Pipeline - Freelance Multilingual Production Assistant - (PIP-MTCD-007)

Organization: MTCD-Division of Conference and Document Services

Primary Location: Field (i.e. outside regular IAEA duty station)

Other Locations: Austria

Job Posting: 2024-11-06, 3:25:51 AM

Closing Date: 2024-11-20, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Setting

The MTCD Language Services Section (LSS) is responsible for coordinating, managing and delivering language services for the Agency. The Section promotes multilingualism and maintains language standards of the organization through editing and translation of PMO documents, incoming and outgoing Secretariat documents and correspondence, web articles and advocacy material, Agency publications and other content.

IAEA Talent Pipeline
The purpose of this pipeline announcement is to enhance the Agency’s roster of Multilingual Production Assistants. Under the guidance of the Coordinator, the Multilingual Production Assistant primarily proofreads and formats content for further dissemination.

How does the Talent Pipeline work?
The talent pipeline is open to enable Multilingual Production Assistants to express their interest in freelance employment with the IAEA.
The expression of interest received will be reviewed by responsible officers with a view to:

• Sourcing candidates for temporary or freelance, home-based Multilingual Production Assistant opportunities.

The engagement duration of the Multilingual Production Assistants may be ongoing. Contractual hiring will be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the UN system. The respective compensation policy will be applied depending on the type of contractual agreement comprising short-term or paid-per-word contracts.
Note: Registration in one of the Talent Pipelines does not guarantee employment with the IAEA.

Talent Profile
As a member of a team led by the Coordinator, the Multilingual Production Assistant primarily proofreads and formats content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish for further dissemination.

Key Results Expected

• Proofread content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish in accordance with established quality control guidelines, ensuring accuracy and consistency by checking spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax and completeness.
• Archive and disseminate finalized content in accordance with the established processes.
• Support with the compilation and processing of official records of the meetings of the IAEA Policy-Making Organs.
• Check and format content, including tables and figures, to ensure accurate presentation.
• Carry out other duties as required, such as aligning translated texts, transcribing statements, preparing files for use with translation software and providing backup.

Education, Experience and Language Skills

• Completed secondary education.
• Experience in proofreading and layout tasks is an asset.
• Perfect command of either Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish as mother tongue or principal language of education is a requirement.
• Advanced knowledge of English (if not the incumbent’s mother tongue or principal language of education) is a requirement.
• Experience in using Microsoft Office software is essential; experience in using IT translation tools, in particular Trados Studio, is desirable.
• Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

Organizational Core and Functional Competencies
Core competencies

• Planning and organization
• Teamwork
• Achieving results
• Communication

Functional Competencies

• Analytical thinking
• Knowledge sharing and learning
• Commitment to continuous process improvement

Applications from candidates from developing countries are encouraged

Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority. The IAEA is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. As part of the United Nations common system, the IAEA subscribes to the following core ethical standards (or values): Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for diversity. The IAEA retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade or with a different contract type, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for shorter duration than indicated above. Testing may be part of the recruitment process.