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Mission and objectives
The WHO Country Office in Slovakia was established in 1994 in Bratislava to support WHO’s work in the country and provide leadership in advocacy, partnership and representation, policy development and technical cooperation. The Office is the focal point for WHO activities in Slovakia and consists of two staff members. In 2013, Slovakia successfully reduced the tuberculosis rate to 6.4 cases per 100 000 population and is entering the elimination phase.
Context
WHO Country Office in Slovakia deals with a constant influx of materials that require translation, ranging from partnership agreements and communication materials to health-related information and more. It will be needed to translate the documents, which is provided from Country Office between English and Slovak languages.
Task description
We are currently seeking for 5 Online Volunteers who can commit to providing stable support for 4 weeks in the field of translationbetween Slovak and English. To this end, the Online Volunteers are asked: - To translate the documents, which is provided from Country Office between English and Slovak languages, which means documents and text, no more than 5 pages A4 per week. The responsibility of the Volunteers with such a translation tasks will take no more than 10 hours per week (on average 6-8 hours) - Ensure the translation is concise, in line with the communications guidelines, and fits the target audience Translation is required for documents regularly produced by the country office, including: - Information about WHO health-related recommendations - Texts on the health campaigns - Translation of publications from the WHO website - Translation of the text for the social networks - Any other relevant materials. The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with the document in the original language and will receive guidance on the target audience and our communications guidelines as well as other guidance as needed.
