Website Content Editing and Translation (Russian)

Website Content Editing and Translation (Russian)

United States of America

17. Partnerships for the goals

UN Development Coordination Office

Online

11 - 15 hours per week

2

12 weeks

2026-10-01

In 2018, Member States adopted bold reforms to the United Nations development system. At the heart of those reforms was a commitment to transform the United Nations development coordination function to leverage the system’s full capacity and support countries on their path to achieving the transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UN Resident Coordination Offices were retooled, under the oversight of the UN Development Coordination Office, as a means to streamline coordination, manage UN Country Teams and deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. These frameworks are the primary data source for the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG)'s contribution to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

In its Resolution A/RES/72/279, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the transformation of the Development Coordination Office (DCO) as a stand-alone coordination office within the United Nations Secretariat. DCO assumes managerial and oversight functions of the Resident Coordinator system under the collective ownership of the members of UNSDG.

This position is in the Communications and Results Reporting Section (CRRS) of DCO. Under the leadership of the Digital Strategist, the incumbent reports directly to the Communications Officer and works closely with the Communications Consultant responsible for the multilingual editorial content of the website www.unsdg.un.org, as well as with other members of the digital team, as necessary.

Multimedia content creation

We are looking for two online volunteers.

The first online volunteer will:

• Support populating the Russian language version(s) of the UNSDG global website by uploading content and translating pages on the UNSDG global website from English to Russian (and vice versa as needed).

The second online volunteer will:

• Collect, translate and review global and country-level stories that showcase collaboration between UNSDG members, agencies, funds and programmes for amplification on the UNSDG digital channels. The stories are typically approximately one and a half pages long, and the average workload is one story per week.

1) A university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in communications, journalism, international relations or policy or related fields is required. A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

2) A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in communications, journalism, international relations or a related area is desirable.

3) Experience translating relevant multimedia content to/from Russian to/from English in a professional context is required.

4) A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience with digital project management is desirable.

5) Experience using Content Management Systems (CMS) comparable to Drupal 10 in an international, multilingual setting is desirable. Experience using graphic design and/or photo editing software is desirable.

English, Level: Fluent, Required; Russian, Level: Fluent, Required

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