Support the translation of key documents and tools from English to Spanish

Details

Mission and objectives

The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate for the rights of people in need; promote preparedness and prevention; and facilitate sustainable solutions. Given our mandate, OCHA relies heavy on information management to gain a clear picture of the crisis situation, aid decision makers, and help to avoid gaps and duplication. In that regard, we have found significant benefit in certain core products such as maps. Recently, we have begun to leverage the power of dynamic crisis mapping.

Context

Given its mandate and geographical scope, OCHA aims to tailor all products designed to support field operations to the specific needs of each context. This includes systematically translating such products into the UN official languages and any other languages relevant to specific contexts.

Task description

The selected volunteer will get familiar with the activities and tools used by MATS to coordinate humanitarian responses. The volunteer will support the translation of the following material into Spanish: - The HRP Monitoring Plan Template (one 5 pager, one 6 pager and one Excel template) [priority] - Humanitarian Response Monitoring (15 pages) [priority] - 3 Powerpoint presentations which are the Introduction to Monitoring (26 slides), How to Organize Monitoring of the Humanitarian Response Plan (28 slides) and Using Indicators (16 slides) [priority] - Measuring and Aggregating Population Figures for Planning and Monitoring (11 pages) [priority] - Periodic Monitoring Report Guidance (16 pages) and PMR Template (11 pages) [priority] - Monitoring in an Emergency (2 pages) [priority] - 2 Guidances on Calculation Methods (one 3 pager and one 4 pager) - Response Planning and Monitoring (RPM) Powerpoint Guide (62 slides) and Project Module (PM) Powerpoint Guide The online volunteer may also be asked to attend meetings in the Central European Summer Time (CEST) time zone.