Editorial Assistant (Bilingual with Focus Arabic)

The incumbent is responsible for supporting the timely delivery of high-quality Arabic and English documents, ensuring that all final texts are linguistically precise, stylistically consistent, and convey the intendent meaning with maximum clarity in alignment with the United Nations standards.

UN-House ESCWA

3 Months

This position is located within the Conference Management Section (CMS), Resource Management and Service Development Division (RMSDD) of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The editorial assistant will report directly to a senior Reviser and the overall guidance of Chief CMS. The IC will be responsible for the following duties: • Offer support in editorial, and translation work, alongside thorough proofreading and copy preparation across a range of documents; • Conduct meticulous version comparisons between source and target texts to refine outputs and ensure alignment; • Ensure continuity of style, strict accuracy of content, and conformity with established United Nations grammar, style, and typography; • Maintain vigilant and critical oversight in leveraging advanced AI translation tools and computer-assisted translation platforms, ensuring that AI-generated outputs are carefully post-edited and refined to meet rigorous institutional quality standards; • Utilize online research tools and reference databases to check technical terminology and ensure absolute consistency throughout the text, while performing other related language functions as needed and requested.

A first-level degree in translation from a university or an institution of equivalent status or related area is required. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of four years of professional work experience in language-related functions such as translation, proofreading or copy preparation is required.

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English and Arabic is required. Knowledge of French is desirable. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas.

Recruitment for this position is on a local basis. The incumbent is required to have the legal right to live and work in the specified working location.