Translation Officer At Assistance Coordination Unit

Job Title:

Translation Officer

Job Code:

TR-01

Department:

Information Management Unit – IMU

Report to:

IMU Manager

Job Purpose

To translate/rephrase the IMU deliverables/products/questionnaires from Arabic to English and vice versa with high quality and using the humanitarian terminology in clear language understood by English native speakers

Responsibilities

• To convert the Arabic reports received from the Reporting officer/Narrative analyst to high quality English language applying humanitarian terminology in a clear manner.
• To revise the source documents received by manager/team members in the source language Arabic/English.
• To translate any required documents by manager from English to Arabic and vice versa
• To draft reports in Arabic and/or English in scientific, professional and clear language.
• To create/translate reports in Arabic/English applying humanitarian terminology and ensuring translated texts convey original meaning, format and tone.
• To read and grasp graphs, maps, infographics, tables, and other visuals to generate narrative concise texts demonstrating meaning and communicating message.
• To produce regular/ad-hoc reports, newsletters, thematic reports, presentations, narrative for interactive and classical reports and other narrative reports as assigned by supervisor.
• To perform interpretation during meetings/trainings upon request.
• To disseminate information in close coordination with the Advocacy and Communications department.
• To attend Cluster meetings, present IMU products there and engage with UN cluster co-leads
• To present IMU products in professional way in English/Arabic languages in meetings
• To prepare relevant reports/ perform additional tasks as required by management.

Note: the above-mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Another future responsibilities/accountabilities may be assigned to the job depending on the department organizational chart.

Qualification (Education/Work Experience/Languages)

Essential:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in English language, translation or any related field.
• Language: Arabic language advanced level; English language advanced level; Turkish basic level.
• Work Experience: A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in translating humanitarian reports, articles, statements related to the Syrian context.

Desirable:

• Education: Master’s degree in English language, translation or any related field.
• Language: Arabic language advanced level; English language advanced level; Turkish intermediate level.
• Work Experience: A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in translating humanitarian reports, articles, statements related to the Syrian context

Core & Technical Competencies

A. Core Competencies:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Planning and Organizing
• Accountability
• Creativity
• Client Orientation
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Technological Awareness.

B. Technical Competencies:

• Excellent command and demonstrated experience in translation and presenting complex information in a clear fashion.
• Acceptable speed of translating (8 pages per 8 working hours)
• Good command of Microsoft office Excel: sorting data, if function, filters, …
• Good command in Trados: using Trados to translate files, creating and modifying translation memories on Trados.
• High familiarity with the used humanitarian terminology in reports, Adobe Acrobat.
• Interpretation skills.
• Good command of Microsoft office Word: organizing word documents, text formatting, document layout, dealing with tables.
• Good command of Microsoft office PowerPoint: preparing slideshows and presentations.
• High degree of knowledge on the situation inside Syria and of actors and networks (LCs, LCs, NGOs)
• Good command of humanitarian standards.
• Good command of sphere standards.
• Good knowledge of skype.