UN WOMEN Jobs - 80116- National Consultant

National Consultant – Translator in Bangladesh

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UN WOMEN

Lieu :

Home based, BANGLADESH

Type de contrat :

Individual Contract

Date de commencement :

01-Aug-2018

Date limite de candidature :

25-Jul-18 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

National Consultant

Durée du contrat initial

From 1st August 2018 to 31 July 2019. (Maximum 150,000 words of documents )

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

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.

Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate the United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Devoirs et responsabilités

SCOPE OF WORK AND SPECIFIC TASKS:

The consultant will work under direct supervision of the Bangladesh Programme Specialist / Programme Analyst, UN Women Bangladesh Country who will be responsible for the quality assurance of the deliverables:

Translation materials from English into Bangla;
Translation materials from Bangla into English.

DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT AND DUTY STATION:
The time required for the consultancy is estimated at 150 working days within the period indicated or maximum of 150,000 words of documents to be translated. The consultant will be engaged under a retainer contract, which facilitates direct engagement of the consultant depending on need and availability within the contract period for a pre-agreed fee.

FINAL PRODUCT AND DELIVERABLES:

Final copies of translated materials within the given timeline/deadline.

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS:

Payment will be based upon submission and satisfactory outputs/products in accordance with specified requirements.

Compétences

CORPORATE COMPETENCIES:

Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UN Women;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favouritism;
Fulfils all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

At least a Bachelor’s Degree in any related field.

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years’ professional experience in English-Bangla-English translation preferably for UN agencies, and other development organizations;
Familiarity with CEDAW, Ending Violence against Women, gender and development issues, women, peace and security terminology is an advantage.

Language

Fluency in both Bangla and English.

Application Process:

Interested candidates are requested to submit:

Updated CV;
Personal History Form (P11);
Samples of works English to Bangla and Bangla to English;
Financial proposal: the financial proposal (per page);

All applications must include (as an attachment) the CV and the financial proposal. Applications without financial proposal will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

. “Personal History Form - P 11” can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employme