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Consultancy Title: Editor / Proofreader (Roster of Consultants, Belarus)
Section/Division/Duty Station: Communications part, UNICEF Belarus CO
Duration: January – December 2025 (about 12 months)
Home/ workplace Based: Remote/Home-based
About UNICEF
If you’re a dedicated, inventive skilled and are captivated with making an enduring difference for youngsters, the world’s main youngsters’s rights group wish to hear from you. Over 75 years, UNICEF has been engaged on the bottom in 190 nations and territories to advertise youngsters’s survival, safety and growth. UNICEF helps child well being and vitamin, good water and sanitation, high quality fundamental training for all girls and boys, and the safety of youngsters from violence, exploitation, and abuse. UNICEF is funded completely by the voluntary contributions of people, companies, foundations, and governments.
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The function of this consultancy is to supply skilled modifying and proofreading companies to UNICEF in Belarus, making certain the best high quality, accuracy, and adherence to UNICEF Style Book requirements of the workplace’s written supplies, produced in English, Russian, Belarusian, Arabic, Farsi, and French. The advisor will assessment and proper numerous paperwork – together with however not restricted to experiences, publications, articles, booklets, and official correspondence – to make sure the linguistic high quality and literature fashion of texts (their construction, coherence of content material, syntax, presentation) and to remove grammatical errors, typographical errors, and inconsistencies. This task goals to reinforce the readability, coherence, and total effectiveness of UNICEF Belarus’s written communications, thereby supporting the group’s mission to advocate for the rights and nicely-being of youngsters in Belarus.
Scope of Work:
The scope of work consists of, however just isn’t restricted to, the next duties:
1. Editing and proofreading:
- Improve readability, readability, and total circulation of the textual content with out altering the unique that means;
- Carefully assessment written content material for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and typographical errors;
- Ensure that the content material is constant in phrases of terminology utilization, tone, and elegance;
- Verify that formatting is constant and adheres to UNICEF’s Style Book and any particular tips supplied for particular person initiatives;
- Reformulate sentences with out dropping that means within the identify of simpler notion or extra logical content material;
- Evaluate the textual content for simplicity and readability.
2. Quality assurance:
- Verify the accuracy of details, figures, names, and titles talked about within the paperwork;
- Ensure that every one citations and references are correct and accurately formatted.
3. Collaboration and communication:
- Work carefully with UNICEF Belarus workers, authors, and translators to make clear ambiguities and resolve any points associated to the textual content;
- Participate in digital or in-particular person conferences as required to debate undertaking necessities;
- Provide constructive suggestions and strategies for enchancment to reinforce the general high quality and construction of the paperwork;
- Deliver edited/proofread paperwork inside agreed-upon timeframes, accommodating pressing requests when mandatory;
- Provide common updates on the standing of assignments to the designated supervisor.
4. Confidentiality and Data Protection:
- Maintain strict confidentiality of all paperwork and data accessed throughout the consultancy;
- Abide by UNICEF’s insurance policies on information safety and confidentiality agreements.
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables / Delivery Deadline:
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Work Assignment Overview |
Deliverables/ Outputs |
Delivery deadline |
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On-сall proofreading and modifying companies
The advisor will present proofreading and modifying companies for numerous UNICEF Belarus paperwork on an as-wanted foundation. This consists of however just isn’t restricted to:
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Professionally proofread and edited paperwork, free from grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and typographical errors.
Linguistic accuracy and literature fashion of texts, together with coherence of content material, syntax, and presentation.
Consistent use of terminology and adherence to UNICEF’s Style Book.
Documents returned in two codecs: with tracked adjustments or feedback and as clear model.
Brief notes on any main points or strategies for enchancment (if relevant). |
Short paperwork (as much as 5 pages): inside 2 enterprise days of receiving the task.
Medium paperwork (6-20 pages): inside 5 enterprise days.
Long paperwork (over 20 pages): deadline to be mutually agreed upon based mostly on size and complexity.
Urgent requests: timelines to be negotiated on a case-by-case foundation, with the advisor striving to accommodate the wants of UNICEF Belarus.
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Travel (if required as per TOR):
No travels inside this TOR.
Qualifications
Education:
- At least Bachelor’s diploma within the Philology, Linguistics, Translation, Journalism, Communication, different associated disciplines.
Work expertise/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
- A minimal of 5 years of related confirmed skilled work expertise in modifying and proofreading;
- High degree of proficiency in Russian and Belarusian/English/ Farsi/Arabic/French languages (one further language is important);
- A working expertise throughout the United Nations or different worldwide organizations can be an asset;
- Experience with paperwork associated to growth program, youngsters’s rights, training, social coverage, or humanitarian work is very fascinating
- Good information of the MS Office;
- Knowledge of UNICEF Style Book.
Competencies:
- Ability to work beneath stress whereas strictly assembly deadlines;
- Analytical and conceptual pondering;
- A excessive degree of accuracy and a spotlight to particulars;
- Ability to work in a multicultural setting;
- Highest requirements of integrity, discretion, and loyalty
Requirements:
Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and
- Interested consultants ought to present a letter of curiosity (Cover Letter) describing how they will contribute to the interventions listed beneath roles and tasks and why they need to be chosen for this place. In addition, they need to share their newest CV/Resume and monetary proposal
Financial Offer template_Editor_Proofreader Consultancy.docx to undertake this job. - Samples of the associated job/duties completed/portfolio
- Upload copy of tutorial credentials
- Financial proposal: all-inclusive lump-sum price (together with journey and lodging price for this task as per work task) that can embody/ mirror:
- the prices per every deliverable and the full lump-sum for the entire task (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.
- journey prices and each day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR.
- Any different estimated prices: visa, medical insurance, and dwelling prices as relevant.
- Indicate your availability
- Any emergent / unexpected responsibility journey and associated bills will likely be lined by UNICEF.
- At the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate should have in place present medical insurance protection.
- Payment of skilled charges will likely be based mostly on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the suitable to withhold fee in case the deliverables submitted are lower than the required commonplace or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the advisor.
Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of
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UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, non secular or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to turn out to be a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF affords paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, nicely-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have lengthy-time period bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous boundaries, might hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the quantity of workers with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-associated assist necessities of candidates and workers with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you might be an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the net application, please submit your request by way of the accessibility electronic mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals beneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based mostly on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of tutorial credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
Individuals engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “staff members” beneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (corresponding to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.
The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your complete interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of totally-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and are usually not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.
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