Project Manager- Translators Without Borders

Job Details

Project Manager

Crisis Response · Remote location, Remote

Contract length: 12 months

Hours: Full-time

Location: Home-based 

Travel: None anticipated

Reporting to: Crisis Response

Deadline for applications: 21 December 2020 

The role

The Project Manager leads, oversees, and coordinates internally and externally to ensure the timely and effective delivery of a specific TWB global project. This diverse and dynamic role coordinates the design, resourcing and implementation of language, research and terminology services and may engage directly in remote and field-level data collection.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery and monitoring of project activities, in line with donor and TWB standards, liaising between teams and with partner organizations, and promoting effective planning and communication
• Support the management of project budgets, evaluation and reporting in line with TWB and donor requirements, with support from finance and global crisis response colleagues
• Represent TWB’s language services, research, and language technology work in relevant humanitarian forums, using evidence and learning to raise awareness of the importance and impact of language and language tech in public health emergencies and humanitarian action
• Coordinate with TWB’s global program development, identifying funding and partnership opportunities and developing proposals based on ongoing scoping of need and information from TWB’s programs and partner engagement
• In collaboration with TWB’s global finance and HR teams, ensure financial and HR procedures are adhered to 
• Contribute to a positive, innovative and supportive work environment where TWB’s values are understood and upheld

Qualifications

The project manager should be an innovative self-starter with a strong sense of initiative, an understanding of the humanitarian sector and management credentials, and enthusiastic about the importance of increasing access to knowledge through language. The right candidate is an energetic team player and leader who agrees with TWB´s basic beliefs and values and who can work virtually with team members based throughout the world. 

Requirements 

• 5+ years of project design and management experience in the humanitarian sector
• International humanitarian aid experience and demonstrated understanding of communicating with communities/accountability to affected populations/risk communication and community engagement  programming
• 3+ years’ experience of external representation, with a track record of effective coordination and liaison with UN agencies, international NGOs and governments
• Strong writing and presentation skills in English
• Fluency and writing skills in one or more other languages relevant for humanitarian response preferred
• Familiarity with language and/or communications technology desirable
• Interpreting or translation experience a plus
• Tech-savvy and open to innovative solutions

About Translators without Borders

Translators without Borders believes that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Originally founded in 1993 in France (as Traducteurs sans Frontières), TWB translates millions of words of life-saving and life-changing information a year. 

Core Values

• Translators without Borders employees and volunteers are made of people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. Translators without Borders’ mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework: 
• Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, Translators without Borders is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector. 
• Integrity: Translators without Borders believes that every person, whether it is the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity. 
• Empowerment: Translators without Borders believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny.
• Innovation: Translators without Borders recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world.
• Sustainability: Translators without Borders recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure.
• Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and, conduct themselves professionally at all times. 

Translators without Borders is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion, and encourages qualified candidates of all genders and from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization.