French Translator (Retainer), Multiple positions

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Translate materials from English into French ensuring that all deadlines are met.

2. Produce self-revised translations and revise documents translated by others when required.

3. Provide accurate, faithful and timely translation of documents into the target language. Respect the source layout when required.

4. Liaise with colleagues who have translation responsibilities in order to ensure good quality translation as well as the use of preferred UN/UNOPS terminology and reference material.

The incumbent will be offered a retainer contract, i.e. one issued for a period of time during which the services of the Individual Contractor will be required to work when and as required. There is no expectation of a minimum number of working days, and the workload will depend on the translation needs of CG.

The incumbent is expected to check his/her email on a regular basis and commits to being able to reply to any job requests within a reasonable amount of time.

***The incumbent will need to be able to translate a minimum of 240 words per hour (1,920 words  per working day).

Education

University Degree (bachelor level) in translation or other relevant discipline is required;

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of translation experience are required.

• Proficiency in working with Microsoft Office applications is desired. Knowledge of Google Suite (G docs, G slides) is an asset.

• Experience working with CAT Tools is highly desired. The incumbent may be required to work with the CAT tool used by the CG translation team. 

• UN/UNOPS experience is an asset

• Experience in technical translation, particularly in infrastructure/engineering, is an asset

Language requirements

Full proficiency in English and French is required.

Knowledge of one of the following UN official languages: Arabic, Chinese,  Russian, Spanish, or Portuguese is a distinct advantage.

Contract type: ICA Contract level: IICA 1
Contract duration: One year, with possibility of extension

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.