French Editor, P-3 United Nations

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Job offer description: City: Addis Ababa Country: ETHIOPIA Responsabilities: Edits the French translation of ECA publications in order to ensure their conformity with UN standards, rules and practices and clarifies ambiguities and corrects substantive and other errors in close consultation with the appropriate specialist; Competencies: solid writing and analytical skills, ability to detect quickly errors and inconsistencies; faithfulness to the spirit and nuances in a text; good grasp of research techniques.

Qualifications: Education: Advanced University degree (Masters degree or equivalent) preferably in the field of languages, economics, social sciences, law or related fields. Experience: At least five years of professional experience in editing with demonstrated high standards of accuracy, consistency and faithfulness to the spirit, style and nuances of the original text. Languages: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, a thorough command of French which must be applicant’s main language, and a good knowledge of English is required. Others: Knowledge of computer-assisted publication and editing skills required. Knowledge of language applications of information technologies is an asset.

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