International Consultant - Editing and Review of the English version of the Country Office Annual Report, Core Standard Indicators, Annual SitRep and Results Assessment (remote)

Consultant Programme & Policy Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Ensure quality of the 2024 Country Office Annual Report and related documents.

You have:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s) in Social Sciences, Development, Planning, Communication, International Relations or Languages.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive relevant experience in report writing, editing, and revision.
• Excellent command of oral and written English (level C2).
• Good command of French both orally and in writing (level B2/C1).
• Experience in international organizations, UN agencies or NGOs.
• Experience in editing and revising UNICEF reporting texts in English, including annual reports.

Contract

This is a Consultancy contract. More about Consultancy contracts.

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, a hero !

In accordance with the Results-Based Management principles, a Country Office Annual Report (COAR) is elaborated at the end of the year to assess progress achieved, identify, and analyze major bottlenecks in programme implementation, document lessons learned and innovations and define on that basis the ways forward for enhanced programme performance.

The Country Office Annual Report includes a narrative report, the Core Standard Indicators and an assessment of progress. achieved for each of the 8 outcomes and 27 outputs of the country programme. It also includes the operational effectiveness component with 1 outcome and 3 related outputs. This assessment of results achieved is based on the expected results, the indicators and the associated baselines and targets. All the annual reporting process is based on guidelines defined by the Headquarter and the regional office.

Côte d’Ivoire is a French speaking country and French is the major working language used by the Country Office. However, English, which is used by most of the staff as a second language, is the reference language for the Country Office Annual Report. This highlights the need to ensure the editing of the Country Office Annual Report documents which is widely shared by UNICEF through its website accessible to various audience such as donors, members of the Executive Board. Thus, it is important to ensure the consistency and the quality of the content, and the language used.

The COAR (Country Office Annual Report) process is led by the Deputy Representative in collaboration with the programme and operations teams. It is submitted to the Representative for his final review and approval. It will be drafted in English and shared by the Deputy Representative with the consultant for the review of the consistency of the content in accordance with the HQ guidelines and the quality of the language (editing).

The consultant will provide remote technical assistance under the supervision of the Deputy Representative and in close collaboration with the chief PME. The review will be based on the guidelines and quality assurance checklists provided by the Headquarter and the Regional Office.

The review and the editing of the draft COAR (narrative, RAM and comments about the CSI) will be made by the consultant following a participatory and iterative approach in close collaboration with the Deputy Representative between the month of December 2024 and February 2025 (according to the 2024 guidelines and timeframe).

How can you make a difference?

The Objective of the consultancy is to ensure the quality of the 2024 COAR (Country Office Annual Report) constituted by the narrative report, the assessment of the 9 outcomes and the 30 associated outputs and comments about the Core Standard Indicators (CSI) in accordance with HQ and RO guidelines.

Work Assignments Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Planned Delivery deadline

Review and editing of the Outcomes/outputs analytical statements of progress and the comments on Core Standard Indicators

100% of comments on the CSI reviewed and edited

26

December 2024

100% of the analytical statements of progress for the outputs and outcomes are reviewed and edited

26

December

2024

Review and editing of the COAR narrative

2024 COAR narrative published in English

13

January 2025

Review and editing of Annual SitRep

Annual SitRep 2024 published in

English

20

January 2025

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s) in Social Sciences, Development, Planning, Communication, International Relations or Languages.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive relevant experience in report writing, editing, and revision.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Have an excellent command of oral and written English (level C2).
• Have a good command of French both orally and in writing (level B2/C1).
• Have experience in international organizations, UN agencies or NGOs.
• Having experience in editing and revising UNICEF reporting texts in English, including annual reports, will be considered 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 committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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.

Apply now

Potential interview questions

Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: unicef.org