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| Vacancy Notice No: EMRO/15/TA1 Title: National Professional Officer (Translator) Post No. (360607) Grade: NO-B Contract type: Temporary appointment Duration of contract: 9 Months (future extension is subject to availability of funds) | Date: 6 January 2015 Application Deadline: 27 January 2015 (19 day(s) until closing deadline) Currently accepting applications Duty Station: Cairo, Egypt Organization unit: EMRO Eastern Mediterranian Regional Office (EM/RGO) / EM/IER Information, Evidence and Research (EM/IER) Global Arabic Programme (GAP) |
| OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME : Objectives of the Programme and of the immediate unit or field activity: The Global Arabic Programme is responsible for translation, editing and revising official documents and other health- related information into and form Arabic. Purpose of the Post: To provide support in Arabic translation of WHO publications and documents into English/Arabic. Organizational Context: Under the overall guidance of the Coordinator, Knowledge, Languages and Publishing, the incumbent will contribute, as a team member, in providing high quality translated/edited official and other health-related documents and materials. The incumbent will collaborate and coordinate with other staff members inside the Regional Office to improve the output of his or her functions.Styles and standards of WHO must be adhered to strictly. | |
| Description of duties: Summary of Assigned Duties: - Translate from English into Arabic, and sometimes vice versa, as well as revise, edit and proofread correspondence, speeches, web content, documents of governing bodies and other technical and nontechnical materials of varying degrees of complexity, ensuring accuracy, clarity and uniformity of terminology and in accordance with WHO style; - Perform précis-writing and summary reporting in Arabic of meetings of the organization, in particular the Regional Committee; - Check proofs of WHO publications translated into Arabic. | |
| REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS | |
| Education: Essential: University degree or equivalent education in translation/languages. Desirable: Master's degree in translation | |
| Skills: WHO Global Competencies Model at : http://who.int/employment/competencies/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf 1. Producing results. 2. Fostering integration and team work. 3. Respecting individual and cultural differences. 4. Communicating in a credible and effective way. Functional Skills and Knowledge : - Ability to use computer-assisted translation tools and relevant word processing tools. - Ability to work under pressure. -Team spirit, tact and discretion essential. Other Skills (e.g. IT): - Ability to use stand alone and network-based applications/tools of computer -assisted translation. | |
| Experience: Essential: At least two years' experience in language services (translation/revision/editing) | |
| Languages: Mother tongue Arabic and excellent knowledge of English essential. Knowledge of French an asset. | |
| Additional Information: Post is open for local recruitment only, applicants must be nationals of the country of assignment. Applicants are kindly requested to pay attention to the screening questions as they will be used to screen out unqualified candidates. Only qualified applicants with the relevant experience will be considered. A written test/presentation and interviews will be used as a form of screening. The written test might be used as eliminatory tool. Other similar positions at the same level may be filled from this vacancy notice (this could be the base for rosters). Candidates will be interviewed using a competency based approach. | |
| Annual salary: (Net of tax) EGP 256,043 at single rate | |
| This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level. | |
| Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store your profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment website at: www.who.int/employment. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. | |
| All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the vacancy announcement. | |
| WHO is committed to workforce diversity. | |
| Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. | |
