UN-Habitat Online Volunteer Translator – Urban Mobility and Solid Waste Management

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UN-Habitat is looking for 1 online volunteer to help translate project information, publicity and awareness materials in the areas of municipal sollid waste management and urban mobility from English to French. These materials (e.g. promotional and sensitization documents, project documents), will support UN-Habitat projects in Francophone countries, including the global Waste Wise Cities programme, African Clean Cities Platform and a road safety project set in countries across the African continent. Moreover, the online volunteer will support our team in developing designs and artwork for these materials, from formatting the publicity materials to creating infographics. The designs and layout should follow corporate design guidelines which will be shared with the online volunteers in advance. At minimum, one biweekly virtual meeting will be held with the UN-Habitat team for questions and to monitor progress, which will be measured by the quality of deliverables translated & designed.

• Translation

• Translation and interpretation

  As the world continues to rapidly urbanise, pressure on the access to and provision of basic services for the quickly growing urban population mounts. UN-Habitat's Urban Basic Services Section therefore strives to increase equitable access to urban basic services and the standard of living of the urban poor. Within the Section, the urban mobility team promotes sustainable mobility options with a particular emphasis on the needs of the urban poor in developing countries. The central task is to encourage transport policies and investments that promote public transport integrated with better facilities for walking and cycling to improve accesibility for people and contribute towards improved urban productivity, reduced energy consumption and promote better living and working conditions for urban residents. The solid waste management team works towards enhancing the capacity of local actors in municipal solid waste management. Support is provided for assessing waste mangement systems in cities and for pilot demonstration projects, including technical assistance in setting-up community-based solid waste management systems.

• Volunteers: 1 needed

• 6-10 hours per week / 20 weeks

  Fluent in English & French. Previous work/academic experience with technical terms related to sustainable and electric mobility & solid waste management will be considered an advantage. Moreover, candidates should demonstrate experience with graphic designers including document layouts, have in-depth knowledge of graphic design applications (such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign). An exemplar sample of previous work will be requested during the selection process.

• Africa

• English, French