Overview
Seeking a qualified national consultant to provide editorial support for the Government of Malawi's National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) 2026–2030, ensuring a publication-ready final document.
Key Responsibilities
- Review the complete NAPHS document, including worksheets, annexes, tables, figures, references, and appendices.
- Perform comprehensive copy-editing to improve readability, clarity, flow, structure, and coherence.
- Correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and language usage.
- Ensure consistency in terminology, abbreviations, acronyms, style, and formatting.
- Verify internal consistency between narrative text, tables, figures, annexes, and cross-references.
- Review and validate references, citations, footnotes, hyperlinks, and supporting documentation.
- Standardize headings, numbering, table of contents, captions, page layout, and other formatting elements.
- Recommend minor substantive edits to enhance readability and accessibility.
- Ensure the document reflects gender-sensitive, inclusive, and accessible language.
- Track all revisions using Microsoft Word Track Changes functionality.
- Incorporate comments and feedback received from WHO and the Ministry of Health.
- Provide a clean, publication-ready version of the NAPHS.
Required Experience
- At least five (5) years of demonstrated professional experience in editing, copy-editing, technical writing, or publication development.
- Proven experience editing complex technical, strategic, policy, or programme documents, preferably within public health, health security, development, government, or international organization settings.
- Demonstrated experience working with multisectoral documents involving multiple stakeholders and technical disciplines.
- Previous experience supporting WHO, United Nations agencies, government ministries, or development partners is highly desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master's level or higher) in English, Communications, Journalism, International Development, Social Sciences, or a related field.
- Public Health Communications is an added advantage.
