Overview
Write and edit crisp, concise text for documents and articles about UNICEF's work in Guinea-Bissau. The role involves documenting key children's issues and ongoing responses in the field.
Key Responsibilities
- Write, edit and finalize crisp, concise, text for all documents.
- Ensure Issues and characters being documented, in-depth interviews of community, service providers, government counterparts, beneficiaries, while being mindful of sensitivities of specific situations, to support the story writing.
- Work in close coordination (where required) with photographers to help capture relevant, powerful captions of photographs for their stories and photo essays.
- Review, edit, and consolidate material for knowledge products, ensuring clarity and continuity of the argument and clarity of structure and core themes.
- Write digital content media as required, including project factsheets, webpages, stories of change, and knowledge products such as forewords, prefaces, etc.
- Ensure implementation of the UNICEF style guide.
- Draft blurbs, stories, and content as may be required for the website.
- Be available for feedback and inputs as per the requirement of the office.
- Be available for several rounds of editing with regards to stories.
Required Experience
- Experience in writing for national or International Organizations is desirable.
- Experience in copy editing is desirable.
- Experience and quality of work demonstrably meet the highest international standards.
- An experience writing about the social development sector, is desirable.
- Good ability to conduct research and interviews whenever needed to build the communication material
- Ability to analyze, plan, communicate effectively orally and in writing draft reports.
Qualifications
- A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Literature, Marketing, Journalism, Advertising, Creative/technical writing, Public Health, Social Sciences related field.
- A Diploma in a relevant field with experience can be considered in lieu of the degree.
