Interpreter-Translator

Organizational Setting:

FAO's Subregional Office for SEC is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO's Regional Office for SEC.

The Meeting Programming and Documentation Service (SEC)

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative and/or Sub-regional Coordinator for Central Asia (FAOSEC), the subscriber works in close collaboration with respective Technical Officers, and FAO-SEC support services (Operations Unit and/or Administration Department) as required.

Technical Focus

Interpret and translate from to non-FAO Languages a variety of project-related documents and workshops.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Provide written translations (English-Russian-English; Russian-Local-Russian;etc), project proposals a wide variety of texts dealing with agriculture and related subjects as well as administrative, financial and legal matters, from Russian-English and vice versa, and from English official local language of the country (Turkish, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azeri) and vice-versa.
• Provide high quality translations within deadlines set, ensuring the adequate use of relevant terminology, in the areas of FAO mandate namely: agricultural production, land and water (irrigation), plant production and protection, rural development, food security, food safety, rural development, agricultural investment, forestry, fishery, livestock production, and animal health;
• As a self-revising translator, the incumbent must produce concise and accurate translations in an appropriate style, which will not be subject to further review;
• Provide consecutive and/or simultaneous interpretation services during project workshops,.
• Perform other related duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Linguistic Studies or Translation and/or diploma from an internationally recognized interpreter/translator school specialising in one of the following official languages of the United Nations: English or Russian

• Three years of relevant experience in simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and translation
• Excellent writing, editing, and oral communication skills
• Skills and experience in consecutive and simultaneous interpretation from/into English, Russian or any other official language of the United Nations, as well as from/into the official language of the country is an asset;
• Fluency in spoken and written Russian and English and/or the official language of the country
• Excellent knowledge of one of the Organization’s languages, which should be the candidate’s mother tongue, and working knowledge of at least two other languages of the Organization
• Advanced computer skills and word processing (MS Office and other office equipment); advanced user of translation/interpretation software and equipment.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Extent and relevance of experience in supporting translation services of international organizations.
• Familiarity with the FAO documentation, terminology and the reference work.
• Familiarity with terminology research work.
• Advance computer skills and word processing (MS Office and other office equipment).
• Be able to produce results with rigid deadlines
• Professional experience in providing translation services to international organization (written, oral)

Selection Criteria

• Candidates will be assessed against the requirements listed above.