Web Editor

• Country: Dubai, UAE
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNDP
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-15

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Web Editor will work as part of the Knowledge Project team and will assume the following tasks and responsibilities:

a) Content creation, management and quality control:
• Draft, review, edit, proofread and produce engaging written and visual content for the knowledge4all portal and mobile application, ensuring it aligns with the project’s and UNDP’s goals and missions. This includes briefs on relevant news, information on upcoming events, summaries of reports, descriptions of new initiatives, among others.
• Propose interactive and engaging content ideas and functionalities for the portal and mobile application to make them dynamic and to increase traffic.
• Collect content to be added to the portal and mobile application, including publications and events.
• Regularly review and update web content to ensure it’s accurate, up-to-date, and meets UNDP’s high- quality standards.
• Manage and mitigate risk by ensuring all content is compliant with legal standards and guidelines.
• Facilitate the translation of content to different languages as required to cater to a diverse audience.
• Monitor and respond to user feedback to improve content quality and user experience.

b) Content strategy:
• Develop a comprehensive content strategy that is consistent with the Knowledge Project’s brand identity, including style and tone of communications.
• Analyse audience engagement with content and make necessary changes to strategy accordingly.

c) Web traffic optimization:
• Implement SEO best practices to drive organic traffic to the website and improve search engine rankings.
• Analyse website traffic data and user engagement metrics to understand user behaviour and preferences, utilizing this data to optimize content and enhance user experience.
• Test website performance, identify issues, and work with the technical counterpart to implement fixes and improvements.

d) Training, support and collaboration:
• Provide necessary training and support to other staff members for content creation and editing.
• Stay up-to-date with latest industry trends and technologies and share knowledge with the team.
• Work collaboratively with other team members to create and publish new content and align content strategy, considering users’ needs and preferences, as well as communications and marketing goals.
• Handle coordination and close follow ups with developing companies and keep relevant project staff informed on the progress and changes made in both the knowledge4all portal and mobile application.
• Participate in team meetings and provide regular updates on content performance and new initiatives.
• Share insights from content performance and user feedback with the team, and integrate their feedback into content development and optimization.

e) Reporting:
• Collect and analyze website traffic data regularly and identify trends and insights on user behaviour, demographics, interests, and other factors that could be used to enhance the portal’s performance.
• Prepare regular reports on web performance, user engagement and content effectiveness.
• Propose and implement enhancements based on findings from these reports.
• Set up an effective web analytics tools in order to track website traffic.

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT

The Web Editor will be working under the general guidance of the Chief Technical Adviser/Project Manager and under the direct supervision of the Project, Research and Communications Specialist.

Competencies

Core
Achieve Results:
LEVEL 1: Scale up solutions and simplifies processes, balances speed and accuracy in

doing work

Think Innovatively:
LEVEL 1: Offer new ideas/open to new approaches, demonstrate

systemic/integrated thinking

Learn Continuously:
LEVEL 1: Go outside comfort zone, learn from others and support their learning

Adapt with Agility:
LEVEL 1: Adapt processes/approaches to new situations, involve others in

change process

Act with Determination:
LEVEL 1: Able to persevere and deal with multiple sources of pressure simultaneously

Engage and Partner:
LEVEL 1: Is facilitator/integrator, bring people together, build/maintain

coalitions/partnerships

Enable Diversity and

Inclusion:

LEVEL 1: Facilitate conversations to bridge differences, considers in decision

making

Cross-Functional &Technical competencies

Thematic Area
Name

Definition

Business Management

Communication

Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous

manner both through written and verbal communication;

to tailor messages and choose communication methods

depending on the audience.

Business Management

Monitoring

Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular

feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme

performance and results.

Communications
Web and social media

analytics

Ability to analyze and interpret data and statistics to measure web and social media performance.

Business Management

Digital Awareness and Literacy

Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies,

either through skill fully grasping their usage or through

understanding their impact and empowering others to use

them as needed.

Communications
Multimedia

writing/editing

Ability to create and/or edit written content for

multimedia.

Prosperity Inclusive Growth
Future of work, automation and technology

Prosperity
Inclusive

Growth

Job/ Employment /Decent work promotion

Required Skills and Experience
Min. Education requirements
Secondary education is required or;

A university degree in journalism, communications, marketing, digital marketing, web development, international affairs, or related fields.

Min. years of relevant work experience A minimum of seven (07) years (with high school diploma) or four (04) years (with university degree) of relevant experience in editorial planning, writing and editing, preferably for websites, and preferably in the development field.
Required skills Knowledge of web content management systems.
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section
Previous work in the development field
Familiarity and experience using web analytics tools to track website’s traffic.
Experience using SEO tools.
Extensive experience working in the Arab States region.
Proven experience in UN agencies.
Required Language(s)
Written and spoken proficiency in Arabic and English

French is a plus.

Nationalities
National of the UAE or other nationalities with valid legal work permit and valid residency in the UAE or;
Non-residents of the UAE (all costs related to visa/residency will be borne by the selected candidate).
Professional Certificates
Any certificates related to SEO tools or web analytics tools are

considered valuable asset.

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