Immunization Section is seeking for a highly skilled professional expert who can provide high-quality copy-editing services to documentation, communication and advocacy needs of the Immunization Section, in line with UNICEF’s branding policy. A wide range of communication assets and materials on Immunization will be produced regularly to support public advocacy and awareness raising and distributed via various platforms internally and externally which will require extensive time for copy editing prior to go for graphic design and printing.
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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant
Consultancy Title: Copy Editor Consultant
Section/Division/Duty Station: Immunization, Health Section, Programme Group NYHQ
Duration: 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 / REMOTE
About UNICEF
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection, and development. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations, and governments.
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Immunization section requires to prepare concept notes, funding proposals to donors and programme results presentations to high level stake holders, including 78 donor reports annually. It is important that such reports, and/or any flagship publications go through a thorough quality assurance to ensure effective and consistent communication in all the narratives as well as to ensure they meet UNICEF standards. Different materials will include reports, strategies, posters, flyers, fact sheets, banners, and infographics, among others, designed for various purposes.
Therefore, Immunization Section is seeking for a highly skilled professional expert who can provide high-quality copy-editing services to documentation, communication and advocacy needs of the Immunization Section, in line with UNICEF’s branding policy. A wide range of communication assets and materials on Immunization will be produced regularly to support public advocacy and awareness raising and distributed via various platforms internally and externally which will require extensive time for copy editing prior to go for graphic design and printing.
The main task of the consultant is to support in editorial guidance by copy editing, proof-reading, and polishing the documents for presentation.
Scope of Work:
In the close collaboration with Immunization staff members, in consultation with the supervisor, the consultant will perform the following tasks:
• Conduct a quality check of donor reports, proposals and other documents by timely reviewing, consolidating inputs, copy-editing, and formatting of narratives to ensure the submission of high-quality products following UNICEF brand guidelines and style book.
• Develop and/or review proposals as well as other flagship/non-flagship documents for donor communications and resource mobilization.
• Ensure the completeness, coherence, correctness and formatting of reports and proposals, concept notes, and briefing notes. Ensure to check relevant references within the texts.
• Edit documents for grammar, format, spell check, syntax, including conformity with original document and amendments, donor and reporting requirements. It may include rewriting for better readability and logical sequence.
Terms of Reference / Deliverables
Quality check, proofread, copy-edit documents, donor reports, funding proposals, knowledge products and other advocacy/communication materials with the following details.
• Documents are reviewed, proofread, and formatted as per UNICEF brand and style book.
• Documents are well-checked for grammar, spelling, syntax etc.
• Inputs collected, incorporated for completeness and coherence
- Estimated 20 briefing notes, technical brief, pitch deck and talking points for partnership engagements. These documents may vary from 1 page to 30 pages.
- Slide decks may include up to 75 slides with charts, photos, and tables.
- Up to 4 cases studies in multi-colour, with charts, photos, and tables. Number of pages may vary from 15 – 100 pages.
- Estimated 80 donor reports with graphs, charts, data tables. Number of pages may vary from 30-50 pages in both Microsoft Word and Excel format.
- 50 human interest stories and postures for advocacy and communication purposes on immunization.
- Estimated ten products and communications related to the celebrations of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)’s anniversary
- Digital content and icons to update three websites with resource libraries, Immunization Collaboration, Immunization Communication, and GAVI/ Immunization Agenda 2030.
31 December 2024 - The total estimated days required will be 150 days (need base) throughout 2024.
Qualifications
1) Education
- Completion of advanced degree (Masters) in journalism, communication, political, social sciences, literature, or a related technical field.
- Additional qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advance university degree.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
2) Work experience
• At least five years of extensive editing and writing experience.
• Demonstrated experience working in a multicultural environment with non-native English speakers.
• Analytical skills with good judgement and initiative.
• Strong logical and attention to details.
• Experience in providing editorial review, editing, and rewriting of publications/ proposals.
• Experience with UN/UNICEF publication is desirable.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized, excellent time management and ability to work under tight deadlines
3) Competencies
- Excellent English writing skills
- Communication, networking and advocacy skills
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for the quality of the outcome of his/her decisions.
Requirements:
- Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
- Technical proposal with methodology for deliverables and timelines
- Financial proposal that will include:
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Cost per deliverable or lumpsum for the whole deliverables as indicated in the terms of reference
- travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
- Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
- Indicate your availability
- Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
- At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
- Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process
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