Under the guidance of the National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre, the UN Bulletin Editor shall coordinate the preparation, printing, and distribution of the “UN in Russia” Bulletin releases, thus delivering information on the UN activities, experiences, achievements, priorities and best practices to a wide range of audiences.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain efficient working relations with the UN Agencies and the Russian UN Association to ensure timely receipt of information/photos on the events that have taken place during the two-month period to be covered by the next UN Bulletin issue;
• Keep track of the forthcoming UN-related events to attend and report on them;
• Edit the materials for publication in English and in Russian and agree on the necessary changes with the respective UN Agencies;
• When necessary, write news items, translate articles into/from English;
• Interview visitors coming to the Russian Federation in connection with the UN-related activities and events, Heads of the UN Agencies in the RF and other staff;
• Coordinate the layout of the Bulletin with the publisher;
• Observe the production schedule of the Bulletin agreed with the UN agencies and the publisher;
• Coordinate the timely distribution of the Bulletin according to the established list of addresses and update the distribution list, when necessary;
• Ensure timely preparation and placing of the Internet version of the Bulletin on the UNDP and UN in Russia websites;
• Prepare and distribute invoices to the participating UN Agencies to ensure the timely transfer of their contributions;
• Report on all issues related to the preparation, printing or distribution of the UN Bulletin to UNIC;
• Perform other duties as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education: University degree in journalism, communication, international relations, political sciences or another relevant field.

Experience:

- A minimum of 3 years of increasingly responsible professional experience;

- Proven writing, editing and journalistic experience (availability of professional portfolio is an asset);

-Good knowledge of the production process of a printed edition is highly desirable;

- Familiarity with the United Nations institutions and programmes both internationally and in the Russian Federation is an asset.

Language skills: Full proficiency in English and Russian (oral and written).

COMPETENCIES

Core Competencies:

    Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity; 

    Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment

    Self-development, initiative-taking;

    Acting as a team player and facilitating team work;

    Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;

    Informed and transparent decision making

Functional Competencies:    

    Establishes positive communication and maintains a network of contacts for general information sharing;

    Analyzes and selects materials for publications and distribution;

    Researches potential solutions to internal and external client needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;

    Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet client needs and deadlines;

     Understands and applies fundamental concepts and principles of a professional discipline or technical specialty relating to the position;

    Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work tasks;

    Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning;

    Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments.

EVALUATION OF APPLICANTS

Individual applications will be evaluated based on a cumulative analysis taking into consideration the combination of the applicants’ qualifications and financial proposal.

The award of the contract should be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:

a) responsive/compliant/acceptable, and

b) having received the highest score out of a pre-determined set of technical and financial criteria specific to the solicitation.

Technical Criteria – max 70 points. Including:

• University degree in journalism, communication, international relations, political sciences or other relevant field - max 10 points.
• A minimum of 3 years of increasingly responsible professional experience - max 20 points;
• Proven writing, editing and journalistic experience (availability of professional portfolio is an asset) - max 10 points;
• Good knowledge of the production process of a printed edition is highly desirable - max 10 points;
• Familiarity with the United Nations institutions and programmes both internationally and in the Russian Federation is an asset – max 10 points;
• Full proficiency in English and Russian (oral and written) – max 10 points.

Financial Criteria – max 30 points.

The applicant with the highest score from technical criteria + financial criteria will be selected with the maximum score possible being 100 points.

FULL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications to Ms. Valentina Vorobyeva, Administrative Assistant, UNIC Moscow at valentina.vorobyeva@unic.org by 22 June 2017, 6 pm. Moscow time.

The application should contain:

•          Filled P11 form or CV including past experience and contact details of referees (blank P11 form can be downloaded from http://www.undp.ru/index.php?iso=RU&lid=1&cmd=vacancies.

 •         Financial Proposal* (click to download) - specifying a total lump sum amount for the assignment specified in this announcement. The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount with a per issue amount.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please make sure you have provided all requested materials.