National Project Assistant and Translator

Agency: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Title: National Project Assistant and Translator

Application Deadline: 15 December April 2023

Main Duty Station and Location: Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Start of Contract: 10 January 2024

End of Contract: 31 December 2024 (with the possibility of extension)

Duration: full time

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Project Manager in the UNIDO HQ, direct supervision of National Project Coordinator and in close cooperation with the project team in the field and HQ, the National Project Assistant and Translator will provide administrative support and translate documents. Specifically, the National Project Assistant and Translator will perform the following duties:

• Perform general administrative and logistical tasks such as arrangements for meetings, study tours, training, workshops and other events.
• Provide logistical support to international consultants, national consultants, and visiting UNIDO staff members.
• Assist with the preparation for the Project Steering Committee meetings, including providing support in drafting the agenda, the list of participants, sending out invitations and following up.
• Translate (proofread) legal and regulatory frameworks, bi-annual reports, annual reports, service providers’ reports, press releases, background notes, and other documents and reports to/from the Romanian, English, and Russian languages.
• Perform quality control of outsourced documents in the Romanian, English, and Russian languages.
• Assist with communication and visibility actions of the project activities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Interpretation, Literature, Linguistics, Social Sciences, or other relevant discipline is required.

Technical and functional experience:

• A minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible working experience in providing administrative support, interpretation and translation is required.
• Experience relevant to technical cooperation in the Republic of Moldova is
• Working knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel and Microsoft Teams is required.

 Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English, Romanian and Russian languages is required.

Application procedure:

Interested candidates must submit their CV and Cover letter in English language in PDF format to the e-mail address D.Scola@unido.org no later than 15 December 2023. Please indicate “National Project Assistant and Translator” in the subject line. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Please note that this is a full-time assignment for a period of 12 months (with the possibility of an extension).

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Please note that receipt of CV and Cover letter will not be acknowledged, and any further correspondence will be initiated by the UNIDO Project team.