Translator and French Editor for WEE, WCARO

Consultant

Contract

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

Women in West and Central Africa represent the most deprived group of the population in spite of their paramount social and economic role. They have limited access to, and control over critical resources, as a result of social, cultural and economic norms. UN Women’s programmatic work to support women’s economic empowerment in the region is centered around three pillars:

• Improving women’s access to climate resilient agricultural value chains.

• Promoting and strengthening women entrepreneurship; and

• Enhancing women’s income security and social protection.

In the context of its work on Women Economic Empowerment, WCARO WEE is producing a number of knowledge and communications products in different areas. These products are strategic corporate tools to present UN Women’s WCARO WEE results, mobilize resources and advocate for key policy reforms. Therefore, final quality of the products is critical. In that context, the services of a translator and an editor to translate and edit documents and knowledge products are needed. WCARO, WEE is producing a number of major knowledge products on Social Protection, Unpaid care and a green jobs.

Reporting to the Regional Policy Advisor on Women Economic Empowerment, the consultant will be responsible for translating and editing various documents and publications, including annexes, boxes, figures and references, following the UN Women Style Guide.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant will work with the Economic Empowerment team to translate, edit, and proofread publications, reports, key messages, and policy tools including their boxes, figures, annexes and references. The consultant will ensure all text is free of errors and aligns with the UN Women Style Guide in order to prepare for publication.

The editor will be paid upon successful completion of each deliverable phase as per the number of reports finalized at UNWOMEN satisfaction. If additional tasks arise that are beyond the scope of the original agreement, contract revisions and extensions will be negotiated, and amendments made; and remuneration will be handled as required.

Expected Deliverables:

Title

Information

Due

Total words (nb approx. words)

Total USD

1. Policy brief “Improving access to public procurement for Women-owned and Women-led Small and Medium Enterprises in West Africa”

English editing + French translation

May 15

Approx. 3200

480

2.

A policy brief/guidance tool on green jobs (TBD)

Q3

approx. 3000 words

450

3.

Newsletter on gender responsive procurement

Q3

Approx. 3000 words

450

4.

Other knowledge product TBD

TBD

approx. 2000 words

300

5.

Other knowledge product TBD

TBD

approx. 2000 words

300

6.

Other knowledge product TBD

TBD

approx. 2000 words

300

7.

Other knowledge product TBD

TBD

approx. 2000 words

300

8.

Other knowledge product TBD

TBD

approx. 2000 words

300

9.

Other knowledge product TBD

TBD

approx. 2000 words

300

TOTAL

3,180

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Proven ability to translate in French long complex publications, reports and content for UN organizations or international development partners.
• Proven ability to edit, copyedit and proofread long complex publications, reports and content for UN organizations or international development partners.
• Knowledge and understanding of gender and development issues and terminology.
• Ability and willingness to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work.

Required Skills and Experience

The assignment is for an experienced translator and editor who is fully conversant with current debates on gender equality and the advancement of women’s and girls’ human rights. The editor must possess a demonstrable command of gender and development issues and terminology more broadly. Be well spoken in French and English.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) or equivalent in communications, journalism, language/linguistics, translation, or related field.

Experience:

• 10 years of editorial experience, including working on gender equality and women's empowerment.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating production of large-scale reports or similar project coordination experience.
• 5-10 years’ editorial experience, including in French and English.
• Knowledge and understanding of gender and development issues and the appropriate terminology.
• Outstanding oral and written communications and editorial skills.

Languages:

• Excellent command of French (oral and written).
• Excellent of English (oral and written). Other UN languages an asset.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History Form (P-11), which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment . Please note that the system only allows one attachment. Applications without the UN Women P-11 form will be considered incomplete and will not be considered for further evaluation.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating an environment of diversity, inclusion and mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, remunerates and promotes without regard to race, religion, colour, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin or any other basis covered by the appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, skills, integrity and the needs of the organisation.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero tolerance policy towards behaviour that is inconsistent with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women staff and will therefore be subject to a rigorous reference and background check. (The background check will include verification of academic qualifications and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to complete a background check).

Note: In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly established UN Women, the UN entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women is part of the UN reform agenda, which aims to pool resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously separate parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

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