English - Spanish Translators and Interpreters

Translation and Interpretation English - Spanish

About Fòs Feminista

Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the Global South, Fòs Feminista works as an alliance of organizations in 40+ countries worldwide to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. As the connecting fabric of this Alliance, Fòs Feminista orchestrates transnational and transregional action, amplifies partners’ work, and promotes South-South learning and collaboration toward achieving common objectives.

We recognize that the ability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people to make free and informed choices about their sexual and reproductive lives, including to access safe and legal abortion, is central to their life plans and to achieving gender and reproductive justice. Together with partners in the Alliance, we provide access to sexual and reproductive health care and services, including contraception, abortion, and care for victims of gender-based violence, and we reach young people with comprehensive sexuality education. We are at the forefront of advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) from an intersectional lens in national, regional, and global spaces, coordinating with our partners to ensure that diverse experiences, priorities, and voices of the Global South are represented in these spaces. And we strengthen intersectional feminist movements and organizations by creating and holding space for partners to participate in an international community built on feminist values of sharing power, diversity, mutual learning, and solidarity, and to access resources to strengthen their work.

Objective

Fòs Feminista is implementing a multi-year and multi-country project funded by Global Affairs Canada. Translation and interpretation will be needed at different points of the project and Fòs Feminista seeks to establish a framework agreement with an individual or agency/organization with the capacity to provide these services with the sensitivity that they require.

Scope of Work

The selected individual or agency/organization is expected to provide professional and accurate translation and/or interpretation reflecting the true sense, meaning, and understanding of concepts related to sexual and reproductive health and rights and sexual and gender-based violence.

The expected services are as follows. The selected individual or agency/organization may provide one or both services:

• High quality translation of technical documents related to the project from English into Spanish and vice versa, ensuring accuracy in language, structure, and rhetoric expressions while keeping the format of the documents in MS-Word and Excel, as required
• Simultaneous interpretation during virtual and in-person meetings between English and Spanish.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

For the execution of the service, bidders are required to meet the following criteria:

• Have professional experience of more than 5 years in translation of documents and/or simultaneous interpretation between English and Spanish
• Preferably have knowledge of mentioned issues and experience with civil society organizations from Latin American and Spanish-speaking countries
• Desirable to have experience in incorporating inclusive language to accurately reflect and respect the experiences of specific communities such as women, girls, adolescents and sexual and gender diverse people
• Have immediate availability and commitment with the two-year framework agreement
• Comply with the administrative requirements for contracting the service

Evaluation Method and Criteria

For consideration, a proposal must be sent in English containing the following documents:

• Updated summary CV that demonstrates professional experience in translation or interpretation
• Cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skill set are suitable
• Economic offer in USD which includes rates plus all taxes and liens that this type of service requires

The criteria for the evaluation of the proposals will be based on:

• Professional experience (50%).
• Amount of the financial offer (50%)

The proposal must be sent no later than January 15, 2023.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Fòs Feminista is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and dismantling inequities from an intersectional feminist lens.  Reproductive justice, racial justice, and diversity are driving forces for us.

Fòs Feminista provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression or identify, health status, history of conflict with the law, migrant status, national origin, parental or pregnancy status, partnership status, political belief, poverty, race, religion, sexual identity of orientation, sex, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected category under federal, state, and local laws.

At F__ò__s Feminista we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from all kinds of backgrounds to build a workforce that is diverse and inclusive of people who are from marginalized or excluded groups.