Stop TB Partnership - Senior Technical Writer - Editor (Retainer - Roster Recruitment)

UNOPS hosts the Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Secretariat (STBP) as of 1 January 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland. The vision of the Stop TB Partnership is to realize the goal of elimination of Tuberculosis (TB) as a public health problem and, ultimately, to obtain a world free of TB by ensuring that every TB patient has access to effective diagnosis, treatment and cure; stopping transmission of TB; reducing the inequitable social and economic toll of TB; and developing and implementing new preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic tools and strategies. The Stop Partnership is uniquely positioned to support the development and further implementation by partners of the current and future Global Plan, acting as a coordinator and catalyst for the range of partners engaged in the fight against TB.

Founded in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership's mission is to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and ensure that high-quality treatment is available to all who need it. Stop TB partners include international and technical organizations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society and community groups and the private sector.

The Stop TB Partnership Board decided in November 2020 to endorse the development of a new Global Plan under the guidance of the Global Plan Task Force. This new plan will cover the period 2023 to 2030 and will specifically identify what resources are needed to end the TB epidemic globally, focusing on the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (target of ending TB by 2030) and will align with the World Health Organization (WHO) End TB Strategy milestones. The development work will be guided by the Global Plan Task Force and the final document will be approved by the Stop TB Board / Executive Committee. The new Global Plan will launch in the 2nd quarter of 2022, during the Stop TB Partnership’s 35th Board Meeting.

The Stop TB Partnership Secretariat will hire a senior technical writer cum editor for the new Global Plan document. The writer will work under the overall supervision of the STBP Deputy Executive Director and in coordination  with the Management team at the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat. The writer will communicate directly and manage the relationship with the Global Plan Task Force and be responsible for the final document of the Global Plan 2023-2030. The main responsibilities of the incumbent will be:

Lead the conceptualization of the writing and editing work of the report

• Lead the conceptualization of the writing and editing work, providing innovative and creative approaches, in order to create all the chapters of the Global Plan in an informative, compelling and influential manner.

• Lead the development of different strategic approaches to highlight key information in the draft in an appealing, innovative and high-impact way. Making sure, key elements, approaches, recommendations are highlighted in the report and are clear, especially for decision-makers. 

• Assess and use different strategic approaches to ensure that the content production of the draft Incorporates the comments and suggestions from the Stop TB Board, and/or its Executive Committee in a creative and compelling manner.

• Ensure that the conceptualization, writing style, language and further editing meets the requirement of an international advocacy document and is consistent with the Stop TB Language Guide.

Lead the visual conceptualization of the Global Plan

• Incorporate into the draft the graphs, maps and infographics produced by the modelling and costing team and Stop TB Secretariat, ensuring that they follow a logic and are linked to the narrative in an appealing, innovative and high impact way.

• Work with the Stop TB Secretariat designer to propose innovative solutions to achieve a good balance between design components (graphics, images, etc.) and the narrative of the report.

Coordinate with the the task force to gather key input for the Global Plan

• Coordinate and engage with the Task Force through participation in all their meetings, studying the discussions and incorporating the recommendations into the Global Plan in a meaningful way.

• Participate in the online consultation meetings for the Global Plan development and synthesize the report from each consultation meeting in order to lead the discussion on how to incorporate inputs into the Global Plan report.

Coordinate with STBP’s teams to gather input for the Global Plan 

• Working closely with Stop TB Partnership Management, lead the assessment and address the comments and suggestions arising from the online consultations to be done on the Global Plan development.

• Work with the New Tools Working Groups to synthesize and draft chapters on new tools for TB diagnostics, treatment and vaccine in the Global Plan - highlitning the innovative work of the partnership.

1. Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA) Home-based Retainer
2. Contract level: IICA-3 (ICS-11)
3. Contract duration: retainer administered by UNOPS up until 31st of December 2021. Beyond 2021, the contract will be administered by the new host of the Stop TB Partnership.

• Qualified candidates from TB affected countries are strongly encouraged to apply. See here the list of countries:http://www.stoptb.org/countries/tbdata.asp 
• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

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