Researcher: support journalists and support mechanisms produced / باحث/ـة: دعم الصحفيين وآليات الدعم المنتجة At Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression


Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) is an independent non-governmental non-profit organization. We seek to build a society that guarantees freedom of expression and belief, human rights, and justice. Our vision is a democratic world based on justice, freedom, equality, and respect for human rights and dignity.

Within the framework of the work of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) in building a society based on respecting and protecting the right to free expression of opinion, and support media work as a form of freedom of opinion, with a focus on developing media professionalism, and based on the center’s constant efforts to support journalists and its vision that the most fundamental support is to meet the various security and protection needs of media workers.

The Media and Freedoms Program at SCM plans to produce a study that addresses:

“support journalists and support mechanisms produced

SCM is looking for a “researcher” based on the attached technical requirements and the following principles:

  • Preparing the methodology and share it with the project team on December1, 2024.
  • Conduct the research, including classifying and analyzing support requests received by the center.
  • Preparing the draft study for audit on February 1, 2025.
  • Review and submit the final copy by March 31, 2025
  • Review the translated version of the research.
  • Participation in the webinar to launch the research.

Required documents:

  • Proof of work in similar projects that includes:
    • Excellent academic qualifications, at least including a bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant discipline (preferably in Law).
    • Demonstrable experience in developing similar research for the media sector (at least five years).
    • Experience and understanding of the Syrian context and issues faced by stakeholders in Syria.
    • Demonstrable extensive experience in research, research methods,
    • Excellent analytical skills – research question design, familiarity with research methods (and their appropriate usage), report writing.
    • At least 2 References from previous projects.
  • Financial offer including:
    • The Financial compensation.
    • The validity of the offer (duration- date)

Location of Work:

  • Online

Evaluation criteria

  • (70%) – Tenderer’s experience with the topic‏ ‏and the capacity for similar searches
  • (30%). Financial offer
    The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit civil society organization. It works to build a society that guarantees freedom of expression and belief, human rights, and access to justice. Its vision is a democratic world based on justice, freedom, and equality, that respects human dignity and rights.
  • Within the framework of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)’s work in building a society based on respecting and protecting the right to free expression of opinion, and supporting media work as one of the forms of freedom of opinion with a focus on developing media professionalism, and based on the center’s constant efforts to support journalists and its vision that the most important and essential support is to meet the various security and protection needs of media workers, the Media and Freedoms Program at the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression plans to implement a study that addresses:
  • Support for journalists and productive support mechanisms
  • SCM is looking for a researcher based on the following technical requirements:
  • Prepare the research methodology and share it with the project team by December 1, 2024.
  • Conducting research, including classifying and analyzing support requests received by the center.
  • Prepare a draft of the study for review by February 1, 2025.
  • Review and submit final draft by 31 March 2025.
  • Review the translated version of the research.
  • Participation in the research launch seminar.
  • Required documents:
  • Proof of experience in similar projects including:
    • Excellent academic qualifications, including at least a relevant undergraduate degree or higher (preferably in law).
    • Demonstrable experience in developing similar research for the media sector (minimum five years).
    • Experience and understanding of the Syrian context and the issues facing stakeholders in Syria.
    • Extensive demonstrable experience in research and research methods.
    • Excellent analytical skills – designing research questions, familiarity with research methods (and their appropriate use), writing reports.
    • At least two references from previous work.
  • Financial offer includes:
    • Financial compensation required.
    • Offer Validity (Work Period – Offer Validity Date)
  • Work place:
  • Online
  • Evaluation criteria:
  • The extent of the applicant’s experience relevance to the research topic and his/her conducting similar research (70%).
  • Financial offer (30%).

How to apply

Tender procedure:

  • For interested service providers, please send in your offer and professional portfolio in addition to a cost sheet, tenders shall be submitted by thisLink.
  • Tenders sent via email or without sufficient attachments, especially the price offer and updated CV, will be rejected.
  • We encourage you to send us your questions for any clarifications before submitting your proposed cost sheet.
  • Only the selected party will be notified within two weeks of the deadline below.

Deadline for submission of tenders/offers

1st November 2024 (5:00 pm Paris time)

Link for submission of tenders/offers

[**https://docs.google.com/forms/d/162YY4iSa_Qisk3riomOs86lM5GHXNzdHGDjpbBIy5wI/edit?ts=67164097**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/162YY4iSa_Qisk3riomOs86lM5GHXNzdHGDjpbBIy5wI/edit?ts=67164097**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/162YY4iSa_Qisk3riomOs86lM5GHXNzdHGDjpbBIy5wI/edit?ts=67164097))

For any questions or explanation:

Toebaa.munzer@scm.ngo

Cc: Marwan.h@scm.ngo

yara.bader@scm.ngo

Contract duration

Until complete execution of the obligations of the parties

Expected starting date of execution

6th November 2024.
Tender Procedures:

  • Interested service providers should submit their offers including CV and financial offer via the link .
  • Bids sent via email or without sufficient attachments, especially the price quote and updated CV, will be rejected.
  • The team encourages you to submit any inquiries or questions for clarification prior to submitting the offer.
  • Only the selected party will be notified within two weeks of the application deadline.

Deadline for submission of tenders/bids

November 1, 2024 (5pm Paris time)

Tender Submission Link

[**https://docs.google.com/forms/d/162YY4iSa_Qisk3riomOs86lM5GHXNzdHGDjpbBIy5wI/edit?ts=67164097**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/162YY4iSa_Qisk3riomOs86lM5GHXNzdHGDjpbBIy5wI/edit?ts=67164097**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/162YY4iSa_Qisk3riomOs86lM5GHXNzdHGDjpbBIy5wI/edit?ts=67164097))

Email for questions

To: ebaa.munzer@scm.ngo

Cc: Marwan.h@scm.ngo

yara.bader@scm.ngo

Contract duration

Until the completion of the implementation of the obligations of both parties to the contract

Expected start date of implementation

November 6, 2024

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