Translation Team Leader (Internals only)- Syria Idleb

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.

GOAL has been working in North Aleppo Governate since 2019, through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, as well as emergency support for recently displaced household.

Job purpose:

We are seeking to hire a full time Translation Team Leader

Reporting to the HR & Admin Manager, the Translation Team Leader performs interpreting / translating services of oral and/or written communications between English and Arabic in a variety of settings; and performs other duties including translators’ team management tasks.

The Translation Team Leader performs a wide range of duties including some of the following:

Duties, objectives, and competencies

• Manage the Translation Team to ensure effective, efficient, and timely delivery of translation and interpretation services
• Monitor translators’ participation in assignments and manage the flow of day-to-day assignments
• Ensure that high quality translation and interpretation services are provided
• Ensure team’s compliance with all GOAL policies and procedures
• Keep updated trackers of team activities
• Provide interpreting / transliterating services for meetings, interviews, telephone calls, etc. including one to one and group settings.
• Translate orally or in written form all documents presented by staff, and other individuals.
• Prepare written translations of instructional, policy and educational materials, correspondence, and forms from one language to another when appropriate for use by the staff, and other individuals.
• Review translated material for accuracy of meaning, grammar, and syntax.
• Relay concepts and ideas between languages.
• Convert written materials from one language into another, such as books, web pages.
• Create a new text in the target language that reproduces the content and style of the original.
• Receive and submit assignments electronically.
• Use dictionaries and glossaries for reference.
• Any other duties as required

Requirements (essential)

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Translation, or Interpretation. Postgraduate degree would be highly regarded.
• At least 3-year previous experience working in the field of translation/ interpretation
• Fluent in spoken and written English and Arabic
• Previous experience supervising/leading team
• Syrian with previous working experience with NGOs in Syria
• Excellent IT Skills
• Excellent analytical/problem-solving skills and detail orientation
• Staff management experience and good inter-personnel skills
• Enthusiastic and keen to work hard to achieve the objectives of the organization
• Supervisory skills, Team building skills, Problem solving skills, basic counselling skills, and negotiations skills
• Report/proposal writing skills

Requirements (desired):

• Ability to manage workload and prioritise varied tasks.
• Diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Flexible, creative, and able to resolve issues and identify solutions.