Portuguese Translator/Reviser

Join us and help strengthen multilingual excellence at PAHO

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking a meticulous highly skilled and service-oriented Portuguese Translator/Reviser to ensure the highest linguistic quality across the Organizations Portuguese-language documents. As a key member of the Languages Team you will contribute directly to PAHOs mission by ensuring accurate consistent and authoritative translations that support public health action throughout the Region of the Americas.

Working under the general supervision of the Deputy Director and the direct supervision of the Advisor Language Services the selected candidate will:

• Ensure quality control by revising translations into Portuguese and edit original Portuguese texts in accordance with PAHO style and terminology.

• Translate and selfrevise complex technical and scientific documentsparticularly in public health medicine governance and related areasprimarily through postediting machine translation workflows.

• Coordinate and supervise translation requests including managing external Portuguese translators and editors to ensure costeffective timely and highquality outputs.

• Provide specialized Portuguese language support during Governing Bodies meetings and in response to public health emergencies.

• Maintain and strengthen organizational terminology resources through linguistic research glossary updates and technical consultations.

• Recruit test mentor and evaluate Portuguese translators; support the onboarding and development of temporary translators and interns.

• Participate in crossorganizational collaboration innovation and knowledgesharing initiatives to enhance translation practices and tools including AIassisted translation technologies.

For a complete list of functions please see the post description.

What is required for this position

Education

Essential: A bachelors degree in a health or social science translation linguistics modern languages or public health and a masters degree in any field related to the functions of the position from a recognized university.

Experience

Essential: Nine years of combined national and international experience as a translator including experience as a reviser.

Desirable: Experience with an international organization preferably in public health medicine or international development would be an asset.

Languages

Excellent idiomatic and technical command of Portuguese as mother tongue and thorough knowledge of English and Spanish.

IT Skills

Demonstrated ability to effectively use current technology and software as well as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Other IT skills and knowledge of software programs such as Microsoft Excel Outlook OneDrive PowerPoint Teams SharePoint and Word are considered essential.

Competencies and Skills

For a complete list of competencies and skills please refer to the post description.

The key skills required are:

• Full command of technical translation skills including terminology databases electronic dictionaries online research and postediting of machinetranslated output.

• Highlevel expertise in Portuguese translation revision and editing.

• Ability to research specialized subject matter and stay current with advancements in relevant fields.

• Ability to acquire and synthesize information across diverse technical areas and produce highquality content tailored to the intended audience.

• Ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines.

• Familiarity with translation practices for governing bodies.

• Strong organizational analytical communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to present information clearly tactfully and diplomatically.

Duration of Contract

This isan initial11-month assignment with thepossibilityof extensions subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.