Job Title: Translation & Language QA Lead
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Job ID: SL-05
Engagement: Part-time consultant
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the bilingual Hausa–English project termbase.
- Review every quote used in a deliverable for accuracy, tone and register.
- Run blind back-translation on a sample of quotes, and on all quotes used in priority alerts, against a target of 95% meaning equivalence.
- Transliterate Ajami content into Boko before translation and add cultural notes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Linguistics, Translation, Hausa Studies or a related field.
- At least 5 years of professional Hausa–English translation experience, ideally for research or media.
- Native Hausa speaker with excellent written English.
Preferred experience:
- Ajami literacy.
- Translation work on gender, health or religious content.
Skills and attributes:
- Precision and cultural sensitivity in translation.
- Ability to work to tight review deadlines.
Application Closing Date
15th October, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV (maximum 4 pages), a one-page cover note, one work sample, and two referees to: info@aid-health.org using “SL Application – [Job ID] – [Full Name]” as the subject of the mail.
Note:
- Engagement depends on the contract being awarded.
- AIDHealth never charges a fee at any stage of recruitment. Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.