French Translation Assistant at African Development Bank - AfDB

Reference: ADB/17/284
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: GS7
Position N°: 50001488

The Complex

• The Vice-Presidency, Human Resources and Corporate Services Complex ensures the delivery of efficient, people-centered, client-oriented, corporate services to ensure overall institutional effectiveness in all aspects of the Bank’s corporate services.
• The Complex leads efforts to ensure the competitiveness of the Bank as the employer of choice and is responsible for providing leadership in the formulation and implementation of Bank’s strategies on people, IT, general services and institutional procurements, language services, business continuity, and health and safety strategies.

The Hiring Department/Division

• The primary role of the Language Services Department is to ensure, as required by the Bank's Agreement, the accessibility in the two working languages of the Bank (English and French, and on occasion Arabic and Portuguese) of all issues and documents submitted to the Senior Management and governing bodies of the Bank, for efficient decision-making aimed at the achievement of the Bank's mission.
• Within the Language Services Department, the mandate of the French Translation Division is to provide high-level translation services by ensuring quality translation of all Bank documents into French from English, as well as editing key documents such as the Bank Group's Annual Report in French.

The Position

• Under the general supervision of the Manager, French Translation Division, the Translation Assistant shall provide administrative and technical support to the team, and contribute to the translation process to ensure the smooth functioning of the Division and its effectiveness in meeting its mandate.

Duties and Responsibilities
The French Translation Assistant will:

• Provide administrative and general support services to the French Translation Division Team;
• Maintain all files and archives pertaining to the Division;
• Follow up the implementation of the Division’s work program;
• Help coordinate and organize internal and external events of the Division;
• Assist the division in maintaining close contacts with Departments, Regional Hubs and Country Offices;
• Provide information to requesters and external translators on Bank rules, policies and procedures relating to translation;
• Guide clients, and respond to their requests as needed;
• Assess amended versions of documents to determine the work load involved and report to Management;
• Proofread documents as required by Management;
• Translate short messages, as well as annexes, graphs and tables included in documents as required by Management;
• Maintain contacts with external translators and provide them with regular feedback on their services and performances;
• Help organize, monitor and follow up translation projects involving.

Selection Criteria
Including Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Hold at least a Bachelor's Degree in Translation or a closely related discipline.
• At least three (5) years of practical experience, three (3) of which should have been spent working in or with an international organization (preferably in multilateral development banks).
• Good knowledge of specialized translation software or ability to learn about such software quickly and apply new technologies.
• Having private sector experience will be an added advantage.
• Capacity to overcome work pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Client focused and strong interpersonal skills,
• Ability to communicate efficiently (written and oral) in English and French.
• Excellent writing skills and a sound mastery of various language standards.
• Ability to use all the Microsoft standard software used in the Bank and Practical knowledge of Computer assisted translation (CAT) tools.