VACANCY: Translation Services Coordinator

WORLD BANK COUNTRY OFFICE IN BELARUS
opens a vacancy for a part-time position of

Short Term Temporary/Translation Services Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Coordinating translation/interpretation services and ensuring timely delivery of outsourced translations;
• Maintaining an evaluated roster of freelance translators and interpreters;
  Keeping track of translation jobs;
• Processing vendor invoices in the vendor payment module;
• Performing preparatory work on source and target translation material;
• Proofreading selected translated texts against the original source to ensure completeness, accuracy, consistency, stylistic correctness, and conformity with Bank terminology and Bank editorial and formatting standards;
• Coordinating the translation process of documents that have to be split among several translators to ensure consistency of style and terminology in the final product;
• Handling small translations of urgent/confidential documents and correspondence;
• Responding to client complaints on a timely basis and determining corrective action necessary to prevent recurrences.

Qualifications and experience:

• University degree in Translation or relevant discipline (e.g. economics, finance, law, health, etc.)
• Excellent command of selected target languages, grammar, spelling, and editorial standards and usage.
• High scores at the English Grammar test at time of recruitment.
• Knowledge of translation and associated processes from job assessment to distribution of finished products.
• Proficiency in the use of relevant computer software necessary to conduct preparatory work on client files.
• Effective verbal and oral communication skills.
• Ability to identify and resolve production problems.
• Ability to work proactively in high pressure, fast-paced environment.

Qualified candidates should submit their CVs to the World Bank Country Office in Minsk by fax 211-03-14 or email lmazai@worldbank.org. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please help us by not telephoning. Deadline: July 15, 2008.