Writing and Editing Communication Materials for UNICEF Kyrgyzstan

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Mission and objectives

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress. UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families. UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children – victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation, and those with disabilities. UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In coordination with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique facilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those who provide their care. UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority. UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social and economic development of their communities. UNICEF works with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realization of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.

Context

Under the guidance of the Communications team and supervision of the direct officers, the Online Volunteer will assist in providing high-quality writing/editing/proofreading of various communication materials and other UNICEF materials. - Editing should be done keeping in mind culture, gender, and other diverse sensitivities per UNICEF guidelines. - Expected to support in completion of comprehensive editing/proofreading of the material provided by ensuring clarity and correctness while considering the sensitivity of alternative care jargon and respecting the intentions of the writers and experts. - Expected to assist in verification that in the case of longer documents each chapter or section reads well by establishing flowing tones, cohesion, and the proper structure.

Task description

UNICEF Country Office in Kyrgyzstan seeks the support of Online Volunteer for writing and editing the communication materials in English. The communication materials will include press releases, stories, concept notes, briefing notes etc. For the duration of 12 weeks, Online Volunteer is expected to review, edit or proofread the following materials: 10 press releases (approximately 500 words each); 3 blogs (up to 1,000 words); 5 human interest stories (up to 1,500 words); 5 PowerPoint presentations (100-300 words); 5 concept-notes (up to 5,000 words); 5 fact sheets (up to 1,000 words); 5 scripts (up to 200 words); 5 articles (up to 1,500 words). The workload will be equally distributed during the given timeframe.