UNDP Jobs - 97511- Technical Content Editor/Proofreader (Khmer Langua

Technical Content Editor/Proofreader (Khmer Language) Consultant

Location :

Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

01-May-2021

Application Deadline :

29-Mar-21 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

40 working days

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

May to June 2021

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), through the generous support of the Government of Canada, are working together to assist national law enforcement agencies to improve the capacity of frontline officers in border locations to meet the needs of women and girls in the context of cross-border organized crime.

As a part of this initiative, the agencies are collaborating to develop the “Gender Sensitive Curricula” that will help officers better meet the needs of women and girls in cross-border contexts and who are the victims of crime. These Curricula support law enforcement teams to be gender-responsive and inclusive in the way they operate both internally and externally. The content of these Curricula aim to 1) increase gender awareness amongst frontline officers and law enforcement teams; 2) enable a gender-responsive approach to carrying out investigations with vulnerable people, including victims of human trafficking; and 3) foster a gender-responsive working environment, specifically, supporting staff wellbeing and enabling all members of the team to have the confidence and ability to develop and thrive in their roles.

In this context, UNODC Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific will hire a Technical Content Editor/Proofreader (Khmer language) to ensure the Gender Sensitive Curricular meets the established standards of quality for publication and distribution to the UNODC’s counterparts.

Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Content Editor/Proofreader (Khmer Language) will work in close partnership with the UNODC curriculum specialist and the UNODC professional designer to ensure a high standard of quality assurance service for the Curricula.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Regional Coordinator, Border Management Programme (Policy & Outreach Affairs) and reporting directly to the Border Management National Programme Officer, the Technical Content Editor/Proofreader responsible for the following:

Factcheck, edit, revise the Gender Sensitive Curricula (Khmer version) in close partnership with the UNODC curriculum specialist;
Insert the proofread Khmer content into the in-design layout of the facilitator’s handbook and provide additional information, such as quotes, required by the designers;
Insert the reduced version Khmer content into the in-design layout of the participant’s handbook and provide additional information, such as quotes, required by the designers;
Run a full end-to-end quality check of the Curricula in the in-design layout, for both the facilitator’s and participant’s handbooks to ensure all modules meet the established standards of quality for publication and distribution to the UNODC’s counterparts.
Editing style and standard needs to be done in line and in compliance with the United Nations Editorial Manual Online [http://dd.dgacm.org/editorialmanual].

*For tasks no 2 and 3, the Editor/Proofreader is required to have graphics editor and design program, such as Adobe Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop, ready to be used to complete the said tasks.

Interested offeror must read the Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice, which can be viewed at https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=76143 for more detail information about term of references, instructions to offeror, and to download the documents to be submitted in the offer through online

Competencies

Computer literacy, including (MS Word or Google Docs), databases maintenance (MS Excel or Google Sheets), is desirable.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in language, art, communications, social sciences, international development, and/or communications, journalism, or any other relevant discipline is required.

Experience:

A minimum 5 years of high-level experience in writing, editing, reporting, and communicating complex programmatic information in reader-friendly formats and styles is required;
Demonstrated abilities and track record of copy editing, proofreading is required;
Proven writing high quality publication/ reports/ article/ information is required;
Proficiency in graphics editor and design program, such as Adobe Illustrator, Indesign and Photoshop, is required;
Excellent experience with gender-sensitive reporting is an asset;
Experience working with UN agencies, international institutions, law enforcement, the judiciary, military or other public security agencies is desirable;

Language Requirement:

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English and Khmer, with excellent copy-editing and proofing skills, is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.

UNDP reserves right to reject any applications that is incomplete.

Please be informed that we don’t accept application submitted via email.

Interested individual offeror must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Explaining why they are the most suitable for the work

2. Financial proposal

3. Personal CV including experience in similar projects, list of publication written by Candidate and at least 3 references.

Interested Offerors are required to submit application via UNDP jobsite system as the application screening and evaluation will be done through UNDP jobsite system. Please note that UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents into a single file. Your on-line applications submission will be acknowledged where an email address has been provided. If you do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within 24 hours of submission, your application may not have been received. In such cases, please resubmit the application, if necessary. Please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Any request for clarification/additional information on this procurement notice shall be communicated in writing to UNDP office or send to email aphikovith.phin@undp.org and cc procurement.kh@undp.org . While the Procurement Unit would endeavor to provide information expeditiously, only requests receiving at least 5 working days prior to the submission deadline will be entertained. Any delay in providing such information will not be considered as a reason for extending the submission deadline. The UNDP's response (including an explanation of the query but without identifying the source of inquiry) will be posted in Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice page as provided above. Therefore, all prospective Offerors are advised to visit the page regularly to make obtain update related to this Individual Consultant (IC) Procurement Notice