Translation support for Sustainable Energy for Development campaign – UNV jobs in the USA

• Location: USA
• Vacancy No: N/A 
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNV
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-03-06

Details
Mission and objectives
The UNDP Sustainable Energy Hub is a network of partners that work alongside countries to transform energy systems though an integrated agenda focused on the policy, technology and financial shifts that shape sustainable economic development. We help countries build net-zero, people-centered societies driven by a just, sustainable energy transition. Our core principle is to promote an integrated agenda that supports energy for development, including by mobilizing partners to enable 500 million additional people to have access to sustainable, reliable, affordable energy by 2025, leaving no-one behind.

The global transformation of energy systems has already started, but is being altered by the current geopolitical context. However, this transformation must be accelerated, and it must be done in a way that advances the Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Energy Hub is UNDP’s answer to these challenges. To drive the systems-level change needed, the Sustainable Energy Hub aims to bring about a completely new way of thinking, doing business, connecting people and knowledge.

UNDP’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan has put sustainable energy at the heart of a joint corporate mission, and UN-Energy has pledged to reaching key energy milestones by 2025. UNDP will focus efforts on mobilizing partners and catalzing action to provide access to sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy – both electricity and clean cooking – to 500 million people by 2025, focusing on the world’s poorest communities. UNDP will not do this alone – our role here is to mobilize strong, meaningful, impactful partnerships to deliver action on the ground. We aim to bring about a new way of thinking about energy and advocate for an integrated, inclusive approach, where all stakeholders participate meaningfully in its design.

Context
The EnergyForDevelopment campaign is part of the UNDP Sustainable Energy Hub’s efforts to support the impact of sustainable energy as a central lever for development. We have developed a series of videos as part of the campaign, each less than two minutes in length, and we are looking for online volunteer support in translating these video scripts. Although the three immediate languages we need support in are French, Arabic, and Chinese, feel free to apply if you are a translator in any language.

Task type
Translation and Interpretation

Task description
The Sustainable Energy Hub is looking for translation support for video script from English into French, Arabic, and Chinese. The scripts discusses renewable energy trends expected in 2024. While voice-over skills are not mandatory, they are welcomed.

Requirements
Required experience
Must be fluent in English
Knowledge of technical terms is an advantage
Translation experience

Languages
French, Level: Fluent, Desirable
Arabic, Level: Fluent, Desirable
Chinese, Level: Fluent, Desirable

Other information
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

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