Transcriber at Nuru Nigeria

Location: Michika, Adamawa
Employment Type: Temporary Employment
Start Date: April, 2019
Duration of Activity: Two Weeks
Reports To: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Position Description

• The Transcriber will be responsible for listening to, understanding, translating, interpreting and typing spoken or written statements from one language to another (English to local dialect and vice versa).
• Reproduce statements in another language for unique listening or reading audience.

Key Responsibilities

• Effective note taking and audio recording
• Accurate note taking in English (if possible) or in local dialect (if English is notpossible) from focus group discussions, Key informant interviews
• Attentively listen to audio recordings of focus group discussions and add supplementary detail to typed notes

Type Accurate Message Translation:

• Attend FGD sessions to act as official translator and mediate discussion.
• Facilitate effective communication between FGD Facilitator, Research Assistant and participants that do not speak a similar language by interpreting participant’s views
• Relay concepts and ideas between languages.
• Type on computer system, edit and proofread text to accurately reflect language.

Type Note Transcription:

• Submit accurately typed interview transcript to the Supervisor. The transcript will be submitted immediately after field work.

Requirements

• At least Secondary School Leaving Certificate or higher Degree in Management, Sciences, Social Research, Development Studies, Linguistics or a related field
• Speaks, reads, and writes fluently in English, Hausa or local dialect required. Knowledge of operational area and local language.
• Must have a Computer system and excellent computer applications skills. Particularly MS Word and Excel
• Must have very good computer typing speed
• Previous experience as an interpreter/Translator
• Previous experience of working with NGOs
• Proven interest & commitment to humanitarian and development principles and demonstrable understanding of conflict/post conflict development contexts.
• Strong attention to detail
• Team player with positive attitude
• Flexibility in a fast-paced, evolving work environment
• Good communication and public speaking skills
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
• Demonstrated ability to operate in both office and field settings.