RFQ FY21 -070 Web Designer for the Equality Accelerator project

Background Information on Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Read more about Plan International’s Global Strategy: 100 Million Reasons at https://plan-international.org/strategy

1. RFQ- Requirements

Background:

The Equality Accelerator project launched in March 2019 with the goal of harnessing technology and Girl-Centred Design to improve access to funding and non-financial support for young and girl activists working towards gender equality.

Following ideation and design sprints with young activists, the project moved forward with a pilot in Brazil and Guatemala, and a minimum viable product (MVP) was launched in October 2020 with the following functionalities:

1. A searchable database of funding opportunities;

2. A repository of tools and resources;

3. A community of peers where activists where activists can search groups by location and support offered and contact these groups through social media;

4. A flexible fund mechanism with application, voting and reporting capacity all taking place over the website.

The MVP is currently live in three languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish. The website can be seen here: https://eacolectiva.org/en

The year, we will scale the website to new regions and languages including German, French and Arabic. We’ll need to update visual assets accordingly. We will also scale some functionalities and add new features and will need a designer to support with user flow and new assets. We are a small team of Product Owner, Community Manager and Full-stack Developer.**

Plan International are looking for an exceptional web designer to provide support to the Equality Accelerator project. Activities will include:

· Design the user flow for a new fund mechanism on Equality Accelerator

· Support with the localisation of the platform Equality Accelerator adapting existing visual assets to new languages (logos, buttons etc.)

· Participate in 2-3 design sprints to identify new features for the platform and develop the user flow and interface for these features

Hours estimated 25-40

Requirements:

· Strong experience designing digital products, particularly for communities with low access tech infrastructure.

· A strong understanding of digital technologies and storytelling for social impact.

· Experience working on digital products for children and adolescents preferred

· Experience working on digital products or services for people living in fragile or crises contexts with weak tech infrastructures preferred

· Women, trans, intersex and gender non-conforming candidates as well as those who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour (BIPOC) and those living with a disability are strongly encouraged to apply

· English fluency required. Knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese, French or Arabic desired but not essential.

· Experience with human-centred design and facilitating design sprints preferred but not essential.

Deliverables:

Deliverables will include monthly reports, as well as the following:

· Updated visual assets in new languages (deadline March 31, 2021), estimated 2-3 hours

· Wire frames for new user flow for multiple fund functionality (deadline end of April 2021), estimated 10- 15 hours

· Wire frames for new features as identified in design sprints (deadline end of May 2021), estimated 15-20 hours

The Designer will need to provide their own equipment as well as the necessary software and licenses for the contract.

2. List of documents to be submitted with the RFQ

Please submit the following documents:

· Your CV including company details* (PDF, word of excel)

· Technical Proposal explaining how you meet the requirements and 2-3 examples of your work. (PDF, word or Excel) **

· Financial proposal including hourly and/or daily rate (PDF, Word or excel)

* Consultants based in the UK must be IR35 compliant (i.e. registered as a company)

*Please do not send links except for examples of your work (if required)*