The Global Voices Lingua community in the Colombo summit, Sri Lanka.

Global Voices (GV) is seeking a paid part-time Translation Manager for managing the translation of GV content into French. 

Translation Managers lead Lingua translation teams, translating GV content primarily from English into other languages, where each language lives on a dedicated website in the GV network.

The French Translation Manager will be responsible for:

• Acting as a community and workflow manager for the French Lingua team.
• Recruiting, orienting, and training translators.
• Working with translators on selecting stories for translation.
• Driving promotion and engagement of French Lingua stories on social media.
• Monitoring and reporting on website stats and social media stats and sharing monthly with Lingua management and team members.
• Collaborate with Lingua management on methods of maximizing traffic and attention for content.
• Convening periodic team meetings.
• Developing republication partnerships for Francophone content in collaboration with the newsroom.
• Working closely with the newsroom on promoting Francophone stories in French.
• Maintain French Lingua site updated.

Successful applicants will have the following skills and qualifications:

• Native speaker of French.
• High proficiency in English.
• Ability to evaluate and edit French translations from English (additional languages are a plus).
• Skill and experience in community management, team leadership, and teamwork.
• The ability to work harmoniously with others in a loosely structured, virtual work environment.
• Have high computer literacy.
• Have reliable access to a broadband internet connection.
• Be available for GV work about 20 hours a week.
• Be able to demonstrate a solid commitment to Global Voices’ mission and values.

Global Voices is an international, virtual organization supported by paid and volunteer efforts on every continent. The engine of the Global Voices newsroom is a team of part-time editors who work with volunteer authors around the world to highlight stories and perspectives that are underrepresented in international mainstream media.

There is no geographic requirement associated with this position; Global Voices has no office or physical headquarters. However, candidates must be comfortable setting their schedules and working in a wholly virtual environment. The person selected for this position will report to the Global Voices Lingua Manager.

We strongly welcome candidates from outside North America and Western Europe and encourage people currently contributing to the Global Voices project to apply.

The position is half-time and is treated as a freelance contract.

GV French Lingua contributors are encouraged to apply.

To apply:

Submit a résumé and a cover letter, in English, highlighting your work and explaining why you would be a great fit for the position at gohary@globalvoices.org by 11:59 pm UTC December 7, 2021. Please include your name and “French Translation Manager” in the subject line.