Introduction
The Alliance for Community Action (ACA) was set up in 2013 and works towards the articulated vision of “a Zambia in which all her citizens enjoy the full and equitable benefit of all her resources”. The Alliance for Community Action (ACA) works to grow the routine and systematic demand for public resource accountability in Zambia, with the specific aim of instituting that demand in the general public. The ACA adopts a broad view of what constitutes the public resource to include nonfinancial aspects such as the nation’s democracy, institutions of democracy, constitutionalism, and the citizenry, whose interest and advancement financial resources serve.
The Alliance for Community Action invites experienced multimedia production companies and individuals in Zambia to apply for a consultancy to translate 20 Social Accountability productions produced by the ACA.
Scope of Work
- Professional Text (subtitle) and Audio (Voice over) Translation of 20 Social Accountability production videos into four (4) selected local languages – (1) ChiBemba (2) ChiChewa (3) ChiTonga (4) SiLozi
- Timely delivery of a total of eighty (80) translated productions.
- Ensure the translations (audio) and the original videos sync.
Qualifications and experience
- At least three (3) years of experience.
- Strong technical ability.
Duration of consultancy
The consultancy will run for a maximum of twenty days from the date of signing the contract.
How to apply
Interested individuals and companies should apply for the consultancy, demonstrating the required qualifications and relevant experience to execute the task.
The application should indicate the following:
- Understanding of the assignment.
- At least 3 years of experience, providing a working portfolio of similar projects carried out in the past.
- Provide credentials of team members who would be working on the project.
- Demonstration of technical ability to translate the productions.
- A budget
Interested applicants should send an email to applications@acazambia.org with the subject heading ‘Application for consultancy services for Translation of 20 Social Accountability Productions’.
Application deadline: 5th October 2023.
Appendix: List of Productions to be translated (URL links)
- Zambia’s Accountability Institutions Series (7)
- Official Opening of a Porthole
- Auditor General Report Definitions (7)
- Who owns government money?
- How should government money be managed?
- How must Government decide on how to spend money?
- Who should you speak to about service delivery issues in your community?
- I hate Silence – KingTMC