Consultant Copy Editor East Africa

Position Title: Consultant Copy Editor East Africa

Location: Eastern Africa based

Reports to: Senior Facilitator East Africa

Hours per week (average): As needed basis

Our Vision and Mission WomenLift Health envisions a world where diverse accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes. To realize that vision we seek to expand the power and influence of talented midcareer women in health and engage with senior institutional and societal leaders to catalyze systemic change for gender equality in health leadership. We work in East Africa India North America Southern Africa and continue to explore outreach to other regions.

Our Work Established in 2019 we work to advance equality in health leadership through a range of actions at the individual institutional and societal levels. This includes Leadership Journeys which focus on equipping midcareer women with tools along with peer mentor and coach support to successfully use their voice expertise and leadership for impact. It includes pushing conversations and partnerships with senior leaders in health institutions taking steps to prioritize gender equality. It also includes supporting/ convening global conversations about the importance of womens leadership amplifying the voices of national and global health leaders including at the biannual WomenLift Health Conference.

Our Culture and Values We are building a diverse entrepreneurial team of people who bring unique cultural and technical perspectives and experiences. We welcome resultsoriented problemsolvers of any nationality race gender sexual orientation age and disability. We are a growing organization that is committed to building a culture that values:

• Collaborative leadership that celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences and ensures everyone contributes to their full potential.
• Partnership grounded in humility respect empathy and inclusion.
• Transformative change based upon bold strategic thinking combined with adaptability and pragmatic action.
• Spirit of learning that ensures we are open forwardlooking constructive and committed to growing collectively and individually.
• Achieving impact by improving global health and gender equality.

Position Summary Consultant Copy Editor East Africa

WomenLift Health is seeking a Consultant Copy Editor to work under the direction of the East Africa Senior Facilitator and in close collaboration with Leadership Development teammates. The Consultant Copy Editor will be responsible for reviewing and editing materials for grammar cultural relevance clarity and overall flow. Materials may include WomenLiftdeveloped: workshops workbooks curricula institutional influence engagements communications concept notes and more. Time commitment will be projectbased not weekly. The intensity may vary in relation to projectbased deadlines especially when associated with events.

The Consultant Copy Editor must possess strong communication skills have a keen eye for detail and organization write in a style that is clear concise and have a strong command of the English language as it is used professionally both within East Africa and internationally. They will be responsive to our team via emails and WhatsApps available for occasional video meetings and turn work around in a timely yet reasonable manner. They value human connection and are strongly aligned with WomenLift Healths Mission Vision Culture and Values. Not necessary but desirable to have familiarity with public health leadership development gender equality and/or instructional design domains.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Copyedit materials
• Contextualize language for the East African context (Countries currently served by WomenLift East Africa hub include (Kenya Uganda Rwanda South Sudan and Tanzania)
• Edit materials for cultural relevance and overall flow
• Review and revise content for accuracy and quality including spelling grammar punctuation and syntax
• Communicate and work with ID and Facilitators to ensure that content is finalized in a timely manner
• Ensures correct tone voice clarity flow and structure of content
• Update changes made to materials across a variety of documents ensuring consistency across PowerPoints PDFs Microsoft Word Documents Excel spreadsheets website etc.
• Collaboratively work with staff on iterative editing processes when needed
• Offer suggestions to our language to use and avoid for the cultural context
• Compile dispersed materials into one cohesive document with guidance from staff
• Ensure accuracy and consistency across all documents
• Other duties as requested

All copy editors should follow WomenLifts tone and soon to be developed Style Guide and should reference our Glossary document which includes preferred terms to use and avoid.

Scope of Work

Ad hoc based on project needs.

Working closely with East Africa Leadership Development and Communications team we are looking for a consultant to work with us on an asneeded basis.

Time Frame for Guaranteed Scope of Work: Q2 2024 for 6 months; option to renew depending on performance

WomenLift Healths Ideal Candidate Comes with the Following:

Have a strong command of the English language as it is written and spoken professionally both within East Africa and internationally

Write in a style that is clear concise and effective

East Africa experience with the ability to flex to a global environment

Proven ability to collaborate and cocreate

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Demonstrated success in following through and successfully completing projects in a timely manner

Value human connection and are strongly aligned with WomenLift Healths Mission Vision Culture and Values

Preferred (not required) Education Experience Knowledge Skills and Ability:

• Additional languages especially French or Swahili
• Ability to edit text on Adobe suite especially InDesign
• Familiarity with and/or strong interest in public and/or global health leadership development and/or gender equality
• Experience in publishing and/or editing preferred

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