National Consultant Provision of Translation​/Interpretation Services Indonesia; Retainer

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. By positioning women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. By positioning women's rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

In Indonesia UN Women develop some programmes to implement its mandates; i.e. Ending Violence against Women, Women’s Peace and Security, and Integrating Gender Equality into National and local policies and plans. Through its programme implementation, UN Women facilitates capacity building for both government and civil society organizations, produce knowledge products on women’s human rights that can be used as evidence-based advocacy tools.

Throughout the implementation, UN Women engages with local and international resource persons to share international knowledge on the related issues as well as to bring out the local knowledge to international forum.

For effective communication and making information and materials accessible in local language, UN Women Indonesia is seeking qualified translator/interpreter for providing timely and high-quality translation/interpretation services from English into Bahasa Indonesia and vice versa and simultaneous translation for UN Women events in .

The consultant will report to the Communication Team and the broader UN Women Indonesia team, depending on the specific team to which they are assigned. The consultant will be supported by the assigned team member, who will serve as the point of contact for contract and payment matters.

Throughout the duration of the contract, the consultant is expected to perform the following indicative tasks:

• Translation from English to Bahasa Indonesia and vice versa of various publications, reports, documents, presentations, studies, briefs, advocacy, and communications materials, among others. Revise translations as necessary, incorporating any corrections or changes requested by UN Women Indonesia, and resubmit the revised documents within the agreed timeframe.

• Provide simultaneous interpretation versa during events, meetings, workshops, conferences, field missions, and other events organized by UN Women Indonesia.
• Interpret speeches, presentations, discussions, and other oral communication from Bahasa Indonesia to English and vice versa.

• Conduct thorough terminological…