Translation and Editorial Intern

Work Location

Bogota

Expected duration

6 months

Duties and Responsibilities

This Internship is open to Nationals of Colombia only.

This position is located in the Office of the Chief of Mission Support within the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), based in Bogotá, Colombia. The incumbent will work under the overall supervision of the Associate Field Translator.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with the translation of a variety of texts covering a broad range of subjects dealt with by the United Nations, i.e., political, social, legal, economic, financial, administrative, medical, and technical, meeting established workload and quality standards, while integrating a gender perspective, especially in relation to gender sensitive use of language.
• Get familiar with existing UNVMC editorial guidelines, United Nations terminology and style and assist in its application to source and target texts.
• Support in the collection of data associated with the linguistic services provided.
• Maintain strict security and confidentiality of information.

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:

a) be enrolled in or have completed a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent or higher such as Master’s degree or equivalent, Ph.D. or postgraduate degree); or, b) be enrolled in or have completed the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent).

The Programme must be in languages (English and Spanish), translation, linguistics, or related field.

Candidates are encouraged to highlight their specific skills and/or experience in their application. Applicants to the UN Internship Programs are not required to have professional work experience. However, your training, education, advanced course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your Internship. Good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Teams) is required. Knowledge of, or hands on experience using standard computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools and data visualization/business intelligence platforms is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this Internship, excellent command of both Spanish and English is required. Working knowledge of additional languages is an asset.

Additional Information

Not available.

Intern Specific text

Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.