Consultant

Job Description

ToR for “Translation of the training manual into 5 local languages (Afan Oromo, Afarigna, Sidamegna, Somaligna, and Tigrigna)” document to the Coalition for Women in the Ethiopian National Dialogue” (short-term)

About TIMRAN and Coalition of Women’s’ Voice in the National Dialogue

TIMRAN is a civil society organization established in March 2020 with the objective of facilitating women's participation in key socio-political decision-making processes. TIMRAN’s vision is to see Ethiopia as a country where women take their legitimate space in the public decision-making arena and the nation’s political affairs. Our mission is to work towards the enhancement of Ethiopian women’s active engagement in political and public leadership to ensure their constitutional right to equal participation in the nation’s political, social, and economic undertakings.

TIMRAN acts as a secretariat office to the Coalition for Women’s Voice in the National Dialogue which was established in March 2021 to ensure women’s representation at the National Dialogue. 

Project Background

TIMRAN outsourced a “Translation of the training manual into 5 local languages (Afan Oromo, Afarigna, Sidamegna, Somaligna, and Tigrigna)” to the coalition for women’s voice in the national dialogue preparation and needs translation work of the training manual into the five local languages.

The Coalition for Women’s Voice in the National Dialogue (CWVND) is a loose coalition established to work toward women’s meaningful representation and influence in the forthcoming Ethiopian National Dialogue process and to ensure that the process responds to and addresses the needs, perspectives, priorities, and aspirations of Ethiopian women in March 2022.

The main objective of the project is to make the training manual document accessible during the community discussions in the coalition for women’s voice in the national dialogue (CWVND) and other stakeholders who couldn’t able to access it in the Amharic language.

The training manual would be translated into five (5) local languages such as Afan Oromo, Afarigna, Sidamegna, Somaligna, and Tigrigna languages to communicate easily since the five languages are the working language of the FDRE government. The training manual will help the community participants during the National Dialogue discussions.

Conditions

The consultant is expected to translate the translation of the training manual from Amharic into the following five (5) local languages; such as Afan Oromo, Afarigna, Sidamegna, Somaligna, and Tigrigna.

Key Responsibilities

Collect the training manual from the TIMRAN office;

• Use standard communication languages during translating the Amharic language into the five languages, such as Afan Oromo, Afarigna, Sidamegna, Somaligna, and Tigrigna.
• Submit the first draft within seven (7) days’ time after signing the contract agreement;
• Deliver the final translated training manual document after collecting comments and feedback on the first draft within five days’ time.

Expected Deliverables

The expected deliverables include, but are not limited to:

• Hold an inception meeting with TIMRAN, the coalition’s staff, and the steering committee of the coalition for women’s voice in the national dialogue;
• Sign an agreement and collect the translation Amharic training manual from the office;
• Submit the first draft within seven days;
• Collect feedback on the first draft within two days’ time;
• Finalize the translation of the tanning manual document as per the Coalition of Women Voice in the national Dialogue/CWVND/ expectation;
• Submit the final training manual translated into five language documents within the given time frame. 

Annexes

The assignment is deliverable within a week’s time starting from the signing of the contract agreement. The consultant is expected to start their job on February 17, 2023, and submit the first draft on/before Feb 27, 2023. The final translated training manuals are expected to submit on March 10, 2023, after the inputs from TIMRAN, and other members of the CWVND are added. 

Job Requirement

 Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience requirements:

• MA Degree preferably in Public Relations and Strategic Communication, Journalism, Literature, Political Science and International Relations, Law, Public Administration, Planning, Economics, and other relevant fields.
• Excellent track record and work experience in translation and delivery of internal and external communication and Advocacy strategy esp. in a CSOs environment;
• Experience (at least two years) in developing, designing, producing, translating, and publishing communication products;
• High level of professionalism, an ability to work independently and in high-pressure situations under tight deadlines;
• Professional proficiency both in spoken and written Amharic language and the following five (5) local languages; Afan Oromo, Afarigna, Sidamegna, Somaligna, and Tigrigna.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;