Editor, English, P4 - Geneve, Schweiz - ONU

ONU

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Geneve, Schweiz

vor 2 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

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ONU

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

The incumbent reports to the Chief, Editing Section.

Description du poste

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

Edits and reviews parliamentary documents, including complex or politically sensitive material, normally without revision, to ensure accuracy, clarity, cohesion and conformity with United Nations standards, policy and practice.
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 rectifies substantive errors.
Collects and analyzes 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.
Assists the Chief of Section in managing policy, administrative and operational matters.
Assists staff of substantive units and delegations with the drafting of documentation and provides advice on matters concerning editorial policy and practice.
Performs other related duties as required.

Description du profil

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.

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.

MANAGING PERFORMANCE:

Delegates the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority; makes sure that roles, responsibilities and reporting lines are clear to each staff member; accurately judges the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and matches task to skills; monitors progress against milestones and deadlines; regularly discusses performance and provides feedback and coaching to staff; encourages risk-taking and supports creativity and initiative; actively supports the development and career aspirations of staff; appraises performance fairly.