Overview
Revises translations and/or original summary records, translates texts, and drafts and revises summary records for the United Nations. The role involves promoting language technologies and contributing to the professional development of staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Revises translations and/or original summary records dealing with a broad range of subjects, while exceeding required workload standards and meeting deadlines.
- Translates on a self-revising basis texts covering a broad range of subjects, while exceeding required workload standards and meeting deadlines.
- Drafts and revises summary records, while exceeding required workload standards and meeting deadlines.
- Makes effective use of relevant language technologies and tools and assists the Chief in promoting their utilization.
- Directs the identification of new terminology material and plays a leading role in the setting of terminology standards.
- Contributes to the professional development of staff, including by coaching, overseeing the preparation of manuals and guidance and by delivering or arranging training activities and materials.
- Coordinates and supervises the work of revisers and translators/précis-writers and advises and assists them in the performance of their responsibilities.
- Assigns individual tasks and supports the Chief with programming long-term work, if required.
- Performs quality control of externally produced translations and establishes quality control criteria and procedures.
- Advises and assists the Chief in selecting texts for United Nations competitive examinations and other tests, in marking candidates’ scripts and in evaluating results.
- Advises and assists the Chief in managing policy, administrative and operational matters by helping to prepare recommendations to senior management and to implement them once approved.
- Undertakes cross-assignments to perform other language functions, if required.
- Leads team members’ efforts to collect and analyze data, as appropriate, as input for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentations and reporting.
- Acts as First Reporting Officer, if required.
- Serves as Officer-in-Charge in the absence of the Chief.
- Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing, responding to queries, knowledge management, planning and decision making.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Required Experience
A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in translation, précis- writing, editing, self-revision, verbatim reporting, copy preparing, proofreading, production editing or related area is required. Experience in the use of standard computer-assisted-translation (CAT) tools is required. Eight years work experience in a multilingual setting is required. At least four years of revision experience within an international organization or an organization of the United Nations system is required. Managerial experience is desirable. Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
Qualifications
A first level degree from a university or from an institution of equivalent status is required. A Master's degree is desirable. Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable. United Nations Language Competitive Examination for Translators/Précis-writers, Editors, Verbatim Reporters and Copy Preparers/Proofreaders/Production Editors is required.
