General
Description of assignment title: Spanish – English Instant Interpretation
Assignment country: United States of America
Expected start date: Invalid Date
Sustainable Development Goal: 5. Gender equality
For how many hours per week will the volunteer be required?
1 – 5 hours per week
Host entity: UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
Type: Online
Duration: 12 weeks
Number of assignments: 2
Details
Mission and objectives
The United Nations Development Programme, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan. BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices; advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government and civil society dialogues, South-South and Triangular cooperation initiatives, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. BPPS works closely with UNDP’s Crisis Response Unit (CRU) to support emergency and crisis response. BPPS ensures that issues of risk are fully integrated into UNDP’s development programmes. BPPS assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.
Context
The Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions program aims to support building capacities of public institutions to mainstream gender equality and ensure their contribution for the advancement of gender equality results. The Seal provides a learning platform that supports critical reflection, capacity building and innovative thinking on gender mainstreaming, and awards institutions that actively promote equality and contribute to reducing gender gaps within their specific mandate. The online volunteer will support with instant Interpretation of the Gender Seal webinars with public institutions.
Task description
– Instant translation and Interpretation support from Spanish to English to use for Gender focused webinars
Requirements
Required experience
– Instant translation and Interpretation skills with knowdge in Gender terminologies – Communication experience
Languages
Spanish, Level: Mother tongue, Required English, Level: Working knowledge, Required
Other information
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.