Job Description

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women 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. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads a coordination on the United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

UN Women Nepal organises various activities to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in Nepal. Photography and videography are some of the means to capture the achievements and lessons learned of these events to communicate to wider audiences and for future references. In this context, UN Women Nepal Country Office seeks to create a roster of experienced professional photographers and videographers (maximum four) who shall be employed to deliver series of photos and record videos on UN Women organised or collaborated events, field trips, visits, campaigns, human-interest stories, interviews, photo essays etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision and guidance of Communications Officer and in close consultation with the relevant programme officers, the selected Consultants will be responsible for providing professional English editing services for communications and knowledge products and other documents as per the need of UN Women Nepal Country Office. The scope of work requires substantive experience and an in-depth understanding of gender equality and empowerment of women, results-based management (RBM), and excellent writing and analytical skills. The detailed scope of work and responsibilities of the assignment are as follows:

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Substantive/language editing, to ensure internal coherence and robustness of the document.  In this connection, the Consultant will: (a) ensure that content ambiguities, vagueness, redundancy, deficiencies, and inconsistencies are resolved, (b) language errors are eliminated, (c) overall structure of the document is strengthened, and (d) the general readability and appeal of the manuscript/documents are enhanced.
• The responsibilities include thorough proofreading in conformity with the UN Editorial guidelines and revising as well as rewriting as needed in compliance with established standards and formats.
• Copyediting to ensure accuracy in language, structure, and rhetoric expressions.
• As part of copyediting, ensure (a) precision in word choice; (b) conformity of style with UN standard; (c) correctness of sentence structure; (d) clarity and comprehensibility of messages; (e) correctness of terminologies; and (f) fine-tuning of articulations to achieve high-quality native English expression.
• Provide technical expertise and advisory services on effective communication of results.
• Compile words used to enhance the readability of the document, provide them with corresponding meaning/s and share them with the staff to expand their vocabulary in English writing/reporting.

CONTRACT SUPERVISION 

The consultant will be accountable for their deliverables to the Communication Officer.

FINAL PRODUCT AND DELIVERABLES

Deliverables and timelines

The consultant shall be responsible for the following deliverables:

Expected deliverables.

• A professional, accurate, and deadline-compliant proofreading and editing service of English documents and reports by ensuring accuracy in language, structure, and rhetoric expressions in accordance with the above-mentioned scope of work and responsibilities.
• Documents delivered (preferably) in Microsoft Word in three versions:  clean copies, copies with changes track marked, and third versions with comments of edited English text. The edited documents ensure content ambiguity is resolved, language errors are eliminated, the structure is improved, and the overall comprehension of the manuscript is enhanced. 
• The Consultant is also required to reflect in their comments and corrections the principles upon which such corrections were done. This is consistent with the continuous learning approach that underlines the capacity building efforts of the UN Women Nepal Country Office.

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS
Payment will be made on the basis of the quantity of the work actually delivered and upon certification of satisfactory performance by the supervisor.

Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in Gender and Development Studies, Journalism, Communications, English, or any other related field of studies.
• A minimum of three years of professional experience in English editing, proofreading, and report writing. Familiarity with the UN reporting system will be a strong advantage.
• Proven expertise in the area of gender equality and the empowerment of women. 
• Previous experience in working with government, donors, civil society organizations (CSOs), or the UN is an asset.
• The ability to handle documents and the information contained therein with the strictest confidentiality is a non-negotiable requirement.