World Health Organization
This role provides surge support to the WHO Communications team working on the novel Coronavirus response effort (2019-nCoV) by producing web content in Arabic, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, including for the emergencies and disease outbreaks sections, using WHO content management system. The consultant will be also requested to manage translation requests. She/He works with other members of the Multilingual team, the Department of Communications, the Incident Management System (IMS) team, and others as needed to deliver on WHO’s commitment to protect the vulnerable and save lives.
The WHO multilingual website (www.who.int) is one of the Organization’s flagship information and communication platforms, with more than 7 million visitors every month. It is the leading online global public health reference, connecting readers – in their own languages – to high quality health information.
The Department of Communications (DCO) objectives are to: lead the development and implementation of the corporate communications plan, drive prioritization and ‘right size’ effort with expected impact for WHO; position WHO as authoritative and trusted voice on health at the global level through working with technical departments to develop strategies to amplify WHO’s normative work; lead WHO media outreach, incl. crisis/ emergency communication with input from technical departments as well as across all 3 levels; drive all communication to the general public as well as responding to media enquiries; lead on global advocacy (e.g. health campaigns, public health information, donor visibility for resource mobilization); provide digital global production capacity & expertise to support all levels of the organization.
Work to be performed
- Produce corporate and technical web content in Arabic, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, including emergencies and disease outbreaks sections;
- Assist in the coordination of translation requests for who.int and other channels;
- Keep track of emergencies-related web content published in English and liaise with the different Units in WHO to have it translated, produced and published on WHO site.
Expected Deliverables
Output 1: Multilingual web production
- Produce web content (10-15 pages per language daily) in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish, using WHO Content Management Systems (CMS).
- Produce backlog web content in all languages as needed.
- Ensure the quality of produced pages in terms of Search Engine Optimization, proper use of tags within the CMS, and enrich web pages with relevant links in the language.
- Assist in producing web-optimized images for the above-mentioned languages, where needed.
Output 2: Translation coordination
- Assist with the coordination of translation for the WHO web site.
- Check regularly the status of translations in the Documents Tracking System for available translations in all languages, download and produce them.
Output 3: Reporting on deliverables
- Provide a weekly report on deliverables.
The consultant will work onsite in WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland. All work is to be performed on site, unless specifically authorized by the supervisor. This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
Posting ID: 2000538