PreventionWeb Editor

Result of Service - PreventionWeb content is up-to-date according to standards and meets editorial criteria - PreventionWeb public-facing pages are well formatted - Appropriate correspondence with partners is sent and in a timely manner.

Work Location home-based

Expected duration 4 months starting asap

Duties and Responsibilities Within limits of delegated authority, the individual contractor will be responsible for the following duties: - Assist the maintenance of publishing disaster risk reduction content according to PreventionWeb standards, practices and procedures including: - monitoring relevant sources and user-published content - validating content for quality control - web-ready formatting of content - writing abstracts in English for news, documents, policy and plans, etc. - selecting and adding relevant metadata to content - posting and monitoring of all content types: news, documents, policy and plans, jobs, events, academic programmes, educational materials, networks, multimedia and organizations - Select and send appropriate partner correspondence from standard messages - Assist Managing Editor in identifying and documenting editorial process improvements, as needed - Assist in photo research for PreventionWeb use

Work implies interaction with the following: Programme Officers and other information management specialists throughout the UNDRR, and outbound correspondence with other UN agencies, Government offices, Universities and NGOs. Information management staff and managers in user offices and other user clients, including external users (e.g. governments, international organizations, etc.).

Qualifications/special skills Academic Qualifications: - Advanced university degree in journalism, information, communication, or any other relevant fields is required. Experience: - At least 1 year of experience in web content management, communications, journalism, research, or related area is required. Experience in the field of disaster risk reduction is required. - Experience using content management systems (CMS), basic HTML editing, Adobe Suite, and advanced Internet search is required. - Familiarity with Slack and photo editing software desirable. Language: Fluency in spoken and written English is required.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.