MSI Vernacular Radio Pilot Project Translator Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Translator, Vernacular Radio Pilot Project, Nairobi, Kenya

Company Profile: MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm with a 30-year history of helping to deliver development results across the developing world. 

In 2008, we became the America’s operation of the international development arm of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we’ve greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with our sister offices in the UK and Australia. 

Together, we are always driving toward results. We care deeply about the global issues we tackle. Our projects drive governments and organizations toward better results, helping the people they serve to live better lives. 

Today, we are proud to work in partnership with USAID, the private sector, local organizations, universities and foundations to create solutions to global needs. We collaborate with our partners in some of the most challenging and economic climates in the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. 

We possess a core group of development experts in the fields of monitoring and evaluation, public sector reform, governance and anti-corruption who forge close relationships with our clients and partners to achieve the most effective development outcomes. 

Alongside the international development arm of Coffey, our team includes more than 2,100 development professionals with more than 70 corporate and project offices worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com. 

Proposal Summary:  In October 2012, MSI was awarded the Kenya Program Support Project. Under Support, MSI provides verification, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for USAID/Kenya’s entire portfolio of projects country-wide.  MSI will also gather information related to the media to assist USAID in assessing and evaluate its interventions in Kenya.

MSI has been implementing a pilot program created to work with six vernacular radio stations in Kenya, to train their journalists (and editors) on development reporting. 

**Please note: Only Kenyan citizens are eligible for this position. **

Position Summary: MSI is seeking to hire two translators; one who is fluent in Dholuo and the second in the Somali language.  The Translators will translate text messages received from the vernacular radio stations to English.  The assignment duration is a between 3 to 14 days.

Responsibilities: Translation of text messages received from the radio stations from vernacular to English in written form

Qualifications:

• 8 years experience in translation using Dholuo and Somali grammar and vocabulary and be familiar with the idiomatic and stylistic variants of expressing things in the language.
• Must be familiar with not only formal or literary expressions in Dholuo and Somali but also jargon, slang, euphemisms, sayings, etc.
• Ability to translate volumes of short messages ranging in content and context from diverse writers.
• Experience in the Nyanza and/or the North Eastern Regions of Kenya.
• A Diploma in Communications, Teaching, or related field.
• Proficiency in English, Kiswahili.  Dholuo and/or Somali languages are mandatory.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. 

No phone calls, please.

To apply: Please visit our website, www.msiworldwide.com