Senior Editorial Assistant temporary

hace 2 semanas

Santiago, Metropolitana, Chile United Nations A tiempo completo
This position will be temporarily vacant for a period of six months. This position is located the Documents and Publications Division. ECLAC. The Senior Editorial Assistant reports to the Chief of the Division.

Responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Division, the Senior Editorial Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

Supervises the Dissemination and Marketing Unit of the DDP, prepares editorial marketing strategy and oversees the related dissemination activities and materials.

Oversees uploading of publications to the Publications website and other dissemination platforms and prepares related metadata.
Coordinates and oversees the design of promotional pieces for dissemination.

Provides advice and orientation to clients on legal-editorial matters and assistance to the Chief of Division and the Publications Committee in decisions on copyright-related issues and on editorial policy.

Regularly updates the ECLAC Editorial Policy manual to guide the publishing work of the Commission.
Coordinates and provides legal-editorial input for special/ad hoc editorial projects.

Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as the preparation of data presentations and reports for information-sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision-making.

Assists with visualizations and updating of information material such as web pages or brochures.
Systematically organizes research materials in hardcopy and/or electronic folders for ready use by editors.
Creates other language versions of texts received in English only. Identifies precedents and prepares translations of new portions of texts.

Follows complex set of guidelines to identify documents to be published in quarterly supplements and prepares detailed checklist of those documents and all other documents issued in a quarter.

Provides material to be used by editors to verify the accuracy of all information given in checklist.
Performs some informal editing functions and brings errors in text to the attention of the responsible editor.
Prepares electronic versions of texts to be edited in accordance with established formats. Identifies and applies a series of complex macros.

Liaises with editors to ensure that all editorial changes are made; clarifies and finalizes changes ensuring that any additional revisions are included in the final version.

Ensures typographical accuracy in conformity with UN editorial rules and style.
Provides technical assistance to editors.
Performs other related work as required.

Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.

Assists with visualizations and updating information material such as web pages or brochures.

Competencies

  • Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having twoway communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
  • 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.
Education
High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Job - Specific Qualification
Successful completion of degree or non-degree post-secondary programmes in editorial, digital marketing, legal or related areas is desirable.

Work Experience
At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in legal, editorial and communicational aspects of publications is required.

Experience of copyright and intellectual property matters is required.

Experience of digital editorial dissemination in the context of international organizations is desirable.

One year or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position fluency in English and Spanish (both spoken and written) is required. Knowledge of French and/or Portuguese is desirable.

NOTE:
'Fluency'' equals a rating of ''fluent'' in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand)

Assessment
Applicants will be assessed based on the information provided in their PHPs. Short-listed applicants might be contact by the Hiring Manager for further assessment.

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