Tuesday 13 December 2011

Job Opportunity: Xendan News and Media Seeks For Translator


Job Title: TRANSLATOR
Status: Full-Time (Saturday to Thursday -- 9-5PM) 
Location:  Xendan News and Media Headquarter
Reports to: English web manager

Xendan News and Media is seeking a dynamic and self-motivated individual to assist with adding and developing the English version of www.xendan.org. Responsible for translating Kurdish news reports to English around the clock. This job requires an experienced translator who can translate Kurdish reports into appropriate and well written English. These reports will be taken from the Kurdish section of the Xendan website. Only Main Kurdish reports will be translated into English. In addition, articles, interviews and letters may be sometimes required to translate. This may sometimes require someone who can work under pressure. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
·         Create, develop and manage content for Xendan’s web presence
·         Ability to translate from Kurdish and Arabic, to English
·         Copyedit and proofread all English web content
·         Work cooperatively with key team members of other organizations

Qualifications and Competencies:
·         Minimum of 1 year experience
·         Technical experience in Microsoft Office

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR RESUME AND YOUR COVER LETTER TO: jobs@xendan.org
Xendan News and Media
Salim Street 2, Near Xasraw Xal Bridge
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Office:  +964(0)  53 511 1022
Website: www.xendan.org