[Hiring] Editor for Papers on Investing in Children Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

The consultant will provide editorial support across the full paper and manuscript development cycle. This will include:

• Reviewing author submissions for structure, clarity, coherence, consistency, policy orientation, and alignment with the five thematic tracks:
• Learning and 21st-century skills
• Health, nutrition, and water and sanitation
• Social protection
• Enabling environment
• Sports, arts, and culture
• Editing 15 papers of approximately 4,000–5,000 words
• Supporting the conversion of papers into concise book chapters
• Ensuring each contribution presents practical, evidence-based strategies, clear implementation lessons, financing and delivery considerations, and forward-looking investment options for Lesotho

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in English, communications, journalism, publishing, social sciences, development studies, education, public policy, or another relevant field

Requirements

• At least five years of demonstrated experience in editing academic, policy, research, or development-related publications
• Proven experience editing multi-author papers, reports, chapters, or books, preferably in development, social policy, children’s rights, education, health, social protection, or public finance
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Knowledge of Lesotho’s development context, child rights, social sectors, or public policy environment is an asset
• Familiarity with author-date Harvard referencing and manuscript formatting requirements
• Ability to preserve technical meaning while improving clarity, coherence, structure, and readability

Benefits

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process