CONSULTANCY ROSTER: English and Arabic Editors (Lebanon or Home Based)

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

The purpose of this vacancy announcement is to identify a pool of Individual Editors for prospective/various ad hoc projects with multiple UNICEF offices in the MENA Region. The modality of each assignment may differ (Home-based, in person, etc..) depending on the project scope.

For every child, Visibility..

UNICEF Lebanon’s Communication section works on the production of multimedia content contributing to communication, advocacy and resource mobilization purposes in support of the most vulnerable children. The compound crisis affecting the country has significantly increased the needs of multimedia content production, as well as tailored communication packages depending on the audience and objectives. Accordingly, UNICEF Lebanon is expanding its roster of editors to be able to cover all content production needs for media outreach, digital communication, donor engagement, events, brand building, field visits and any other activity requiring content development. Therefore, UNICEF Lebanon is seeking for senior editors and storytellers who can provide ad-hoc support with the production of communication and advocacy assets and packages: reports, press releases, statements, human interest stories, photo captions, web stories, social media packages, key messages, Q&A documents, talking points, briefing notes, video scripts and any other written content as it will be described in the ad-hoc assignments.

How can you make a difference?

• Produce communication and advocacy assets for media outreach
• Produce communication and advocacy assets for digital communication
• Produce communication and advocacy assets for events
• Produce communication assets for brand building
• Produce communication and advocacy assets for field visits
• Produce communication and advocacy assets for donor engagement
• Produce communication and advocacy assets for any activity requiring written content
• Copy-edit / proofread documents and communication packages

Outputs:

Communications and advocacy assets are timely delivered including reports, press releases, statements, human interest stories, photo captions, web stories, social media packages, key messages, Q&A documents, talking points, briefing notes, video scripts and any other written content as described in the ad hoc assignments.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A bachelor's degree in Communication or related discipline
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience in producing and editing communication and advocacy assets.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

Candidates are requested to quote their professional fees on a daily rate as this assignment requires the consultant to work 82 days per within3 months.

UNICEF will apply the “best value for money” principle, i.e. achieving the desired outcome at the lowest possible fee when assessing the fees quoted by the applicants.