Consultancy - Translation Coordination

Vacancy No. S17987

Category of Contract Consultant

Position Type Consultant

Application Deadline 28/06/2026

Job Posted On 27/06/2026

Duty Station Geneva

Country SWITZERLAND

Grade Not applicable

Duty Station Status Family Duty Station

Accompanied Status Non-Accompanied

Duration 6 months Organizational Context

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191 member National Societies. The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises. IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the International Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. The FAMD is responsible for advising the Secretary General vis‐a‐vis IFRC’s governance in relation to sound financial management and the effective use of financial resources. Additionally, the FAMD is responsible for managing IFRC’s overall budgeting, accounting, treasury, assets, financial reporting and services, building and related services, conferencing services and languages, library and archives as well as insurance management. This position is placed in the FAMD Event and Facilities Services and reports to the Manager, Event and Facility. Job Purpose

Event and Facility Services plays a vital role in the efficient running of the IFRC Secretariat. It ensures that translations and revisions of all IFRC corporate documents in the four working languages of the IFRC and other languages are carried out in a timely and professional manner, and that high standards of quality are maintained throughout the process. It also ensures the delivery of high-quality interpretation services during statutory and other IFRC meetings. This also includes facilitating precis-writing services to provide a written record of the spoken proceedings of the Statutory Meetings and related statutory bodies' plenary sessions.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

The Consultant shall provide temporary support to Event and Facility Services (Meeting & Conference Services), including translation coordination and various administrative tasks:

• Translation Coordination

• Coordinating translations into English and non-in-house languages (Russian, Portuguese, German, Chinese, etc.).

• Maintaining the IFRC English and non-in-house language translator network, including the recruitment of external linguists when required.

• Coordinating translations into Spanish and maintaining the IFRC Spanish translator network, including the recruitment of external linguists, while recruitment for the Coordinator/Senior Reviser, Spanish Language Services, is underway.

• Managing French and Arabic translation requests in the absence of