Spanish Proof-reader/Editor (Roster Recruitment/Retainer Contract), Multiple positions

Based in Geneva, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECR) supports UNOPS offices throughout the region through: management, financial and programmatic oversight of global and country-specific portfolios, clusters and operations centres, including hosting services; fund and management advisory services; project implementation; procuring goods and services; and managing human resources.

ECR ensures that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between business units and projects across the entire region.

 ECR strategy is to:

• Strengthen UNOPS role in operationalizing the Sustainable Development Goals with particular emphasis on health, environment and economic development.
• Position UNOPS in the Balkan sub-region, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
• Strengthen the implementation of ECR global and regional programmes, with revitalized partnerships in infrastructure, procurement and project management.

ECR operates global portfolios from offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York, and country-specific programmes from its operations and project centres located in Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries.

Launched in September 2010, the purpose of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement is to catalyse collective action and create an enabling environment to end malnutrition in all its forms. With 62 SUN Countries and four Indian States at the helm, the SUN Movement represents an unprecedented country-led effort to bring together stakeholders – from governments, national and global civil society organisations, businesses, the UN system, researchers and scientists across different sectors- and provide them with a collaborative space to convene, mobilise, share, learn, advocate, align and coordinate actions and approaches to improve nutrition.

The SUN Movement Secretariat (SMS) is based in Geneva and is composed of a small team of 30 staff led by a Coordinator and managed by the Chief of Staff. The SMS facilitates and supports the efforts of SUN country governments in their work to scale up nutrition and reduce high rates of malnutrition everywhere,  along with the  Lead Group, the Executive Committee and four support SUN Networks (business, the United Nations, civil society and donors).

UNOPS Geneva office supports a wide array of programmes requiring routine development and dissemination of communication materials in the Spanish language. This position is home-based and part of a roster pool of professionals ready to be engaged on an ad hoc basis. 

The incumbent will be home-based and report to the Communications and Advocacy Team (CAT) within the SMS. He/she will be responsible for providing his/her professional expertise and assistance to the Communication and Advocacy Team (CAT) in a rapid turn-around and supporting the editing and reviewing tasks of all Spanish documents (source and target — for both internal and external communication materials, throughout the organisation) and, hence, support their quality and accessibility. For the Spanish language, we need the incumbent to either provide editing on a Spanish original source document or provide proof-reading on an English or a French (original source) document that was translated into Spanish (translated target text). Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• At least 5 years of experience proof-reading/editing documents from English into Spanish and French into Spanish is required with MA degree, Or 7 years of proof-reading/editing experience from English into Spanish and French into Spanish required with a BA degree.
• Experience in the context of UN or another international organisation an asset.
• Strong MS Office/Google G-Suite skills required. 
• Skills with Computer Assisted Terminology and use of specialised databases/corpora and other translation memory tools required.

• Native-level speaker of Spanish required;
• Fluency in both English and French required.
  
  

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA) - contract modality (whether Local or International) is to be established based on the location of the candidate and the established salary scale within the country.
Contract level: ICS-10 (LICA-10 or IICA-2)
Contract duration: One (1) year renewable - subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.