Do you have good management skills? Do you have an interest in various languages worldwide? Do you have a passion for combating violence in the world bit by bit as part of a global movement? Then Beyond Violence is precisely the organisation you will be interested in!
Beyond Violence is centered around a web platform which seeks to engage people across countries and continents in the promotion of non-violent conflict transformation. Through online petitionscampaigns, forum discussions creative discussion, digital conferencesmultimedia interaction, and much more, we are impacting decision-makers and key local actors to put down weapons and solve conflict through negotiation and dialogue.
Your responsibilities
- · Managing and distributing tasks to our translation teams.
- · Making sure that Ensuring timely provision of translations are done in a timely manner for all our online content.
- · Maintaining high-level quality of current language translations.
- · Expansion of breadth of provided languages, particularly to include languages from countries campaigns are being conducted in.
- · Communicating with the subteam leaders (translation teams).
- · Participating in the management of Beyond Violence, particularly through email and in regular online Skype meetings with other team leaders managers (twice a month).
- · Coordinating your tasks with other team leaders (especially with campaigns, blogs team and social media teams).
- · Recruiting and hiring new translators and proofreaders, as well as conducting interviews for new positions.
- · Managing your time effectively in order to complete your tasks within the hours that you want to contribute (estimated at 10 hrs per week).
Our requirements
- · Communicative level of English.
- · An organized approach to work, preferably with some management and recruitment experience.
- · Experience in working with languages through text editing or translation.
- · Proactive use of email communication and Skype.
- · Ability to commit sufficient time and energy to our cause.
- · Passion for peace, non-violence, dialogue and understanding.
- · Knowledge of other languages is an asset.
What we offer
- · An informal structure and freedom to complete tasks in your own style.
- · An internet-based organization that means you can work from anywhere in the world.
- · Being part of an innovative and rapidly expanding movement - be part of creating change.
- · Flexible working hours – as an unpaid position we expect you to only contribute the your time you are able and willing towhen it fits your schedule.
- · Cooperation with inspiring and engaging activists and campaigners from all over the world.
- · Experience in building up a non-profit organisation in a relaxed, cooperative, and intercultural work environment.
- · Letter of recommendation or reference for your future employer.
HOW TO APPLY:
We look forward to your application
Please send your CV and cover letter to hr@beyondviolence.org . We look forward to hearing from you soon! For more information about Beyond Violence please visit www.beyondviolence.org or find us onFacebook and Twitter “@Beyond_Violence”.
