Editor, English

vor 2 Wochen

Genf, Genf, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located in the Editing Section, Languages Service, Division of Conference Management, Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, Geneva.

This position is under the general supervision of the Chief of the Editing Section.

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the Editor will be responsible for the following duties:

  • Edits documents, including texts of a specialized or technical nature, to ensure accuracy, clarity, cohesion and conformity with United Nations standards, policy and practice, including by correcting spelling, punctuation and grammar and ensuring that terminology is correct and style is appropriate to the readership, while meeting required workload standards and deadlines.
  • Carries out more extensive editing where required, including rewriting, abridging and restructuring texts for greater readability and better logical sequence.
  • Consults with author departments and carries out research to clarify ambiguities and rectify substantive errors, including by verifying the accuracy of facts, figures, references and quotations.
  • Provides authors with information on specific aspects of editorial policy and practice and assists them in the preparation of documentation.
  • Makes effective use of relevant language technologies and tools and suggests improvements.
  • Identifies new terminology material and submits it for approval.
  • Actively seeks to learn from feedback and develop own skills and knowledge relevant to the job, especially through selfstudy.
  • Undertakes crossassignments to perform other language functions, increasingly without requiring guidance, if required.
  • Collects and analyses data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable datadriven planning, decisionmaking, presentation and reporting, as required.
  • Performs other related duties as required.
Competencies

PROFESSIONALISM:

TEAMWORK:


Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.


PLANNING & ORGANIZING:


Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.


TECHNOLOGICAL AWARENESS:
Education
A first level degree from a university or institution of equivalent status.

Job - Specific Qualification

Work Experience
A minimum of two (2) years of experience in editing or in another relevant language field is required.

Languages

Assessment

Special Notice

United Nations Considerations


Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.

The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira.

For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on "Manuals" hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS' BANK ACCOUNTS.

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