Editor, English

vor 1 Woche

Wien, Wien, Österreich United Nations Vollzeit

This position is located in the Editorial Control Unit (ECU), English, Publishing and Library Section (EPLS) of the Conference Management Service (CMS), Department for General Assembly and Conference Management in Vienna.

CMS operates administratively under the Division for Management (DM), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). The incumbent will be working under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Unit.

Responsibilities:

Within delegated authority, the Editor is responsible for the following specific duties:

  • Edit complex or politically sensitive material, normally without revision, to ensure accuracy, clarity, cohesion and conformity with United Nations standards, policy and practice.
  • Carry out more extensive editing where required, including rewriting, abridging and restructuring texts for greater readability and better logical sequence.
  • Consult with author departments and translation services, and carry out research to clarify ambiguities and rectify substantive errors.
  • Serve as Programming Officer in the absence of the Chief.
  • Assist in drawing up guidelines for editors and in determining desktop publishing standards and practices.
  • Train junior or shortterm editors and revise their work; and provide feedback and input for performance assessment.
  • Assist staff of substantive units and delegations with the drafting of documentation and provide advice on matters concerning editorial policy and practice.
  • Act for head of unit in his/her absence.
  • Perform other workrelated duties as required.
Competencies

PROFESSIONALISM

CLIENT ORIENTATION

Considers all those to whom services are provided to be "clients" and seeks to see things from clients' point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients' needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients' environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.


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.

JUDGMENT/DECISION-MAKING

Judgement/Decision-making: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; checks assumptions against facts; determines the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.

Education
A first-level degree from a university or institution of equivalent status is required.

Job - Specific Qualification

Work Experience

A minimum of five (5) years of experience in editing, translation, précis-writing, self-revision, verbatim reporting, copy preparing, proofreading, production editing or in another relevant language field is required.


Of the aforementioned five years of experience, three (3) years of experience in editing within the United Nations, is desirable.

Experience in editing texts relating to drugs, crime and outer space affairs is desirable.

Experience in editing complex/web-based multilingual publications and in publishing production techniques is desirable.

Experience in preparing training material/templates and outreach is desirable.

Languages

Assessment

Special Notice

At the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs. The United Nations is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect.

The United Nations recruits and employs staff regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds or disabilities.

Vienna is classified in the H category and is a family duty station.

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.

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