CONSULTANCY CONTRACT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS
Contract no: ARMC – 21 – 003
Project: Social Media Influencers (SMI)
Date: 1- March -2021
Based on the general terms of contract, the present contract is concluded between:
Dr. Bismarck Robings Sakunda Ndhluve
Program Director, ARMC
Camp Baron, Kabul-Jalalabad Road, Kabul, Afghanistan
Bismarck.Sakunda@armconsulting.af
(Referred to hereinafter as Prime Contractor)
And
Mr. Abdul Farooq Faqeer
Social Media Influencer
(Referred to hereinafter as Sub Contractor)
1. Scope of Work
The Social Media Influencer is responsible to perform the following duties and responsibilities strictly as per the given
guidance. Any violations from the guidance will result in no payment for the work being done by the Social Media Influencer
as well as could led to the termination of the contract with immediate effect.
• The Social Media Influencer is required to provide services for content posting in Twitter and Facebook. 75
percent of the work produced under this contract will be dynamic in nature, meaning that the Social Media
Influencer will take the initiative and suggest producing social media materials on key topics related to his/her
province. The remaining 25 percent of the content will be deliberate, meaning that the Social Media Influencer
will be producing materials based on the instructions given to him/her. The quantities of the posts vary from
month to month and the Social Media Influencer is required to strictly follow the instructions
provided by the Prime Contractor regarding the quantities of the posts in Twitter and Facebook.
• The Social Media Influencer will be using the Twitter and Facebook accounts given to them by the Prime
Contractor. The Social Media Influencer cannot put any personal information into the accounts such as real name,
personal photo or any other information that could expose his/her identity. Putting personal information and
photos through the designated twitter and Facebook accounts will disqualify the Social Media Influencer from the
project.
• The Social Media Influencer must always use the news from a reliable and newsworthy source such as Ariana
News, Tolo News, Radio Bayan, BBC, Voice of American and others. Under no circumstances, the Social Media
Influencer is allowed to post gossip, fake news or anonymous sources or statements. The accounts that the Social
Media Influencer use must be truthful and respected among the audience.
• The Social Media Influencer must use accurate and highly appealing photos in twitter and Facebook posting. Please
use photos that relates to the content of your tweet and Facebook posts. Photos and videos that highlight vulgar
and disturbing images, such as dead bodies, gore, extreme imagery, can only posted with prior approval of Prime
contractor.
• Every tweet and Facebook post must have at least two and maximum of five hashtags (#). Any tweet or post that
has disturbing language will not be accepted.
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• Any tweets or Facebook post that result in religious, ethnic, political and other division in the society are strictly
prohibited.
• All the tweets and Facebook posts must be in local languages of the province, either Pashtu or Dari, or both.
However, in certain cases, the Prime Contractor might ask the Social Media Freelancer to post in English.
• All tweets and Facebook posts must be posted on time without any delays. Tweets and Facebook posts carried
out while the issue on which the tweet or post is made has aged, will not be accepted.
• Under no circumstances, the Social Media Influencers can be affiliated with a terrorist organization and political
organization.
2. Contract Duration:
The duration of the contract is from 25 January 2020 to July 2021.
3. Services Location:
Kabul, Afghanistan
4. Submission of Evidence of Publication
It is the responsibility of the Social Media Influencer to share the Tweets and Facebook with the Primary Contractor by
the end of each day via email or any other communication mean. Besides that, the Social Media Influencer is required to
prepare and submit the weekly and monthly reports on time with the Prime Contractor. Repeated delays in the submission
of the reports or substandard quality reporting will lead to termination of the contract with the Social Media Influencer.
5. Remuneration
The remuneration for this contract will be made in accordance with the following price schedule. This is a fixed price and
not open to any changes whatsoever till the end of the contract. All the prices are expressed in Local Afghan Currency
(AFN) and all the stated prices are inclusive of the tax as per the rules and regulation of the Afghan Ministry of Finance.
The Social Media Influencers will be paid at the end of every month through a wire transfer to his/her bank account. The
Prime Contractor will pay the wire transfer charges. It is also important to mention that the Social Media Influencers will
only be paid for the work that is of high quality and has met the expectations of the client. For the work failing to meet
the client’s expectations will not be compensated. Similarly, this work is time sensitive and tweets and Facebook posts
made after the incident or issue gets aged, will not be compensated. More importantly, the salaries are subject to
performance measured in terms of impressions, engagements and followers per week. Besides that, the social media
will not be paid for the duration in which His, Her Account Gets Temporary Locked or Suspended.
No Salary Performance Standards Monthly
Category Impressions Engagements Followers Gross Salary
1 A (Grade G 75,000+ impressions 5,000+ engagements per 150+ followers per AFG 35,001
Step 5, High) per week week week in Twitter and
Facebook
2 B (Grade G 50,000+ impressions 3,000+ engagements per 100+ followers per AFG 23,667
Step 2 High) per week week week in Twitter and
Facebook
2 C (Grade H Less than 50,000 Less than 3,000 engagements Less than 100 AFG 17,999
Step 5 High) impressions per week per week followers per week
in Twitter and
Facebook
6. Confidentiality:
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All products and identifying information of personnel involved in this contract are to be held in the strictest confidence
and are subject to the highest standards of integrity. The Social Media Influencers are not involved to share the information
with any other third party. If the Social Media Influencer is found to be sharing information, it will result in immediate
termination of his/her contract.
7. Security Requirements
Operational security is of the utmost importance in this contract. If it is discovered a Social Media Influencer presents a
security concern to the project, his/her contract will be immediately terminated and will be introduced to security agencies
for legal action.
8. Quality Assurance and Quality Control
All content produced will be subject to Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QAQC) by the Prime Contractor. Only
content and products adhering to the time and quality requirements will be accepted for invoicing purposes. Any products
that do not adhere to those requirements will be rejected without any compensation.
9. Responsibility of Damages/Losses:
The Prime Contractor shall not be responsible for any direct and indirect, incidental, reliance, special, consequential or
punitive damages incurred to the Social Media Influencer as a result of his/her engagement in this assignment. The Social
Media Influencer agrees that the Prime Contractor and its entire staff have no liability for an accident or cases resulting in
the death or injury of a person at work, while performing activities under this project.
10. Contract Termination:
The Prime Contractor has a unilateral right to terminate the contract anytime it wants without any prior notice.
11. Communication
The Social Media Influencer must conduct all communications in this project via the below email given to him by the Prime
Contractor. The use of personal email is strictly prohibited and will automatically lead to the contract termination.
Kabul .smi@armconsulting.af
12. Conflict Resolution
Any dispute arising out of or in connection to this contract shall be first attempted to be settled by mutual discussion,
failing which the parties shall be settled in accordance with the established laws of Afghanistan.
13. Contract Acceptance:
The Social Media Influencer has fully read, understood and accept the above terms and conditions of the contract. This
contract shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefits of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized officers the
day and year above set forth.
____________________________ ____________________________
Mr. Abdul Farooq Faqeer
On Behalf of the Prime-Contractor
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