Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)H (no hardship)
Family Type (not applicable for home-based)
Family
Staff Member / Affiliate TypeCONTR Local Professional Level
Target Start Date2024-04-08
Job Posting End DateApril 15, 2024
Terms of ReferenceThis is an Invite ONLY JR.
This JR is for home-based French translation, the contractor will be contacted on a need to need basis by Global Communications Service.
General Background of Project or Assignment:
Since 2004, a new Global French website is managed by the Global Website Editor (French) in Geneva HQ at DER/Comms Service. Since then, the work has been considerably extended from the Website only to a Global French Content including Campaigns, Social medias, Strategic comms, GRF and AOB from the whole house about documents in French needs. To answer to this need, we regularly need the support of a graphic designer for the layout of reports and other publications in French, such as the Global Trends report.
Occupational Safety and Health Considerations
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Specific Occupational Safety and Health Considerations to this assignment (if applicable):
The individual contractor will be solely responsible for taking out and for maintaining adequate insurance required to meet any of his/her obligations under the contract, as well as for arranging, at his/her sole expense, such life, health and other forms of as the individual contractor may consider to be appropriate to cover the period during which the individual consultant provides services under the contract. The individual contractor acknowledges and agrees that none of the insurance arrangements the individual consultant may make shall, in any way, be construed to limit the individual consultantโs liability arising under or relating to the contract.
Obtaining proof of mandatory medical evacuation insurance is a precondition for the issuance of a contract. The individual contractorโs health insurance must be valid for the duty station and any other duty station(s) to which the contractor is expected to travel during the engagement. It must provide adequate coverage. The individual contractor must submit an attestation to UNHCR prior to the signature of the contract, certifying that this insurance covers travel related illnesses, injuries and medical evacuation.
UNHCR has no responsibility for any costs connected to insurance or medical evacuation of the individual contractor.
As of 01 September 2023, it is mandatory for all UNHCR personnel to be FULLY vaccinated against Covid-19 prior to undertaking mission travel to duty stations with C, D and E hardship classification.
Overall Purpose and Scope of Assignment:
Under the supervision of the Senior Editor (French) in GCS/DER, the French graphic designer will:
Take over the entire process of defining requirements, visualizing and creating graphics including illustrations, logos, layouts and photos. He/Sheโll be the one to shape the visual design for documents and reports while complying with the specific typographical characteristics of the French language, and UNHCR brand's visual codes.
Required level, qualifications and work experience:
Level of responsibilities required (mark as appropriate) for individual contractors and fellows: Senior Level Professional
Qualification and experience required (degree required, years of work experience, field of expertise, language required):
- Minimum 6 yearsโ experience as a professional graphic designer.
- French native speaker.
- Familiar with UN and UNHCR visual brand
- Flexible and accommodating with regard to working hours and time pressure.
Monitoring and Progress Controls (report requirements, periodicity, format, deadlines):
a. The final product (e.g. survey completed, data collected, workshop conducted, research documents produced specify):
b. Work on the basis of time employed: Yes
c. If it is to result in a written product specify:
a. Number of pages: N/A
b. Language(s): N/A
c. Number of copies: N/A
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Other informationThis is an Invite ONLY JR.
This JR is for home-based French translation, the contractor will be contacted on a need to need basis by Global Communications Service.This position doesn't require a functional clearance
Home-BasedYes