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Global Voices is seeking a Translation Manager to lead the French Lingua team

Categories: Announcements, Job Opening, Lingua

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 [1]

Translation Managers lead Lingua [2] 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:

Successful applicants will have the following skills and qualifications:

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 [4] 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.