IFES Ukraine requires the services of an External Communications Editor for one year to support and ensure the accuracy of IFES’ external communications. 

IFES Ukraine requires the services of an External Communications Editor to support and ensure the accuracy of IFES’ external communications. The External Communications Editor will proofread and copyedit IFES Ukraine’s English-language external communications, analyses, reports, and briefings, per request of IFES Ukraine Program staff.

IFES is a non-profit, non-partisan international organization. As the global leader in democracy promotion, IFES advances good governance and democratic rights by providing technical assistance to election officials; empowering the underrepresented to participate in the political process; and applying field-based research to improve the electoral cycle. Since 1987, IFEShas worked in over 135 countries, from developing democracies to mature democracies.

Since 1994, IFES has played a significant role in promoting electoral, administrative and legal reform in Ukraine.  In cooperation with partners in Ukrainian civil society and the Central Election Commission (CEC), IFES is working to foster dialogue on electoral reform, build the capacity of local NGOs, institutionalize best practices in training election officials and ensure more equal representation in the electoral process for disadvantaged populations, especially women and persons with disabilities.

The External Communication Editor will be responsible for:

• Proofread/copyedit IFES’ external and internal communication materials, including but not limited to IFES’ Election Bulletin, informational emails, analyses, articles, reports, briefings, correspondence, and other documents as required;
• Correct grammatical, punctuation or spelling mistakes, as well as provide input on enhancing text’s readability, conciseness and style;
• Coordinate closely with IFES Ukraine Strategic Communications Officer and responsible Program staff to ensure accuracy and relevance of the material, logical analysis, inclusion of all relevant facts and information, and coherence of the arguments.
• Ensure each text/communication is formulated for appropriate audience;  
• Maintain a file with final versions of all communications in Word format, using IFES Ukraine file naming guidelines;
• Provide timely services, including weekends and holidays

Requirements:

• Native English speaker;
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in law, political science, journalism, or another related field;
• At least 5 years of demonstrated expertise and experience providing similar services in the field of international electoral support, governance development, and/or political/public affairs;
• Solid understanding of political, economic and social context of Ukraine and the region, relevant political processes, electoral legal framework and procedures, and media environment of Ukraine;
• Demonstrated experience working with international donor-supported democracy and governance technical assistance projects on similar tasks in Ukraine and/or in Eastern Europe and/or the former Soviet Union countries;
• Proven experience in comprehensive, substantial editing of internal and external communications;
• The ability to maintain high-quality work while meeting tight deadlines;
• Attention to details;
• Knowledge of Russian/Ukrainian is an asset.

Deliverables:

Copyedited Word versions of external communications (with track changes). 

To apply for this position, interested candidates should submit their CVs and samples of copyedited materials on electoral topics and also propose the price for requested service by filling the Table 1 – Price Offer below. All documents should be emailed to Kateryna Makhova ([email protected]) copying Maksym Palamarchuk ([email protected])  with “External Communications Editor” in the subject line. The deadline for application is March 11, 2019.

Table 1 – Price Offer

*Word count:  the number of pages in source document provided by IFES. One page = 1800 characters with spaces.