Apply as Voice Artists & Translators at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria Full Time

Job Title: Voice Artist & Translator

Location: Abuja

Background
Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria is a five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors and five provider targeted behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

Job Description
BA-N requires the services of consultants to carry out the following tasks:

Translate a variety of mobile content and scripts from English to the following languages:

• Hausa
• Igbo
• Pidgin English
• Yoruba

Voice and record translated mobile content in the following languages:

• Hausa
• Igbo
• Pidgin English
• English
• Yoruba

Scope of Consultancy 1:

• Translate mobile content, audio files, and scripts and insert in excel sheet or in word format as required.
• Provide high-quality translation of content
• Translated content must be short and straight to the point.
• Translated content must carry the same meaning as original text in English.
• Translators must be willing to infuse corrections and reviews into translated work.
• Complete the work within the agreed timeline and submit a soft copy of the content in the required format.

Scope of Consultancy 2:

• Engage in a reading exercise to understand the content in the given Language.
• Voice content as specified in the given language.
• Must be willing to return to the studio to make reasonable corrections/retakes.
• Be available to provide voice service at stipulated times over the duration of consultancy.

Engagement Period and Location:

• The expected period of engagement will span between the months of January to June 2021.
• The production location is Abuja.

Consultancy Engagement:

• Each consultant can be engaged to execute up to a maximum of 6 activities in a given month.

Payment Modality

• Translation will be paid at Fifteen (15) Naira per word from the source language.
• Voicing will be paid at 10,000 per act. (BAN will determine what one Act is)
• Voicing for radio spots will be paid at 15,000 Naira per spot.

Application Closing Date
13th January, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send a PDF copy of their CV to: [email protected] using the “Job title and Location” as the subject of the email.