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Position Title: Copy Editor (Short-term)

Duration of Assignment: 04/2019 – 09/2020

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Eligibility: Nigerian Nationals

DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm dedicated to development, with 35 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries. We are a data driven organization that specializes in informing policy making by delivering focused data-driven evidence-based analysis products and services. DevTech core practice areas include: Economic and Data analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation, Education and Youth Development, Gender and Inclusive Development, and Public Financial Management.

DevTech manages the MEL Activity. The Activity provides continuous, on-the-ground, on-demand and systematic support to United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria and implementing partners on performance monitoring, data verification, impact and performance evaluations, project and activity level monitoring, evaluation planning and management, organizational learning, capacity building, and knowledge management.

DevTech is seeking the services of a copy editor who will provide a final edit of draft and final reports for all the Nigeria MEL Activity final deliverables to USAID/ Nigeria. The copy editor will work with MEL Activity staff to produce these final deliverables.

Scope of Work:

• Review (grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors) and edit the body and annexes of draft and final reports according to USAID stylistic and formatted guidelines.
• Update tables and graphics in report to USAID Marketing and Branding Regulations
• All materials produced will be USAID 508 compliant and follow USAID branding and marketing standards, including, but not limited to, USAID colors, font, spacing, font size, etc.

Deliverables, Level of Effort, & Schedule:

• Fully edited reports, compliant with USAID stylistic and formatted guidelines.
• Level of Effort for this position is 90 days over 17 months

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of professional copyediting experience of USAID final evaluations

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism or a related field
• Ability to work quickly yet effectively, and submit deliverables on time
• Must be Nigerian

Experience Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience copy editing complex multi-page reports
• Knowledge and experience working on other Presidential Initiative reports, such as Feed the Future is preferred, but not necessary

NOTE: This job posting should not be construed to imply that the requirements are the exclusive standards of the position nor will it be the sole basis for any subsequent employee evaluations. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law.