Background
The UNDP Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is UNDP’s Global Policy Centre for policy development and applied research with an overarching focus on democratic governance and peacebuilding in crisis, conflict and transitional contexts. The Oslo Governance Centre sits within the Governance and Peacebuilding Cluster, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. It engages with Norwegian, Nordic and other partners from the South in undertaking applied research and developing policy options and tools for governance support in transitional environments, in order to find practical solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of work: The Oslo Governance is looking for an editor who can do a line and copy edit of the social cohesion paper OGC had commissioned as a background paper for the “Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict” (2018). This paper is called the Preventing Deadly Conflict in Ethnically Fractured Societies: An Overview and Analysis of International Development Assistance for ‘Bridging’ Social Cohesion”[1]. In 2018 UNDP will be publishing global guidance on social cohesion programming and the background paper, with its focus on social cohesion literature and analysis is expected to serve as a complementary resource to this guidance. The IC is expected to:
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Deliverables
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[1] The paper is 33 pages long with x words
Competencies
Functional Competencies:
- Demonstrated ability to organise and structure information;
- Knowledge and understanding conflict prevention, democratic governance and sustainable development, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to write in a clear and concise manner;
- Excellent analytical and writing skills demonstrating complete fluency in English language;
- Demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail;
- Ability to be flexible and respond to changes as part of the review and feedback process;
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP, and partner organizations:
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Excellent understanding of international development issues and knowledge of the UN system.
- Knowledge of UN, including UNDP terminology, language and style an advantage
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Professional experience:
Language:
Institutional Arrangements: The IC will be supervised by Oslo Governance Centre’s Policy Advisor. |
Please submit by COB 1st May 2018 to the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre:
- Consolidated quote for the deliverables mentioned above.
Please note
- Payment will be issued upon receipt of the FINAL satisfactory finished products.
Approval
- This TOR is approved by: Ms. Sarah Lister, Director, OGC