Consultant, Translating Agency at Girl Effect Nigeria

Girl Effect, is an organisation working to break the cycle of inter-generational poverty. We do this by investing in programmes for girls, connecting girls to each other to amplify their voices, and brokering access to the critical assets girls need. We drive behaviour change by harnessing media in innovative ways and building social networks to shift girls perceptions of themselves and how others value them.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant, Translating Agency

Location: Abuja

Job Summary

• Girl Effect is seeking an organizational partner to provide routine translation, subtitling and voice-over recording support for two key projects: TEGA (Technology Enabled Girls Ambassadors) and Girls Connect.
• The partner must be available to start in October 2017.

About TEGA

• TEGA (Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors) is a technology driven peer-to-peer research product and Girl Effect’s potential solution to gaining accurate insight into a girl’s life. Through TEGA, Girl Effect works towards fulfilling its ambition to empowering the hardest to reach demographic in the world - adolescent girls living in poverty. But reaching adolescent girls in poverty is only half of the challenge. The bigger half of the challenge is creating a research method that gives girls a safe space where they can express themselves and speak honestly about their lives, dreams and the real barriers they face. Conventional research methodologies deployed to understand girls - often
• western, adult strangers arriving at her doorstep, asking intimate questions at a moment’s notice - creates an environment where they are unlikely to feel comfortable speaking freely. TEGA uses certified data-collection techniques and mobile technology to teach girls aged 18-24 how to collect meaningful, honest data about their world in real time. The data they collect can be translated and analyzed within 15 minutes of being uploaded. In collaboration with tech and research partners, GEN maintains the TEGA app, monitoring connectivity, designing surveys and conducting analysis and report writing. However, GEN does not have adequate internal resources to translate incoming content from the field from Hausa, Kanuri and potentially other languages to English for a successfully and efficiently analysis of research findings.

Scope of Work

• Girl Effect will require continuous translations and voice-over of content in a format that is clear, girl-friendly and relevant to girls in the larger locations.
• All voice-over of content is expected to be by females between 20 and 35 years; who have a warm, friendly and clear voice.
• For the initial stage, translations will be made into Hausa, Kanuri, Pidgin English and Yoruba.
• Voice-over artists and translators are expected to be fluent speakers of at least one of these languages. Additional languages might be added later.

Translation:

• Translate all content and scripts from English to local languages and/or vice versa.
• Timely supply and management of translators (English to local language and local language to English) with capacity for at least one specific local language as may be required by GEN. Initial languages required are Kanuri, Hausa, Pidgin English and Yoruba.
• For Girls Connect initial translations will comprise 16 stories and 16 role model scripts of approximately 3 pages each to be translated into Hausa, Yoruba and Pidgin English within a timeframe of 5 days maximum.

Voice over:

• Provide female voice-over artists as required by GEN. GEN team would prefer separate individuals handle translation and recording.
• Timely supply and management of recording artists with capacity for at least one specific local language as may be required by GEN. Initial languages required are Hausa, Pidgin English and Yoruba.
• For Girls Connect all recordings of translated material should be completed within a timeframe of 10 days.

Project Management:

• Work with GEN to ensure translations and recording artists are of high quality.
• Manage translators’ timesheet, payment and ensure efficient payment system.
• Liaise with GEN to equip translators with internet services, workspace and laptops for access to the content hub for TEGA translations. In some situations, the translating agency might be required to provide translators with computers

Deliverables:

• Provide translators proficient in translating from English to local language and local language to English. Initial language required include Kanuri, Hausa, Pidgin English and Yoruba. Given the short-time frame for translations, Girl Effect request more than one translator will be required for each language.
• Provide female voice-over artists to record in Yoruba, Pidgin English, and/or Hausa in a friendly, warm and clear voice.
• Manage translation and recording of content within the prescribed timeline, and account for translators’ and voice-over artists’ performance. This includes submission of all translations and recordings within the agreed deadline; training/induction of translators at the GEN office; provision of laptops, earphones, and fast reliable internet.
• Timely submission of invoice along with timesheet, and all other documents required for accounting purposes to GEN for payment.
• Manage payment of the translators’ fee after each month’s work timely
• Ensure that all translations don’t lose original meaning and remain within context
• Ensure that all translations have no abbreviations, summaries or missing information

Requirement for Translators
All translators should have the following:

• Proficiency in the English language (written and spoken)
• Fluency in at least one of the required local languages. Initially translations will be required in Pidgin English, Kanuri, Hausa and Yoruba
• Ability to provide translations that retain the meaning and context of the original text
• Excellent understanding of grammar and punctuation
• Previous experience as a translator will be an added advantage. All translators will be required to provide a sample of previous work
• Translators and voice over artists to be available for work on weekdays and weekends and where possible should be available at short notice. GEN will ensure key dates are mapped out ahead of time as much as possible.
• Travel will be required for some translators. GEN will try to provide details of travel periods ass soon as the information is available.
• The organization may be required to adopt and manage translators and voice-over artists that have worked on previous projects to retain institutional knowledge based on GEN sign off.

Application Closing Date
2nd October, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected]

Interested candidates should submit the following:

• An expression of interest that includes an organizational profile, with previous work history including scope

A budget with the following rates:

• Translating a maximum of 3 min audio files
• Translating an A4 full page content to local languages
• Voicing over 10 mins long audio in local languages and cost of editing
• Management fees

Other expenses:

• 3 letters of references

Note

• Organizations based in Abuja would be preferred; however, organizations outside Abuja who apply must have internet that is able to handle transfer of large media files.
• The unit costs will be multiplied based on project needs.
• Note that Girl Effect Nigeria deducts 10% withholding tax.