Country: Somalia
Closing date: 29 Aug 2017
About Farsight Africa Group
Farsight Africa Group is an East-Africa focused advisory and implementation company that provides customized services to clients in government, business and development. We thrive on working in complex, sensitive and frequently insecure environment.
Our team consists of experienced local and international practitioners with a background in strategy, research, project management, and specific industries. They have a deep and unparalleled understanding of the social, cultural and political landscape. We ensure that we can employ the rare commodity of influence to deliver strategic effects, as well as behavioral change among key audiences.
Taken together, Farsight is able to develop and deploy superior interventions that help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. Our service array is comprehensive and we distinguish ourselves by offering end-to-end solutions. We design our offer to match the challenge and the specific effects our clients want delivered. We are impact-led and view measurement of output, performance and effect as an integral part of our programme design.
Responsibilities
- Translate from Somali into English and vice versa documents covering a broad range of subjects dealt with by AMISOM, i.e. political, legal, humanitarian, financial, administrative and technical, ensuring that all deadlines are met and the quality of translation is adequate.
- Provide accurate and complete high quality consecutive and simultaneous interpretation into Somali from English, or from Somali as and when the need arises.
- Interpreting during meetings with high-ranking officials, press events and conferences.
- Supervise the work of a small group of interpreters/translators and/or work in a team of translators.
- Monitor the news output of all Al-Shabaab news sites in Somalia, radio stations in Mogadishu print and social media sites.
- Prepare and distribute media monitoring report which will highlight coverage responsive to agreed keywords in print, radio and TV sources and shared with AMISOM/UNSOM.
- May perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Media, Mass Communication, Journalism, Political Science, International Relations, Public Administration or any other related field is required.
· Fluency in oral and written English and Somali is required.
- At least 2 years of progressive responsible experience working in Somalia in media monitoring/mass communication or journalism required.
- Should have excellent communication skills, presentable and organised.
- Excellent presentation skills and professionalism.
- Should be creative and detail oriented.
How to apply:
Applicants meeting the above requirements are requested to submit a cover letter summarizing their work experience with an updated resume (must have three references) to jobs@farsightafrica.com on or before 29th August, 2017.