Copy Editor Volunteer (16 Days of Activism)

UNDP operates in over 170 countries and territories, working to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. We support countries in developing strong policies, skills, partnerships, and institutions to help sustain their progress.

The UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC) operates through its Istanbul Regional Hub and works in close collaboration with 18 Country Offices across Europe and Central Asia.

In the context of the 16 Days of Activism, the UN Volunteer will contribute to ensuring that key knowledge products on digital violence to be published during 16 Days of Activism are clear, accurate, professional, and aligned with UNDP editorial and style guidelines. This support will help amplify UNDP’s thought leadership and strengthen advocacy for inclusive and sustainable development, with a particular focus on addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

In the context of the 16 Days of Activism, UNDP Gender Team is preparing three knowledge products to advance awareness of technology-facilitated gender-based violence, to prevent and respond to this development challenge in a digitalized age. To ensure these reports meet the highest editorial standards and reach a wide audience, we seek the support of a UN Volunteer with a proven record of copy-editing skills.

The UN Volunteer will contribute to ensuring that the reports are clear, accurate, professional, and aligned with UNDP editorial and style guidelines. This support will help amplify UNDP’s thought leadership and strengthen advocacy for inclusive and sustainable development.

Under the direct supervision of the GBV and Inclusive Governance Specialist in UNDP’s Gender Team in Headquarters, New York, the UN Volunteer will:

- Copy-edit two to three reports (TFGBV related paper with an overall approx. 110 pages, including working paper: 73 pages, TFGBV policy brief: 4 pages; GBV and parliamentarians: 33 pages) to correct grammar, punctuation, syntax, footnotes/endnotes, and spelling.
- Ensure consistency in language, style, and tone, in line with UNDP and UN editorial standards.
- Enhance clarity, readability, and logical flow while preserving the authors’ intent.
- Apply gender-sensitive, inclusive language, in line with terminology used in UNDP’s Strategic Plan and UNDP Gender Equality Strategy.
- Standardize references, footnotes, and citations as needed.
- Provide both “track changes” and final clean versions.
- Incorporate feedback and liaise with the team on clarifications.

Deliverables:
- Copy-edited versions of two to three reports (track-changes + clean copy).
- Final versions reflecting revisions after one feedback round.




Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: - Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day, 5th of December). - Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. - Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities (for instance at https://vra.unv.org). - Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. - Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. - Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.