UN WOMEN Jobs - 47568- National Consultant- Editing UN Women 2013 Annual

National Consultant- Editing UN Women 2013 Annual report

Publié pour le compte de

UN WOMEN

Lieu :

Nairobi, KENYA

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

07-Jul-2014

Date limite de candidature :

02-Jul-14 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

National Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

20 Working days

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women Kenya, as per the 2013 Strategic Note worked to strengthen the promotion of and respect for women’s rights as well as promoting women’s participation and enhancing gender responsiveness in democratic governance in Kenya. The Gender and Governance basket fund as well as the Human Rights Programme in Kenya, among others, have been focusing on supporting an increase in the numbers of women within all levels of governance, strengthening women’s leadership capacities and strengthen mechanisms for women to claim their rights. The support to CSOs and the government has been specifically in the areas of mainstreaming gender in policies and laws, including the new constitution; supporting the development of reform of laws to protect and promote women’s human rights; and promoting the administration of gender justice through redress mechanisms, and promotion of the rights and equality of women.

The achievements of the above mandate are demonstrated in the annual reporting of UN Women to all stakeholders. To ensure the highest quality of the annual report, UN Women is seeking for qualified consultancy services in coordinating the compilation of programme inputs, proof-reading, editing and developing an illustrated public version of the annual report.

UN Women Annual Report

At the end of every year, UN Women compiles an annual report to share widely with various stakeholders including women organizations, key civil society groups, the development partners, the government institutions and the private sector.

UN Women’s illustrated Annual Report is an important publication to supplement the annual donor reports and to showcase the programmatic and financial operations of UN Women in a readable fashion to all stakeholders, including Executive Board members. UN Women will use the report in their meetings and interactions with partners, including national governments, donors and civil society representatives in various interfaces.

The consultancy entails extensive and reviews of existing documents (Country Strategic Plan, Quarterly Reports and Publications) and elaboration of an annual report following the annual report template, and a commitment to deadlines The Deputy Country Director and the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist will work closely with the consultant and to manage these challenges.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Functions:

Review the guidelines on annual review and reporting;
Develop a structure and layout of the 2013 annual report and get approval by UNWOMEN;
Elaborate a 25 –pages annual report following the approved annual report template include show cases/testimonies, pictures (provided by UN Women) and other illustrations as may be necessary and get approval of the draft by UN WOMEN;
Finalise the annual report 2013 making necessary adjustments working with the communications officer (pictures/graphs) and the printing house, complying with UN Women standards;
Proof-read the final annual report and get ‘good for print approval from UN WOMEN.

Deliverables:

Final copies in ID (InDesign) and PDF format of the fully edited UN Women Document saved on CD;
A designed Publication in both formats of the UN Women report ready for print (camera ready artwork);
Develop printer descriptions for the report.

Compétences

Proficiency in desktop publishing software, especially Adobe CS6 Suite;
Excellent editing & writing skill;
Demonstrated communication skills;
Good understanding of gender, women’s leadership, elections, civic education, humanitarian, peace and development.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

Degree in Communications, English, Development or a relevant field.

Experience:

At least 5 years of work experience in communications including in writing, editing, design and layout of publications and IEC materials.

Language Requirement:

Fluency in English.