Translator at Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries. Founded on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, its mission is to promote economic integration across the region.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Translator

Location: Lome, Togo
Grade: P3/P4
Division: Administration and Finance
Line Supervisor: Revisor

Role Overview

• Under the supervision of the Reviser, the translator translates all documents of the highest quality into two of the three languages and ensures the facilitation of communication from one language to the other.

Role and Responsibilities

• Translate different types of documents into French, English, and Portuguese languages.
• Contribute to the design and development of different types of documents and tools in French, English, and Portuguese.
• Ensure the editing of produced documents.
• Contribute to the development of documentation of the translation process.
• Contribute to the recruitment process, including through the design, implementation, and evaluation of verbal and written language tests.
• Supervise and strengthens the capacity of other translators recruited occasionally.
• Perform any other tasks and functions requested by the supervisor.

Academic Qualifications and Experience

• Have a Master’s level university degree in Linguistics, Literature, Social Sciences or Communication or in a similar field obtained from a university or a recognized training institution.
• Have at least seven (7) years of professional experience acquired in the field of translation, preferably within the framework of an international organization or in a company specializing in translation/interpretation.
• Have perfect mastery of two of the three languages (French, English and Portuguese) and have a demonstrated ability to translate and ensure interpretation from each of their languages into the other two.
• Be able to use modern translation tools and methods.
• Have excellent communication skills, listen to others, do not hesitate to ask for clarification, be open to dialogue and adapt your level of expression to the audience.
• Have a proven ability to work in dynamic contexts. Demonstrate great availability and a strong ability to adapt to work needs.
• Good knowledge of IT tools, use of the Internet and social networks.

Age Limit:

• Be below 50 years old. This provision does not apply to internal candidates.

ECOWAS Key Competencies:

• Ability to get groups to work together cooperatively, by enlisting active involvement, creating a climate for respect and openness, and applying effective techniques for group facilitation, explore their potentials, motivate them, and guide them.
• Organizes and leads cross-divisional work group in developing creative solutions to address problems and or leads a small group of entry level professionals and administrative support staff.
• Well-developed on—the-job training techniques paired with excellent coaching and mentoring skills; knowledge of new staff orientation approaches to facilitate understanding of the position and organization.
• Ability to assign work to employees and provides timely and consistent feedback regarding technical proficiency and effectiveness.
• Knowledge of project management at the level usually acquired from a certification in Project Management (e.g. Prince2 or Project Management Professional PMP).
• Ability to consider the impact of a shift in programmatic direction to the needs of internal and external client.
• Ability to promote and consider staff feedback to streamline processes in order to meet deadlines of relevance to client expectations; ability to consistently maintain composure and direction in high- pressure situations.
• Well-developed problem solving, mediation and conflict resolution skills to address discrepancies, complaints, bottle necks, time constraints affecting quality and quantity of client services.
• Ability to anticipate growing client needs and expectations to continuously improve quality, and timelines and service delivery, addressing client questions in a timely manner.
• Ability to communicate openly with clients/stakeholders, keeping them informed of progress and issues requiring attention/resolutions.
• Excellent judgement and ability to implement programmatic changes in a manner that ensures a bias-free work environment and fair and equitable application to new rules/regulations.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to adhere to policies, goals, objectives, and principles of valuing diversity in performing everyday duties and responsibilities; promoting/modeling behaviors that demonstrate tolerance and understanding of various cultures.
• Ability to build value from leveraging diverse capabilities and inputs from various cultures, staff and clients.
• Ability to seek out best practices to make organizational decisions of relevance to diversity management, ensuring that project and program activities identify vulnerable areas and contain systemic checks.
• Excellent knowledge of ECOWAS institutions and how the different organs relate to each other, particularly as it relates to own work sector/programs.
• Broad knowledge of ECOWAS legal framework with a sound knowledge of approaches to policy and program development as well as project management normally acquired through certification.
• Well-developed knowledge of the rules, processes, and procedures of ECOWAS, of pertinence to tasks related to own position.
• Broad knowledge of member states trends, indicators, challenges, and opportunities as it relates to sector/programme assigned to own position.
• Creativity and flexibility to deviate from traditional methods in developing new procedures, processes, and tools, using technology to simplify methods and approaches whenever possible.
• Ability to reevaluate current procedures and suggest improvements to ensure an effective, streamlined process.
• Ability to gather and summarize information to predict stakeholder views on a new policy/programme; and excellent analytical skills to assess external policies and trends when reviewing policy/programme options, pros, cons, and recommendations.
• Ability to synthesize complex information gathered from a variety of external sources and disseminates it to others in a logical.
• Ability to apply appropriate methodology to discover or identify policy issues and resource concerns.
• Ability to evaluate, incorporate, and communicate the latest developments in specialty area (i.e. in specific sector or program area) using institution/agency guidelines and criteria.
• Well-developed interpersonal, negotiation, networking, and presentation skills with proven abilities to influence, explain complex information and demonstrate empathy and open-mindedness.
• Ability to demonstrate operational proficiency in the use of computer in communicating using technology tools such as email, word processing, excel, power point, collaborative software, graphic software.
• Ability to convey information clearly and concisely in a succinct and organized manner through both writing and verbal means, either with electronic or print media.
• Fluency in one of the three ECOWAS official languages (English, French & Portuguese)
• Good knowledge of internal planning cycles and ability to contribute to the development and to implement Community-wide or institution policy by determining target audience, building coalitions with the appropriate population, and monitor progress.
• Ability to considers external circumstances, factors and trends when organizing project activities to ensure the best outcomes.
• Ability to review process outcomes, correspondence, reports, and policy documents to develop sound and achievable plans.
• Ability to conduct meetings with staff, stakeholders, colleagues, and others to ascertain of organizational, program and/or project needs, adjusting plans and activities accordingly.
• Ability to adjust project plans based on input from staff and stakeholders and/or ability to design and implements guidelines, tools, and templates to accommodate new or revised programmes and services.

Salary
USD65,357.05 - USD76,632.37 Annually.

Application Closing Date
6th March, 2024.