Hausa Translator Job at USAID-Funded Project - Nigeria

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Job Title: Hausa Translator

Location: Bauchi, Nigeria

Organisation: USAID-Funded Project – Nigeria

Sector: Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)

Alternative Job Title: Consultant

Background: A USAID-funded project in northern Nigeria aimed at strengthening state and local government capacity to deliver basic education services by addressing key issues in the management, sustainability and oversight of basic education as well as increasing access of orphans and vulnerable children to basic education and services such as health information and counseling.

Qualification and Skill Set:

•   Minimum of a Master's Degree in Hausa, Liberal Arts or Social Sciences.

•   Minimum of 10 years experience working in the Hausa service section of newspaper, magazine, radio or TV, or the Hausa department of a higher institution.

•   At least five samples of documents translated from English to Hausa.

•   Experience in editing articles, books/publications in Hausa.

•   Proof reading experience in Hausa that is clearly error-free.

•   Attention to detail and outstanding command of writing Hausa for low-literate publics.

Objectives:

•   Translate short story pieces into Hausa for publication in news publications

•   Translate and proofread project news bulletins into Hausa for public use.

•   Ensure that project news bulletins translated into Hausa meet the highest standards of quality and consistency in Hausa writing.

How to Apply:

Interested and qualified? Apply with a cover letter and CV as single Word or PDF file addressed to "Chief of Party".

Candidates may be expected to attend an interview in Bauchi at their own expense.

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Females as well as Indigenes of Bauchi and Sokoto States who qualify for this position are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: 25th February, 2013.

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