Communications and Technical Writing (Officer)

Details

Mission and objectives

The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (“The Programme”) is to help countries, and to coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

Context

In order to provide IST/ESA Communication person will support various other activities in the Eastern and Southern countries such as the ongoing EPI Reviews in Lesotho, Eswatini and Zimbabwe. The incumbent UNV will focus on documenting and generating content on our day to day work that we can use to share the experiences and learnings for country, regional, and global forums.

Task description

a. Provide writing and editing support the development of technical writing materials and products such as manuscripts for publications, reports, etc. b. Participate in discussions related to technical programme processes and provide pedagogical and language expertise for technical officers to ensure clarity and soundness of technical products. c. Generate content for electronic print materials for social media on ongoing country and IST level activities around the “4 Must Wins” d. Coordinate with IST and AFRO comms to ensure the appropriate use of text and graphic materials in a variety of media, including print-based, web-based and electronic communication systems. e. Ensure that materials meet copyright compliance. f. Explore and leverage new communication technologies that would be useful for the team