Remote Senior Gender Policy Editing Consultant

UN Women; Kansas; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UN Women is seeking a senior consultant to perform a technical editing review of the Gender Analysis of Regional Counter-Terrorism Frameworks in Africa document (approximately 35,000 words in English) to ensure coherence, structure, and publication quality. This is a home-based consultancy with supervision by the Counter-Terrorism Policy Specialist.

Responsabilities include reviewing text, adjusting structure, ensuring alignment with objectives, conducting a reference review, and enhancing flow

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in human rights, gender studies, development, political studies, peace and security studies, international law, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience in gender, women, peace and security, and human rights issues.
• Fluency in English is required.

Responsibilities

• Review and edit the overall text and adjust the structure as appropriate to ensure concise and succint chapters while preserving the study’s core themes and findings.
• Assess the study against its stated research objectives and address any substantive gaps, inconsistencies or areas that can be strengthened as may be needed.
• Review the analysis and conclusions to ensure that findings and recommendations are appropriately aligned and supported by the evidence and analysis presented in the study.
• Conduct a reference review of the document to ensure accuracy and precision in references to international human rights law, international humanitarian law, UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions among other important references.
• Provide editing to improve the flow and readability of the document, including the sequencing and presentation of arguments and the integration of tables, figures, boxes, charts and maps, as applicable.
• Ensure adherence to the UN Editorial Manual and relevant UN Women editorial standards, including the appropriate and consistent use of gender-related terminology in line with the UN Women Gender Term Glossary.

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent in human rights, gender studies, development, political studies, peace and security studies, international law, or a related field

Job description

UN Women is seeking a senior consultant to perform a technical editing review of the Gender Analysis of Regional Counter-Terrorism Frameworks in Africa document (approximately 35,000 words in English) to ensure coherence, structure, and publication quality. This is a home-based consultancy with supervision by the Counter-Terrorism Policy Specialist.

Responsabilities include reviewing text, adjusting structure, ensuring alignment with objectives, conducting a reference review, and enhancing flow