Web Editor (PreventionWeb)

Duties and Responsibilities

Within limits of delegated authority, the individual contractor will be responsible for the following duties:

• Assist with content analysis ahead of PreventionWeb migration

• Assist the maintenance of publishing disaster risk reduction content according to PreventionWeb

standards, practices and procedures including:

- monitoring relevant sources and user-published content

- validating content for quality control

- web-ready formatting of content

- writing abstracts in English for news, documents, policy and plans, etc.

- selecting and adding relevant metadata to content

- posting and monitoring of all content types: news, documents, policy and plans, jobs, events, academic

programmes, educational materials, networks, multimedia and organizations

• Select and send appropriate partner correspondence from standard messages

• Assist Managing Editor in identifying and documenting editorial process improvements, as needed

• Assist in photo research for PreventionWeb use

Work implies interaction with the following:

Programme Officers and other information management specialists throughout the UNISDR, and outbound correspondence with other UN agencies, Government offices, Universities and NGOs. Information management staff and managers in user offices and other user clients, including external users (e.g. governments, international organizations, etc.).

Qualifications/special skills

Skills: Knowledge of content management systems (CMS), basic HTML editing, advanced Internet search, social media platforms. Familiarity with Skype, Slack and Photoshop is desirable.

Academic Qualifications: Completion of secondary school or its equivalent commercial school. Qualifying years of experience are calculated following the date of receipt of a high-school diploma or the equivalent certification

Experience: One year experience in disaster risk reduction, resilience, climate change and/or international affairs is required

Language: Fluency in written and spoken English.

Additional Information

Must be able to work remotely using Slack, Skype and other remote communication tools. Stable Internet connection required.

Result of Service

PreventionWeb is updated daily. Content to be migrated has the proper metadata.

Work Location

Remote