Editorial Support on Knowledge Products and Articles for UNRCO Indonesia

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) supports the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) in Indonesia. As designated representative of the UN Secretary-General, RC leads and strategically positions the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in support of national priorities, development strategies, and plans. RCO coordinates activities related to common programming of UN in Indonesia. The support includes strategic planning, programme and operations management, policy guidance, data management and results reporting as well as knowledge management, advocacy, and communications – all seeking to enhance UN coherence and improve overall programme impact to better achieve development results.

Context

RCO publishes a wide range of knowledge products on cross-cutting issues, especially in the areas of youth, gender, and disability inclusion. In addition, RCO support the mobilization of UN Volunteers in Indonesia. In 2022, 117 Volunteers deployed in 14 cities. Former and serving UN Volunteers reflect and write about their volunteer experience. The stories are published in the UNV global website and in the UN in Indonesia’s communication channels. To that end, RCO is looking into collaborating with online volunteer in producing knowledge products showcasing and highlighting the volunteer experiences from former and serving UN Volunteers in Indonesia. Through this assignment, RCO is seeking the support of online volunteer in editorial support that includes reviewing and providing feedback on the draft stories, in close coordination with the RCO's Volunteerism Mainstreaming Officer.

Task description

The expected result of this online volunteering is to assist RCO in the publication of various types of text. Specific assistance to be provided by the online volunteers includes: 1. Provide review and editorial support of RCO’s knowledge products. 2. Provide the UN Volunteers with feedback on the draft stories. 3. Coordinate with Volunteerism Mainstreaming Officer and other relevant officers at RCO for editing and finalization of the text. At the end of the assignment, the selected online volunteer will be awarded with certificate from UNV.