Language Services Specialist(P3)

Organizational Setting

One of the main functions assigned to the IAEA by its Statute is to foster the exchange of scientific and technical information and the dissemination of knowledge in the nuclear field among Member States. To facilitate the effective exchange and dissemination of information relevant to the IAEA's work and mandate, the Division of Conference and Document Services coordinates and supports the implementation of these activities for its users and clients, both internal and external, by organizing meetings and conferences, issuing documents in the six official IAEA languages, i.e. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish, and editing, printing and distributing publications. The Language Services Support Section coordinates the work of the six Translation Sections in the Division. It is responsible for processing incoming translation requests and transmitting them to the Translation Sections, for liaising with customers regarding all translation requests and with the Publishing Section for translations that are published or printed, and for providing terminology and reference support to the translators.

Main Purpose

Reporting to the Section Head, the Language Services Specialist assists with the efficient coordination of linguistic services.

Role

The Specialist is\: (1) a linguist and terminologist, providing terminology and reference support; (2) an editor, providing editing and/or quality control of texts sent for translation; (3) a coordinator, liaising among the production areas and between the production areas and customers.

Functions / Key Results Expected

• Assist Section Head in the planning, organization, management and evaluation of the Section’s work, including coordination of the incoming translation requests and any associated publishing and printing requests, and in the day-to-day supervision of staff.
• Edit documents submitted in English prior to their submission for translation to correct mistakes, to ensure consistency with IAEA style and communication guidelines, to improve English style and generally to facilitate the translation into other languages.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of IAEAterm (the IAEA's multilingual terminology and reference database) by doing the necessary research to enter new English terms or update existing English terms, providing definitions and background information wherever possible.
• Contribute to user and content management of language services related computer-assisted translation tools, workflow and other applications and websites.
  
  

Competencies and Expertise

Core Competencies

Functional Competencies

Required Expertise

Asset Expertise

Qualifications, Experience and Language skills

• University degree in languages
• Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience.
• English as mother tongue or principal language of education, with a profound knowledge of its grammar, style and usage.
• Experience in an international organization, public sector or non-profit organization, or equivalent would be an asset.
• Knowledge of scientific and technical subjects, particularly in the nuclear field is an asset.
• Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Remuneration

The IAEA offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free annual net base salary starting at US $58583 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance), a variable post adjustment which currently amounts to US $ 26948, dependency benefits, rental subsidy, education grant, relocation and repatriation expenses; 6 weeks' annual vacation, home leave, pension plan and health insurance

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Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries are encouraged

Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority. The IAEA is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. As part of the United Nations common system, the IAEA subscribes to the following core ethical standards (or values)\: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for diversity. Staff members may be assigned to any location. The IAEA retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade or with a different contract type, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for shorter duration than indicated above. Testing may be part of the recruitment process
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