Organization Mission

UN Women exists to advance women’s rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of all women and girls.

As the lead UN entity on gender equality and secretariat of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, we shift laws, institutions, social behaviours, and services to close the gender gap and build an equal world for all women and girls. Our partnerships with governments, women’s movements, and the private sector, coupled with our coordination of the broader United Nations, translate progress into lasting changes. We make strides forward for women and girls in four areas:

leadership,
economic empowerment,
freedom from violence, and
women, peace and security as well as humanitarian action.
UN Women keeps the rights of women and girls at the centre of global progress—always, everywhere. Because gender equality is not just what we do. It is who we are.

Context

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

As part of the preparation and dissemination of its Annual Report in Cameroon, UN Women aims to ensure the editorial and graphic quality of the document. To produce an attractive, professional report that meets institutional standards, it is necessary to engage a professional responsible for both the linguistic proofreading and the design and layout of the final document.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for an Online Volunteer(s) who, under the guidance of the Programme Management Specialist and in close collaboration with the communications team, will support us by will support us by proofreading and producing the graphic design of the UN Women Annual Report 2024.

In particular, the Online Volunteer is asked to:

Proofread the report to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and compliance with UN Women’s editorial guidelines. correcting the report (style, grammar, spelling, coherence, and flow).
Harmonizing the content (headings, subheadings, tables, charts, footnotes, references).
Collect information on document/material background such as target audience, design style, branding guidelines, etc.;
Proposing an appropriate graphic design (branding guidelines, cover, colors, typography, highlighting data and illustrations) following our corporate design guidelines, which will be shared with the Online Volunteers in advance and based on requirements and discuss with focal point/communications team.
Professionally formatting the report for both print and digital versions.
Submitting a draft version and a final version after integrating feedback.

Expected Deliverables:
Proofread and corrected version of the annual report.
Graphic design mockup and layout of the report.
Final report in high-quality PDF (print) and web-optimized version.
Editable source file (InDesign, Word, etc.).

The Online Volunteer(s) will have the opportunity to build connections with the Programme Team at UN Women Cameroon and learn about the ways in which graphic design and editorial review contribute to ensuring that the UN Women Cameroon Annual Report 2024 is of high quality, both in content and presentation.

Required Skills and Experience

Candidates should have professional experience in graphic design with previous experience in designing document layouts, and must have in-depth knowledge of graphic design applications, as well as good verbal and written communication skills.
A degree in graphic design or related field is considered an asset.