Consultant – English editing and production of multimedia

Overview

Provide English-language copywriting and editing services for WHO-Yemen Country Office

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, public relations, media, marketing, or languages or a related field from an accredited university; Master’s degree desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years prior relevant working experience in the UN system, preferably with WHO.
• Native Written and verbal fluency in English.
• Highly professional and journalistic – style writing and editing skills.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to write, speak, and present in a clear and concise, diplomatic, tactful, and courteous manner.

Contract

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Area of expertise:

Consultant – English editing and production of multimedia.

Purpose of consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide English-language copywriting and editing services to the WHO-Yemen Country Office (YCO) for production of engaging multimedia content – including web stories, videos, visibility reports and social media posts – to promotes WHO’s image and impact in Yemen, grow and sustain partnerships, and mobilize resources from donors

Background

Under virtual supervision of the YCO Communications Senior Consultant, the supplier-holder will effectively contribute to ongoing efforts by the YCO Communications Unit to meet donor visibility requirements and deploy compelling English-language digital storytelling that promotes WHO’s image and impact in Yemen and thereby enables resource mobilization. It will contribute to timely production of high-quality, professional photo stories, videos, and other communications products that meet donor visibility requirements and enable fundraising by engagingly communicating the positive, vital impact of WHO programmes in Yemen.

As these duties will be performed on a teleworking basis, and involve meetings with YCO technical teams and donors, preference will be given to candidates who can work during the same hours (GMT/UTC 3h) and days (Sunday through Friday) as the YCO Communications Unit

Deliverables

Output 1: Provide excellent professional English-language copywriting and editing expertise to the WHO-Yemen Communications Team.

Deliverable 1: Assist the team in the production of clearly written, engaging, and impactful content for donors, the public, and news media. These materials will include stories, social media posts, digital reports, video scripts, printed materials, presentations, and press releases.

Deliverable 2: Provide copywriting and editing for key reports produced by the YCO for the UN system such as the annual country report and UN humanitarian updates from the YCO. These reports will gather written inputs from technical teams and organize them into non-complex, compelling narratives, to ensure readability and clarity of language.

Deliverable 3: Update key messages, collecting and organizing information for the production of impactful presentations for WHO donors and partners.

Output 2: Advice, mentor and support the Communications Unit team members for individual learning objectives that strengthen their writing and storytelling that raises visibility for donors and WHO and enables resource mobilization.

Deliverable 2.1: Work with each member of the Communications Unit to develop their story concepts, and to gather, write and package visual and written content from field locations and technical teams that will be consistently readable, engaging and impactful.

Output 3: Support the Communications Team in meeting requests from Headquarters and Regional Offices in a timely fashion.

Deliverable 3.1: Manage requests with the team for urgent reporting of health responses and interventions by the YCO in locations that are

Deliverable 3.2: Prepare updates as requested about disease outbreaks, vaccination campaigns, and deployments of hospital supplies, medicines and equipment to field locations.

Deliverable 3.3: Prepare and coordinate effective messaging to counter misinformation and disinformation that target WHO’s presence and programmes in Yemen.

Qualifications, experience, skills -, and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, public relations, media, marketing, or languages or a related field from an accredited university; Master’s degree desirable.

Experience

Minimum of 5 years prior relevant working experience in the UN system, preferably with WHO.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Highly professional and journalistic – style writing and editing skills
• Knowledge of WHO’s communication goals, visions, positions, policies, guidelines, and strategies.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to write, speak, and present in a clear and concise, diplomatic, tactful, and courteous manner.
• Visual communications skills are desirable but not required (photography, video, and/or graphic design are desirable

Languages and level required (Basic/Intermediate/Expert):

Native Written and verbal fluency in Englis

Location

Home location, preferably in a time zone that is within 3 hours of Yemen time

Travel

No travel is required for this consultancy

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

• a. Remuneration: level B lower – USD 7,000/month
• b. Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited): Not applicable
• C. Expected duration of the contract:

Start date: 01 April 2022

End date: 31 December 2022

Additional Information :

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.
• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.
• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.
• WHO prides itself on a workforce that adheres to the highest ethical and professional standards and that is committed to put the WHO Values Charter into practice.
• WHO has zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct (i.e., discrimination, abuse of authority and harassment). All members of the WHO workforce have a role to play in promoting a safe and respectful workplace and should report to WHO any actual or suspected cases of SEA, sexual harassment and other types of abusive conduct. To ensure that individuals with a substantiated history of SEA, sexual harassment or other types of abusive conduct are not hired by the Organization, WHO will conduct a background verification of final candidates.
• Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority. The execution of the work under a consultant contract does not create an employer/employee relationship between WHO and the Consultant.
• WHO shall have no responsibility whatsoever for any taxes, duties, social security contributions or other contributions payable by the Consultant. The Consultant shall be solely responsible for withholding and paying any taxes, duties, social security contributions and any other contributions which are applicable to the Consultant in in each location/jurisdiction in which the work hereunder is performed, and the Consultant shall not be entitled to any reimbursement thereof by WHO.

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