Location: Kigali, ROAM Head Office
Application Deadline: 17-November-2025
Type of Contract: Providing service
Post Level: Expert/Media House
Languages Required: English, French and Kinyarwanda
Rwanda Organic Agriculture Movement (ROAM) is a National Umbrella Organization of stakeholders (producers, farmers, processors, exporters, importers, etc..) involved in organic agriculture in Rwanda. ROAM has a mission to develop and promote the Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) as a farming system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people.
Terms of Reference (ToR)
Consultancy to document Stories on Dynamics in Territorial Markets and Cross-Border Trade with more focus on Women and Youth Traders for media compaigns.
1. Background
The Rwanda Organic Agriculture Movement (ROAM), in collaboration with Africa Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is implementing initiatives to promote agroecology and strengthen local and territorial markets in Rwanda and the region. As part of its communication and advocacy efforts, ROAM is looking for a highly experienced consultant/Media house to document and compelling stories from women and youth traders engaged in territorial markets and cross-border trade. These stories will highlight opportunities, challenges, and successes in trade of agroecological products.
Documented stories and related findings will be disseminated through various platforms as part of media campaigns to enhance communication , raise awareness on the benefits of agroecological products and create favorable policy environment to boost the trade of agroecological products on domestic and regional market.
2. Purpose of the Assignment
The overall purpose of this consultancy is to document stories that reflect the dynamics of territorial markets and cross-border trade with focus on women and youth traders for media compaigns.
3. Specific Objectives
The consultant/media house will:
i) Identify and document case stories of women and youth engaged in agroecological production and cross-border of agroecological products. .
ii) Develop a script and guiding questions for interviews (selected participants).
iii) Analyze key market dynamics, including barriers, opportunities, and enabling conditions for trade of agroecology-related products.
iv) Produce 2 short documentaries video(3-4 minutes each) from Rubavu and Gatuna border with voice over and subtitles in English.
v) Develop a combined documentary video of 5 minutes highlighing documented stories from 2 seletected borders.
4. Expected Deliverables
The consultant is expected to deliver the following:
i) Inception Report detailing methodology, work plan and time frame
ii) Technical report about the engagement highlighting key findings, experiences in territorial and cross-border markets, lessons learnt and formulate appropriate recommandation to strenthen cross border trade.
iii) High definition quality meaningful photos from the field.
5. Duration and Timeline
The assignment will take a period of 14 days after signing the contract and approval of the methodology.
6. Reporting and Supervision
The consultant will work closely with ROAM communication team and regular progress updates will be required throughout the consultancy period.
7. Required Qualifications and Experience
i) At least a Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Journalism, Media Studies, Agricultural Economics, or related field, Having a Master’s degree in mentioned area will be an added value
ii) Proven experience in video documentary development media content development, storytelling, and documentation in agriculture or development sectors.
iii) Demonstrated ability to produce professional multimedia products (videos, photos) for reporting purposes.
iv) Familiarity with agroecology, organic agriculture, or cross border market systems is a strong advantage.
v) Excellent writing and communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda
8. Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on:
i) Proven Understanding of the assignment and proposed methodology (40%)
ii) Proven experience and qualifications (35%)
iii) Financial proposal and value for money (25%)
Application Requirements
Interested applicants should submit:
i) A technical proposal outlining understanding of the assignment, methodology, work plan and time line .
ii) A financial proposal (inclusive of all costs).
iii) CV(s) of the consultant(s) with samples or links to relevant previous work.
iv) At least two professional references from similar assignments conducted.
Submission Details
Applications should be submitted electronically to careers@roam.org.rw with the subject line:
Hiring a consultant to document success stories on dynamics in territorial market and Cross- border Trade with focus on women/youth traders for media campaign.
Deadline for submission: 17th,November 2025.