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Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

Job Title: Editor & Proofreader (Spanish)

Division: PPF – Private Partnerships and Fundraising Division

Duty Station: Rome

Type of Contract: regular Consultant (WAE)

Level: 1

Duration: 11 months

Deadline for applications: 05.07.2023

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency working to create a world with zero hunger. WFP and its partners believe that no child should go to bed hungry and that individual and collective wellbeing can only be achieved if all children, women and men get the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, dignified lives. Each year, WFP assists 90 million people in 83 countries. Every day, some 5,600 WFP-chartered trucks are on the road, 92 planes are in the air and 20 ships are at sea. These numbers speak to WFP’s unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder, one that is often the first on the scene in the most difficult environments. WFP also works with partners to strengthen the resilience of communities most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition through long-term development programmes aimed at boosting food security, local economies, education, employment and gender equality. While hunger and malnutrition are the world’s largest solvable issues, the needs are still immense and growing. 821 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger.

The Private Partnerships & Fundraising Division (PPF) is responsible for working with the private sector to achieve greater impact in WFP’s work. PPF has embarked on an exceptionally ambitious new strategy to raise an additional one billion dollars for hungry or malnourished people in the next five years and to expand the contribution to WFP from the business sector through effective and sustainable long-term partnerships as well as from private individual supporters around the world. This includes securing new high impact technical partnerships, signing significant new corporate deals and growing existing relationships as well as building a base of one million individual supporters.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The position is for specialized language personnel required to work for and during Private Sector’s lab related events in the the second quarter of 2023.

We seek a collaboration with a subject-matter expert in academic editing and proofreading services who will create Spanish-speaking material to develop cohesive, multi-channel campaign messaging and will create or adapt compelling content in support of those campaigns for brochures, websites, blog posts, social media, email, video, audio, outdoor media, direct mail, and signage based on strategic communications briefs developed by our internal Global Services team.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Overseeing content quality, clarifying language and ideas, run fact checking/review Spanish documents for accuracy;
2. Checking for (and removing) errors and inconsistencies, ensuring proper word flow, modifying tone for consistency and impact;
3. Verify references and official titles against WFP terminology databases and records;
4. Perform strategic tasks in addition to technical ones, including coming up with content ideas bespoke for the Spanish market, organizing the content calendar, and collaborating with designers and writers in Global Services team who set up the Editors-Proofreaders programme;
5. Perform other related duties, as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Terms and Conditions

Short-listed candidates can be subject to written assessment.

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by role’s responsibilities and deliverables, please acknowledge the level of this consultancy offer and be aware that as per UN policy any negotiation based merely on personal cv is not allowed.

This consultancy assignment is renewable upon funding.

Visit the website for detailed information on working with WFP: http://www.wfp.org – Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about our operations.

Qualified female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the Organisation. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection & recruitment process, and for work-related needs upon joining the Programme.

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status. WFP has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority or discrimination. All selected candidates will, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

We greatly appreciate your interest in WFP and joining our mission to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030

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