National Assistant

2 weeks ago


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Full time

**Job Identification**
- 10479

**Locations**
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia**Posting Date**
- 03/13/2024, 07:20 AM
- 03/27/2024, 07:20 AM

**Job Schedule**
- Full time

**Agency**
- UNDP

**Vacancy Type**
- National Personnel Service Agreement

**Practice Area**
- Effectiveness

**Vacancy Timeline**
- 2 Weeks

**Background**

The Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture (MEWA) has the mandate to supervise the water sector and manage and protect the natural water resources of the Kingdom. To carry out this mandate, the ministry has completed many water resources studies, prepared then National Water Strategy (NWS) and related water regulations, and initiated a comprehensive Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plan along with other initiatives that ensure sustainability of water resources and high quality of water supply. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has an agreement with MEWA to provide MEWA with technical assistance in its capacity development to carry out its mandate.

The UNDP is looking for a qualified and competent national Arabic Language Editor to Assist the UNDP project team at MEWA in editing Arabic letters and reports.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

The Arabic Language Editor shall carry the overall responsibility of supporting the UNDP project management in MEWA to edit all Arabic documents for linguistic corrections.

The key areas of work and responsibilities under this TOR include:

- Editing Arabic letters for the UNDP project and MEWA.
- Editing technical and non-technical reports.
- Providing assistance to translators in reviewing translated reports for linguistic corrections.
- Editing publications for conferences and workshops, and other meetings.
- Providing support on any aspects requested by the Project Management Team.

4. Institutional Arrangement

The Editor shall report to the UNDP CTA and DRR and should regularly (as decided by UNDP project management) provide him with written reports on his/her work progress.

**Competencies**

Core

Achieve Results:
LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.

Think Innovatively:
LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, and makes improvements.

Learn Continuously:
LEVEL 1: Open-minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, and asks for feedback.

Adapt with Agility:
LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, and is flexible.

Act with Determination:
LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.

Engage and Partner:
LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, and forms positive relationships.

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:
LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, and confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Professionalism
- Shows pride and confidence in work and in achievements and demonstrates professional competence in his/her work area.
- Shows high level in meeting commitments, observing deadlines, and achieving results.
- Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns.
- Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges.
- Is not aggressive in stressful situations.

Planning& Organizing
- Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies.
- Identify priority activities and assignments and adjusts as required.
- Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work
- Foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning
- Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary.
- Uses time efficiently.

Analytical Skills
- Strong analytical skills, fair and sound judgment.
- Effectiveness in meeting tight deadlines.
- High level of competency in Arabic is required.
- Ability to work independently and achieve quality results with limited supervision and within tight schedules.

Communication
- Ability to speak and write effectively
- Ability to develop communication channels with others.
- High level of competency in Arabic is required.

Documents and records management
- Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving.

Achieve Results
- Demonstrate a focus on achieving quality results and impacy
- Consistently strive to meet or exceed excellence standards

Learn Continuously
- Actively pursue opportunities for learning and self-development professionally and personally

**Required Skills and Experience**

Min. Education requirements

Bachelor's degree in Arabic Language

Min. years of relevant work experience

5 years of work as an Arabic language Editor

Required skills.
- Solid experience in Arabic Language.
- Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies.
- Identify priority activities and assignments and adjusts as required.
- Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work.
- Good advocacy and c


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