International
Labour Organization / International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour
(ILO/ IPEC)
Project:
Creating
the enabling environment to establish models for child labour free areas in
Kenya: Support to the implementation of the National Action Plan for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour with special focus on
agriculture and older children (SNAP Kenya): KEN/09/50/USA
Closing Date: Friday 24 May 2013; 1800 hours
Post
Title: Editorial Consultant
Post
Type:
Individual Contract
Duration: Three (3) Days
Background and Introduction
Background and Introduction
The
ILO/IPEC SNAP project is supporting the effective implementation of Kenya’s
National Action Plan (NAP) for the Elimination of Child Labour in Kenya 2004
-2015 (Revised 2008), which aims to eliminate all the worst forms of child
labour in Kenya by 2015.
The
project, which is being implemented in 3 districts; Busia, Kilifi and Kitui
(with an overall coordination office in Nairobi) started in February 2010 and
will come to an end in November 2013.
The immediate objectives of the SNAP project are:
The immediate objectives of the SNAP project are:
- At the end of
the project, relevant national policies, programmes and legislation
harmonized with the National Action Plan to eliminate child Labour and
enforced
- At the end of
the project, the capacity of national and local authorities and social
partners is enhanced to support the effective implementation of the
National Action Plan
- By the end of
the project, effective models for establishing child labour free areas are
tested in three (3) Districts with documented processes and experiences
Description
of the Assignment:
ILO/
IPEC is in the process of producing final reports for certain activities
(Studies and Workshops) for the year 2013 based on the workshop report on
network to create and expand child labour focal points with social partners and
line government ministries and the situation analysis on the learning
environment for children withdrawn/ prevented from child labour studies from
thee districts.
This
term of reference is to contract the services of an editor to offer editorial
services for four, 60 page documents on A4 page size written in English and to
ensure the reports are standardized, uniform and ready for publication.
Therefore
by this ToR, ILO/ IPEC is requesting for technical and financial proposal from
qualified editors.
Description
of the Tasks and Activities:
- Provide
extensive, highly professional editing and proofreading of the four
reports.
- Content revision
and proof-reading of the four reports. Where clarification and text consultation
will be required, the consultant editor will liaise with the ILO/ IPEC
office for purposes of re-writing.
- Language and
grammar revision. The report must be revised in the English language, US
version.
- To tighten the
report into one flowing narrative devoid of verbose, repetitions,
repetitive and unnecessary details.
- Texts must be
delivered in Garamond 12.
- All pages must
be numbered, except for the cover pages. Only preliminary pages should be
numbered in roman numerals.
- Percent must be
written in words with no spacing in between, except when in brackets when
the numerical figure (%).
Remuneration: The ILO/ IPEC will
fund this exercise and this will be discussed by the consultant based on his/
her financial proposal.
Expected Deliverables:
Expected Deliverables:
The
workshop report on network to create and expand child labour focal points with
social partners and line government ministries and the situation analysis on
the learning environment for children withdrawn/ prevented from child labour
studies from thee districts (Busia, Kitui & Kilifi)
Duration of the Assignment: Two (2) Weeks
ILO/ IPEC Kenya Country Office wishes to recruit a national consultant to edit the above-referenced reports.
Duration of the Assignment: Two (2) Weeks
ILO/ IPEC Kenya Country Office wishes to recruit a national consultant to edit the above-referenced reports.
Required
Qualification and Expertise:
- At least a
Bachelors’ Degree in communication or media studies.
- At least five
years’ experience in editing and proofreading publications such as
magazines, reports, newspapers, periodicals, journals, etc.
- Proven track
record and extensive experience in the provision of editorial services in
a media or publishing house; and in a deadline driven environment
Interested
persons are expected to submit a proposal (Technical & Financial) as well
as his/ her CV with relevant references through the email: ipeckenya@ilo.org