Overview
Provide comprehensive editorial guidance and quality assurance for the UN World Water Development Report 2027, ensuring scientific accuracy, coherence, clarity, and adherence to UN editorial standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement an editorial strategy for the UN WWDR 2027.
- Conduct thorough technical and linguistic editing of all chapters and sections.
- Edit existing material based on contributions submitted by UN-Water family and project partners.
- Repurpose existing content into new formats.
- Edit and rewrite partner contributions to streamline content, identify complementarities, and fill gaps.
- Research and follow complementary publications in the literature.
- Draft forewords, preface, and any other section (front end matter).
- Prepare communication material (press release, web articles, speeches etc.) for the WWDR.
- Support development of similar contents for other WWAP publications.
- Ensure seamless integration of contributions from various sections.
- Harmonize diverse writing styles and ensure thematic coherence.
- Edit complex scientific and technical information into clear, concise, and accessible language.
- Ensure strict compliance with UNESCO’s editorial guidelines, terminology, and branding standards.
- Liaise closely with key staff at the WWAP secretariat.
- Provide support in verifying data, statistics, and references.
- Contribute to maintaining the editorial production schedule.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in technical editing, scientific writing, or publishing, with a strong focus on environmental issues, water resources, public health, or sustainable development.
- Demonstrated senior-level experience in guiding and preparing major technical reports or publications for international organizations.
- Proven track record of editing complex multi-author documents, preferably within the UN system or similar international development contexts.
- Knowledge of UN System-Wide Processes: Demonstrated understanding and experience with the editorial and publication processes, terminology, and reporting standards of the United Nations system.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Environmental Sciences, Medical Sciences, Public Health, Water Resources Management, or a related field.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
