The primary role of the Language Services Department is to ensure, as required by the Bank’s Agreement, the accessibility in the two working languages of the Bank (English and French, and on occasion Arabic and Portuguese) during key meetings organized by the Bank and for all documents submitted to Senior Management and governing bodies of the Bank, with a view to efficient decision-making aimed at the achievement of the Bank’s mission. To this end, high priority will be accorded to ensuring an accurate and effective flow of communication within the Bank, and also between the Bank, its shareholders, development partners and the public at large, through the translation, interpretation and terminological services provided by the Department.
The Text Processor’s duty is to ensure that documents submitted to CLSD for translation are formatted and presented as required by Senior Management.
Duties and responsibilities
Under the guidance of the Head of the graphic design and text processing Section, and the general supervision of the Director, CLSD, the incumbent shall:
- Ensure that the formatting of Bank documents is done in accordance with international standards and procedures;
- Ensure that all documents submitted for formatting meet the Bank’s requirements in terms of font, type size, headings, left, right, top, and bottom margins, as well as spacing before and after sentences and paragraphs;
- Check all documents to ensure that the table of contents, the page numbering and foot notes contained in the translation match with those of the original document
- Make sure pictures, graphs and images in the translated document match with those in the original document;
- Contribute to the publication of glossaries, lexicons, brochures, posters and other items by CLSD.
- Assist in the production of power point presentations, statistical tables, graphs and other complex document by the Unit.
- Provide technical advice to CLSD staff in word processing and formatting
- Perform other related work as required by his/her supervisors.
This Position Does Not Attract International Terms And Conditions
(The incumbent of the position will be considered as local staff and will therefore not have international status)
Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- At least a Bachelor’s degree or BAC+4 or Maîtrise in languages or an equivalent diploma. Additional qualifications in any other discipline relevant to the business of the African Development Bank Group would be an added advantage;
- At least 4 years practical experience in text processing, preferably in an international organization;
- Good mastery of formatting techniques
- Extensive general knowledge and capacity to quickly adapt to a complex multicultural environment;
- Capacity to work efficiently under stress;
- Ability to communicate (verbal and written) effectively in English or French, with a sound knowledge of the other language;
- Capacity to use standard software (word, excel, outlook, Power Point, etc.) used in the Bank.
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