Long Term Agreement Consultancy

The overall objective is to set up a Long-Term Agreement to facilitate and expedite the process by which UNICEF in Jordan will hire specialist translators as required for specific projects to work on a range of documents and training material where translation is required such as brochures, videos, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel documents.

The specialist translators will be able to provide oral interpretation with a large range of stakeholders in government and working with international consultants and educationalists in the field. They will also be able to support interpretation in online meetings, instant interpretation, through the use of chat boxes etc. The specialist translators will also work closely with the UNICEF team to translate training and curriculum materials.

The specialist translators will mostly work on a day-to-day basis with the workload managed by the Education Officer; however, they will also work closely together to ensure that they can meet section priorities.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Translation of documents Arabic to English and English to Arabic
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in English language, English literature, Communications, Journalism is mandatory.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in the following fields: Translation studies, Linguistics, English Language and Literature.
• Fluency in written and oral Arabic and English in required.
• Experience in instant interpretation from Arabic to English and English to Arabic.
• Experience in translating educational material for the Government and/or UN Organizations is desirable.
• Experience in using Microsoft Office i.e., Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Teams.
• Experience and quality of work demonstrably meet the highest international standards.
• Ability to analyze, plan, communicate effectively orally and in writing draft reports.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/574327