Senior Reviser (Russian)

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Organizational Setting

The Meeting Programming and Documentation Service (CPAM) is responsible for meeting scheduling and programming, and for the provision of interpretation, translation, terminology and printing services.

Reporting Lines

The Senior Reviser reports to the Chief, Meeting Programming and Documentation Service.

Technical Focus

Idiomatic and timely translations of meeting documents, publications, correspondence and other materials into Russian.

Key Results

Translation of FAO official documents for meetings and certain important publications be carried out according to the highest quality standards.

Key Functions

• plans, organizes, supervises and monitors the translation, revision and editing work, as well as related terminology and reference work, of the Unit; allocates work to staff, assigns staff  to particular translation, revision or editing duties, determines and communicates priorities, controls quality and output, and ensures compliance with established  FAO rules, house style and standards;

• supervises and evaluates the work performed by the staff of the unit and by external collaborators; provides new translators and revisers with guidance and training; organizes the testing of candidates for employment, including prospective contractual translators, and makes recommendations regarding the selection of staff;

• revises translations of highly sensitive texts and approves finished translations of an exceptionally difficult or complex character; edits or translates texts that cannot be assigned to other staff because of their urgency, confidentiality or importance;

• formulates instructions and guidelines governing the work of the unit;

• makes authoritative linguistic determinations in the target language especially in technical and subject fields where vocabulary is only emerging and semantics must be developed;

• leads and facilitates terminology research as well as  the building up of terminological data bases, useful reference materials and sources for translation work;

• recommends action on personnel, budgetary and procedural matters relating to the efficient operations of the unit;

• performs other duties as required.