[Hiring] Language Associate @Avaaz

Role Description

This is an exciting consultant position that offers a unique opportunity to support large-scale social change efforts. Language Associates bring Avaaz to millions of people each week by translating Avaaz campaigns from English into key languages and rewriting them to be fitting to local contexts. This role requires strong written communication skills and cultural awareness that allow you to capture the heart of Avaaz’ campaigns and powerfully translate them into French language.

The successful candidate for this part-time position (20 hours/week) will work closely with the French language lead and with the Member Support and Community Petitions teams, and they will report to an Avaaz staffer. Please note that this position is on a freelance/independent contractor basis.

Responsibilities

• Translate Avaaz campaigns from English to French to turn them into strong, emotive, and compelling campaigns to send out in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and to French-speaking members around the world.
• Hands-on technical support for campaign development, including setting up email blasts and landing pages in the Avaaz website backend interface, and supporting the drafting and testing of campaigns.
• Looking for sources for campaigns -- finding relevant, issue-specific, supporting materials from the press, NGOs, etc.
• Monitor and enhance the French Avaaz website and other tools for functionality and language errors, supporting clear and effective communication with members.
• Support the French campaign team to write and edit excellent campaign materials such as briefings, advocacy letters, and press releases. Translate and/or edit other materials as necessary: media material, content for social media etc.
• Reviewing, managing, and supporting the petitions published by French members on the Avaaz Community Petitions website.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication, and translation skills in French, combined with creative thinking to craft engaging texts.
• Excellent communication skills in English, the Avaaz team’s working language.
• Professionalism, efficiency, and results-oriented delivery on short timelines.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to (somewhat) varying weekly workloads.
• Passion and commitment to global justice, citizen empowerment, and social change.
• Strong teamwork skills, comfortable in a highly collaborative culture, and a hierarchical team structure.
• Proficient in Google Suite and online communication systems (Slack, Zoom, etc).
• Ideally: cultural and linguistic understanding of regional differences (e.g. France and Canada), to guarantee Avaaz content can be understood across French-speaking regions.

Compensation

This is an independent contractor role, paid at an hourly rate of €25, depending on experience and location. Contractors are responsible for their own taxes and statutory contributions in their country of residence. Candidates will be provided with an accurate range in local currency based on their location during the recruitment process.

Location

Avaaz is a global organization, with most of our work done remotely. Our staff and contractors are based in locations all over the world. For this position, the candidate would ideally be based in the European/Middle East/African or Americas time zones.

Application Timeline

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and encourage all candidates to submit applications as soon as possible.