SNV World Job Vacancy: Interpreter for Advocacy Workshop - Indonesian

Terms of Reference
Interpreter for Evidence Based Advocacy Programme:
First Capacity Building Session
July 2016

Background

SNV is an international not-for-profit development organisation, working in 38 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. SNV specializes in supporting the resourcefulness of development actors by developing local capacities, improving performance and services, strengthening governance systems, helping to create access for excluded groups and by making markets work for the poor. Our global team of advisors use their specialist sector and change expertise in Agriculture, Renewable Energy, and WASH to facilitate sustainable change in the livelihoods of millions of people living in poverty.

SNV is starting its Global Partnerships: Evidence Based Advocacy Programme in 2016. This five-year project, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS), aims at strengthening capacities of CSOs to advocate for a conducive enabling environment. The programme will be implemented in 6 countries: Burkina-Faso, Honduras, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Indonesia. The programme's main goal is to support progress in globally challenging topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals, with a specific focus on inclusion and equity issues. This goal is to be achieved by increasing Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) capacities to participate, contribute and influence strategic debates and policy-making processes. In Indonesia, the two topics that will be addressed through the programme are Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) and Food and Nutrition Security (FNS).
As a part of CSOs' capacity development, SNV will be conducting the first capacity building session in Bogor, 13-16 July 2016. The first session aims to introduce Evidence-based Advocacy programme, PME framework, and Leadership and Advocacy skills to the CSOs, and to identify action plan and support needed.
Objective and Activity The objective of the interpreter itself is to simultaneously interpret the 4 days session delivered by related experts and to facilitate discussion session involving the local CSOs. 

The first capacity building session will be started on 13 July 2016 and finished on 16 July 2016. The interpreter is expected to be in place from 13-16 July 2016.
Qualifications

• University degree in English language, or related areas
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills in English and Indonesian
• More than 5 years of professional interpretation experience with an international organisation, both consecutive and simultaneous
• Interpreter must provide standard interpreting equipment for 24 persons
• Experienced in development themes is an added value
  

Application Process Please send your application to procurement.snv@gmail.com by 28th June 2016 with subject: "Advocacy Interpreter", with a summary of the experience/track record that demonstrates it meets the qualifications, and a complete proposal (portfolio, equipment cost and professional fee).

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted by SNV.