows the supervisor to provide further guidance

Final Product

• Submit a total of 10 well-selected photos of each project site he/she visits
• RAW and JPEG high resolution format (300 pixels/inch, minimum size: 3000x2000 pixels)
• Images must be saved on a DVD/CD or in a personal external drive which will transferred later on to the office’s storage location designated by the supervisor 

• Demonstrates the United Nation’s values of integrity, professionalism and respect for diversity when carrying out duties and in interaction with colleagues, clients and stakeholders
• Communication: speaks clearly and engages in two-way communication
• Takes direct responsibility for own work, with attention to detail ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Demonstrates creativity and professionalism skills
• Capable of working with others in a participatory manner
• Demonstrates understanding and commitment to gender awareness and sensitivity, and an ability to integrate a gender perspective into task and duties

• Minimum of Secondary School Diploma is required
• At least 5 years of experience as a photographer
• Working knowledge (intermediate) of English as well as the local language at the duty station assigned
• Relevant certificate in digital photography a distinct advantage

• Applicants must provide a portfolio on mostly landscape, infrastructure and some portrait photos. The portfolio may be uploaded together with the application in GPRS or saved on an FTP site or online cloud storage (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, among others). If the latter, a cover letter must be uploaded to include the download link for the portfolio/files.
• The photographer should have his/her own professional digital camera equipment and should be available immediately for travel as soon as advised
• This is a local position and only Afghan nationals may apply.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time (CET)
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.