Avaaz
Language Associate (French)
About this role
Position overview Remote | Part-Time (Approx. 20 hours/week) This is an exciting consultant position that offers a unique opportunity to support large-scale social change efforts. Language Associates bring Avaaz to millions of people each week by translating Avaaz campaigns from English into key languages and rewriting them to be fitting to local contexts. This role requires strong written communication skills and cultural awareness that allow you to capture the heart of Avaaz’ campaigns and powerfully translate them into French language. The successful candidate for this part-time position (20 hours/week) will work closely with the French language lead and with the Member Support and Community Petitions teams, and they will report to an Avaaz staffer. Please note that this position is on a freelance/independent contractor basis.Responsibilities
- Translate Avaaz campaigns from English to French to turn them into strong, emotive, and compelling campaigns to send out in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and to French-speaking members around the world.
- Hands-on technical support for campaign development, including setting up email blasts and landing pages in the Avaaz website backend interface, and supporting the drafting and testing of campaigns.
- Looking for sources for campaigns -- finding relevant, issue-specific, supporting materials from the press, NGOs, etc.
- Monitor and enhance the French Avaaz website and other tools for functionality and language errors, supporting clear and effective communication with members.
- Support the French campaign team to write and edit excellent campaign materials such as briefings, advocacy letters, and press releases. Translate and/or edit other materials as necessary: media material, content for social media etc.
- Reviewing, managing, and supporting the petitions published by French members on the Avaaz Community Petitions website. Qualifications
- Excellent written and oral communication, and translation skills in French, combined with creative thinking to craft engaging texts.
- Excellent communication skills in English, the Avaaz team’s working language.
- Professionalism, efficiency, and results-oriented delivery on short timelines.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to (somewhat) varying weekly workloads.