International Individual Consultant for Professional Editing Services

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Introduction

Country: Abuja, Nigeria

 

Description of the Assignment:

 

The Market Intelligence Tool (MIT) is a key output of the Enhancing Export Readiness of Women and Youth-led Businesses project, designed to bridge critical information gaps and enhance the competitiveness of Nigerian Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in regional and global markets. Developed under the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the tool provides data-driven insights to support women

and youth entrepreneurs in navigating trade regulations, identifying market opportunities, and strengthening

their export capacity.

Recognizing the challenges faced by MSMEs-such as limited access to reliable trade information, regulatory

complexities, and fragmented supply chains-the Market Intelligence Tool serves as a comprehensive resource for informed decision-making. By equipping businesses with real-time data on export trends, demand patterns, and trade facilitation measures, the tool aims to improve Nigeria’s intra-African trade participation and enhance the overall export readiness of women-and youth-led enterprises.

 

UNDP is seeking an international consultant that will undertake final content and line editing of the report. The consultant will,

specifically:

 

• Carry out content editing of the chapters and narrative sections with a view to ensuring clarity and continuity of the ideas, thought processes and policy focus of the Tool; clarity of structure and core themes of the Tool; internal consistency, both analytical and stylistic; and general readability and accessibility to a broad readership.

• Ensure that all sources/references/bibliographic information are in order and follow the standard format.

• Carry out line/copy-editing of the Report, charts and statistical tables paying attention to style, punctuation, spelling and grammar.

• In editing the report, the consultant will pay special attention to and ensure presentation style us

ing boxes, info graphics and tables as appropriate with the objective of highlighting the different components of the report seamlessly into a single Report. The editor will also ensure that there is seamless flow and clarity of argument, sequencing, consistency, especially between text and tables and figures and integration of text and boxes.

• Once the Report has been copy-edited and laid out, the consultant will perform one or more rounds of proofreading, spell check including of names as well as acronyms and other abbreviations (making sure that they follow Government of Nigeria and official U.N. terminology and conventions), style consistency, callouts, lay-out problems, references, etc.

Period of assignment/services: 10 days

 

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