Recrutement de 01 Consultancy for Editors and Writers

Recrutement de 01 Consultancy for Editors and Writers
Job no: 556355
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Kampala
Level: Consultancy
Location: Uganda
Categories: Communication
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 fair chance

Uganda is one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path. Together with the Government of Uganda and partners we work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the objectives of the Uganda National Development Plan, and the planned outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.
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How can you make a difference?

Background

The consultants will support the development of new content through writing and

refining already written products in a consistent and coherent manner and in line with UNICEF’s style book, brand book, publication guidelines and any other guidance provided to support the execution of the tasks.

Purpose of assignment and scope:

The purpose is to support UNICEF Uganda Country Office with writing, editing, copy-editing, proof-reading external communication products including, but not limited to donor and visibility materials, reports, situation reports, studies, fact sheets, brochures, leaflets, human interest stories and web articles, journals, manuals, survey findings, programme evaluations, power point presentations, newsletters, briefing notes, campaign materials and in addition to other editorial and writing tasks that might arise as needed among others, with the aim of strengthening UNICEF Uganda’s knowledge management capacity to have high quality communication and advocacy products produced.



The contract resulting from these Terms of Reference will cover a pre-agreed period of time, and a maximum level of expenditure set by UNICEF. Against that ceiling, UNICEF will issue, from time to time, specific requests to the contractor to provide services within the scope outlined above. These assignments will be described in detail in Work Orders to be issued by UNICEF. The initial contract engagement will be for 11.5 months.

Key Responsibilities:

Writing/developing human interest stories, web stories, creative briefs, scripts.
Edit UCO/GoU publications, reports, case studies, briefing notes, policy briefs, e.t.c.
Edit donor and visibility materials
Edit humanitarian situation reports, emergency situation reports.
Writing and editing upon requests (adhoc)
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, Journalism, Creative Writing or similar discipline.

Work Experience

At least 7 years’ experience in the field of writing and editing including proven experience in writing, editing communication, materials and understanding editorial processes.
Experience in undertaking similar work or projects.
Demonstrated ability to produce high quality creative communication materials for public consumption.
Excellent command of written English including spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Ability to meet tight deadlines and work schedules.
Familiarity with UNICEF’s work and children’s issues, UNICEF’s reporting, writing and storytelling guidelines.
Ability to synthesize complex documents into scripts where needed and simple public facing materials.
Key Competencies

• Computer literacy, especially MS Office programmes, is required.
• Fluency in English


Conditions:

• Consultant is responsible for providing his/her own work materials – computer, software, etc.
• All remuneration must be within the contract agreement and against the agreed deliverables
• No contract may commence unless the contract is signed by both UNICEF and the consultant or Contractor.
• No contract may commence unless the consultant provides a certificate of completion of a mandatory course on “prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse”. A certificate to be submitted with the signed contract should have been obtained in the last three months.
• Consultants will be required to sign the health statement for consultants/Individual contractor prior to taking up the assignment, and to document that they have appropriate health insurance, if applicable.
• The Form 'Designation, change or revocation of beneficiary' has to be completed by the consultant before the commencement of travel.
• Clearance from DHR required for former UNICEF staff.
• Clearance from the Government required for civil servants.

Application Procedure/Call for Proposals

Interested candidates are required to submit a technical proposal on how they intend to approach the work. The proposal should include a timeline, and methodology, based on the Terms of Reference. The proposal must also include detailed CV of the consultant, as well as a financial proposal, clearly indicating daily rate for professional fees. The financial proposal must be all-inclusive of all costs (consultancy fees and where applicable air fares, airport transfers, daily living expenses). This is an international level consultancy and competitive market rates should apply.

Evaluation of Candidate:

The Technical proposal is weighted at 75% and 25% for the Financial proposal.

The consultant will be competitively selected from a list of applicants based on their past experience of doing similar work.

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 here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

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.

Advertised: 20 Oct 2022 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 04 Nov 2022 E. Africa Standard Time