On-Demand Protection or Safeguarding advisor to review Vlax Romani

Contract length: On-demand consultancy agreement

Location: Home-based

Travel: None

Salary r****ange: 30 USD - 35 USD per hour

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2023

CLEAR Global is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.

The Role

CLEAR Global  is looking for  a Vlax Romani speaker who is experienced in safeguarding, protection or the field of Prevention for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). The staff member will need to review a glossary in Vlax Romani which has 208 concepts plus 3,912 words in the definitions. This glossary focuses on the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation. This glossary will help humanitarian workers and the communities they work with to discuss these concepts as part of the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine. CLEAR Global will also be working with translations of other materials that will potentially need review beyond this project.

Responsibilities

• Providing accurate revision of the translated Vlax Romani terms and definitions, advising on what words are best understood by community members and professionals.
• Checking the  glossary terms using other reference materials in the target language.
• Delivering the reviews on the agreed deadlines.
• The advisor must abide by the CLEAR Global code of conduct and child protection policy.

Please note that these roles and responsibilities are approximate and may change over time.

Qualifications

The On-Demand Vlax Romani protection advisor should be enthusiastic about the importance of increasing access to knowledge through language. The right candidate is an energetic team player who agrees with CLEAR Global’s Core Values and can work remotely (at their own home via computer or phone) to collaborate with team members based throughout the world.

Requirements

• Experience working with issues related from any of these fields: safeguarding, protection, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Child Protection or Gender-based Violence.
• Proficiency in English.
• Native or bilingual speaker of Vlax Romani written in Latin alphabet
• Provide the names of two references within the field.
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work under pressure against the clock.
• Previous experience with humanitarian aid and/or with non-profit organization is a plus.
• Access to a reliable internet connection and a computer or smartphone.

About CLEAR Global

CLEAR Global exists to help people get vital information, and be heard, whatever language they speak. We believe that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Our network of over 100,000 community members translate millions of words of life-saving and life-changing information a year.

Core values

CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global’s mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework:

• Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, CLEAR Global is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector.
• Integrity: CLEAR Global believes that every person, whether it’s the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity.
• Empowerment: CLEAR Global believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny.
• Innovation: CLEAR Global recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world.
• Sustainability: CLEAR Global recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure.
• Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and conduct themselves professionally at all times.

CLEAR Global may re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration at its discretion.