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Mission and objectives
The United Nations Development Coordination Office (DCO - un-dco.org) serves as the secretariat for the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG)–34 agencies, funds and programmes working on development–at the regional and global levels. -At the global level the UN SDG is chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General. The Vice-Chair is the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator. The Resident Coordinator system: coordinated and managed by the Development Coordination Office, a UN Secretariat entity as of 1 January 2019. - DCO provides substantive guidance and support to resident coordinators and United Nations country teams, in addition to daily backstopping to resident coordinator offices on the ground. - DCO also provides troubleshooting, quality assurance and dispute resolution services in close cooperation with the relevant regional teams of the UN Sustainable Development Group. - DCO and the UNSDG - DCO provides managerial and oversight functions for resident coordinators. Its activities are advanced through collective ownership by the UNSDG. The Office acts as a key conduit for supporting the UN’s activities for sustainable development, which inform policy, programme and operations on the ground.
Context
The Development Coordination Office supports the United Nations Resident Coordinator system, as described above. The Resident Coordinator System Leadership Branch (DCO/LB) is a talent sourcing, selection, management and leadership development unit for Resident Coordinator (RC) function. The UN Resident Coordinator (RC) is the highest-ranking representative of the UN Development System at the country level. RCs lead UN Country Teams and coordinate UN support to countries in implementing the 2030 Agenda. The Resident Coordinator is the designated representative of – and reports to – the UN Secretary-General. The DCO/LB is seeking one graphic designer with expertise to standardize the look of several documents, some of them related to the annual Resident Coordinator Global Meeting. Some of these are templates, where we are seeking well-designed, and still editable final documents, in which meeting managers can edit the content, while the design elements remains stable. The pace of the work over the 12 weeks will vary. Some weeks will require more than 5 hours, in order to meet planning deadlines. Other assignments will have much more flexible deadlines. Most documents are under 10 pages. One or two will be about 20 pages. The assignment will be entirely virtual. The supervisor of the assignment is based in New York City, USA.
Task description
The DCO/LB is seeking one online volunteer with expertise to standardize the look of several documents, some of them related to the annual Resident Coordinator Global Meeting. Some of these are templates, where we are seeking well-designed, and still editable final documents, in which meeting managers can edit the content, while the design elements remains stable. The pace of the work over the 12 weeks will vary. Some weeks will require more than 5 hours, in order to meet planning deadlines. Other assignments will have much more flexible deadlines. Most documents are under 10 pages. One or two will be about 20 pages. Online volunteer is needed, following UNSDG/DCO branding and style guides, on the following documents. 1. Resident Coordinator Global Meeting Agenda Template 2. Resident Coordinator meeting "Photo book" template with RC photos 3. Troubleshooting Guidance to Resident Coordinators 4. Arrival checklist for Resident Coordinators 5. Annual report template for RC Leadership Branch leadership development activities 6. Other documents, time permitting