French Revisor at ECOWAS Bank

Job Summary

• Reporting to the Head of the Language Services Division, shall revise texts translated into French by in-house Translators or free-lance Translators for the Bank relating to a wide range of documents on economic, financial, administrative, technical as well as operational documents relating to projects financed by the Bank.

Duties

• Check the accuracy and concordance of translation with the original text while ensuring consistency of terminology and quality of style;
• Review and harmonize documents translated by a pool of in-house or free-lance Translators;
• Translate from English into French sensitive and complex documents using a specialized standard vocabulary and comply with acknowledged quality standard;
• Supervise terminology research in the Division through contacts with all resource persons to discuss on conceptual and linguistic issues;
• Contribute to preparing lexicological tools to meet the needs of the Division;
• Contribute to the training and evaluation of Translators in line with the standards applied in the profession;
• Carry out all related duties that may be assigned by Management.

Required Profile

• Master's Degree in Languages from a recognized University or Tertiary Institution, and an advanced degree in translation or other related fields;
• Minimum of ten (10) years working experience in the area of translation and revision, preferably in an international organization;
• Mastery of terminology research techniques;
• Ability to produce work within deadlines, in line with the highest standards of accuracy, coherence and consistency with the spirit and style of the original text;
• Good command of French and English, knowledge of Portuguese will be an additional advantage;
• Ability to work in a multinational environment, in a team, and often under pressure.

General Requirements
Candidates must:

• Be citizens of ECOWAS Member States;
• Not be above 45 years of age;
• Be computer literate (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint)
• Be fluent in French and/or English and/or Portuguese, and proficient in one of the other two languages.