Translator for Digital Content (French to Creole)

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Mission and objectives

Three years ago, Member States adopted bold reforms to the United Nations development system. At the heart of those reforms was a commitment to transform the United Nations development coordination function to unleash the system’s full capacity to support countries on their path to achieving the transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UN Resident Coordination Offices were retooled, under the oversight of the UN Development Coordination Office, as a means to streamline coordination, manage UN Country Teams and deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. These frameworks are the primary data source for the UNSDG's contribution to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Context

The UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) is the secretariat to the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) and manages the Resident Coordinator (RC) system. Resident Coordinators (RCs) are the highest-ranking representatives of the United Nations development system (UNDS) at the country level, designated by and reporting to the UN Secretary-General. RCs have the responsibility to lead United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs), ensure system-wide accountability on the ground for the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, and coordinate UN support to countries in their implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The purpose of this online volunteer position is to provide support for digital communication work, particularly in the area of translation, on the United Nations Haiti portal: https://haiti.un.org/en. The United Nations Haiti portal includes content in French, English, and Creole. We are seeking a volunteer to assist with content work using French and Creole. This role will be under the supervision of the Public Information Officer in the Communication and Results Reporting Branch.

Task description

We are looking for (3) volunteers, working 1-5 hours a week with specific tasks include: Task one: Assist in translating content for the United Nations Haiti website: Les Nations Unies en Haïti (from French to Creole) https://haiti.un.org/. This includes speeches, remarks and articles produced by the UN Country Team. Task two: Assist in translating content for social media- this is for UN Haiti's twitter and other social media accounts as relevant. This will require understanding social media standards of practice, hashtags. Deliverables include social media posts and assets translated. Task three: Supporting the translation of regular reports and updates for external channels. This may incliude situation reports, briefings, updates by the team as necessary.