The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the representative office of the Secretary-General. We support programme implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT) globally, as well as other UN offices in Kenya, by Providing administrative, conference and information services (www.unon.org). This post is located in UNON, Division of Conference Services at the Nairobi duty station. Under the supervision of the Chief, Translation and Editorial Section, the incumbent will perform the following:
		Responsibilities

1. Plan and oversee the management of activities undertaken by the Spanish Language Unit; Programme daily and long-term work of the Unit.  2. Supervise and monitor the performance of all staff under his/her supervision; Counsel and assist Revisers and Translators/Précis-writers, as required; Coordinate the work of external translators, including quality control and performance monitoring; Train junior language staff; Monitor the quality of in-house and contractual translations.   3. Organize all activities of the Unit to ensure maximum efficiency.  4.  Provide policy guidance to the Chief of Section on conceptual development strategy and management of the Unit with regard to both Operational and Human Resource matters; Support the Chief of Section in the preparation of terminology materials and instructions; Select text for United Nations competitive examinations, marking candidates’ scripts and evaluate results.   5. Revise translations and original summary records and translate texts dealing with subjects of an exceptionally sensitive, complex or technical nature.  6. Direct the conduct of terminological research within the Unit.   7.  Serve as officer-in-charge in the absence of the Chief of Section.  8. Perform other related duties as required. More.