VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Deadline for applications: Post title: Grade: Organizational unit: Duty Station: Vacancy Announcement Number: Indicative minimum net annual remuneration (including post adjustment): At single rate: At dependency rate:
30 June 2014 Translator/Reviser (English mother tongue) P-4 Department of Linguistic Matters The Hague (Netherlands) 2014-01
€ 78,929 € 84,759
Functions The successful candidate, working under the overall supervision of the Head of Department, will be responsible, among other things, for the revision of Court documents such as case pleadings, verbatim records of Court hearings, draft orders and judgments, judges’ notes and opinions, diplomatic correspondence, minutes of Court meetings, internal notes and memos, etc. His/her specific duties will include the following: translating documents from French to English (without revision) and revising translations produced by other members of the department and external translators; checking bilingual texts for linguistic concordance; providing linguistic assistance to other Registry departments, including checking and editing documents drafted in English; supervising and training less experienced translators; performing such administrative tasks as may be assigned to him/her by the Head of Department. Qualifications and skills required University degree in modern languages, translation and/or law; at least eight years’ experience as a translator and two years’ experience as a reviser in an international organization or national institution; English mother tongue; thorough command of French; excellent writing and editorial skills; the ability to assist with interpreting on occasion would be an asset; broad general knowledge, attention to detail and the ability to maintain harmonious relations within a multicultural team, particularly under pressure during busy periods.