English Editor, Consultancy Roster, home based

Contract

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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.

For every child, support

A consultancy roster is a curated list of qualified and available consultants or experts in various fields, maintained by UNICEF to quickly identify and engage external talent for specific projects. This roster is to identify English Editors, details are stipulated below. 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 EN editors to be able to cover all content production needs for media outreach, digital communication, donor engagement, and any other activity requiring content development. Therefore, UNICEF Lebanon is seeking for senior editors who can provide ad-hoc support with the production of communication and advocacy assets and packages: reports, press releases, statements, human interest 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.

How can you make a difference?

Tasks/Milestones:

• 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 donor engagement.
• Produce communication and advocacy assets for any activity requiring written content.
• Copy-edit / proofread documents and communication packages.

Deliverables/Outputs:

• Communication and advocacy assets are timely delivered including media reports, press releases, statements, human interest 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.

Timeline: According to ad hoc assignments

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

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant proven experience in producing and editing communication and advocacy assets for UN agencies.
• Excellent writing skills in English.
• Familiar with emergency contexts and the communication and advocacy dynamics linked to crisis communications.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Familiar with child rights issues and the UNICEF language.
• 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, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.