Fairfood International ICT Translator

Fairfood International is a non-profit global advocacy group with its head office based in Amsterdam and hubs located in several parts of the world. Fairfood encourages food and beverage companies worldwide to address socio-economic and environmental sustainability issues within their supply chains. Fairfood International envisions a future with a fair and sustainable food system, which is able to feed the world in a way that preserves the environment for future generations, respects human rights and secures a thriving economy for all.

Fairfood is currently is looking for:

ICT Translator (Dutch to English) 16-24 hrs/freelance

Team

The ICT team is responsible for maintaining the ICT infrastructure and providing support while continuously seeking to improve ICT within the organization. The team maintains IT services, software, mobile phones, 50 workstations and various technical installations for a number of projects. The ICT team is responsible for providing high-quality workstations in a cost-efficient way. It also acts as a Help Desk and provides technical support to other teams within Fairfood.

Function

As a translator you will have to convert IT documents and manuals from Dutch to English ensuring that the translated version conveys the meaning of the original as clearly and accurately as possible. It is possible to work from the office or as a freelance, according to your preference or the demands of its project.

Profile and Competences

As an ICT translator, you will need:

• Excellent command of spoken and written Dutch • Excellent command of spoken and written English/native
• IT skills or knowledge on technical language and terminology
• Ability to prioritize work in order to meet deadlines

What we offer?

This is an unpaid position which is also suited as an internship. You will get viable working experience in this particular field of work and at an NGO. We offer an extremely versatile position within a young international organization. You will have the freedom and opportunity to continue developing yourself and achieve tangible results. We value our employees and we fully recognize that flexibility in the amount of working hours might be important for you. We do expect, however, that you will work a minimum of sixteen hours a week for at least one month.

How to apply:

Interested?
If you recognize yourself in this outline and have seen your core qualities detailed above, we would like to meet you. Please note that a residence / work permit is required. If you are interested, please send your CV and motivation letter to the HR department of Fairfood International: hr@fairfood.org . and cc Yohann Stasse, Manager ICT, yohann.stasse@fairfood.org no later than 1 of January 2013. If there are queries related to the position, please call the following number: (+31) 627 24 1227.