Language Associate (Dutch)

About Avaaz

Avaaz is an international campaigning and advocacy organisation that provides its global membership of almost 70 million people with opportunities to make our world a better place.

We’re one of the world’s largest online global campaigning movements, with people from every corner in the world taking action to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want. This includes protecting human rights worldwide, supporting indigenous struggles, saving our planet from climate change and other threats, and fighting to stop disinformation and other cyber threats from undermining our democracies.

Our model enables people to channel their voices into a powerful collective force at tipping point moments to impact the pressing global challenges of our time, from climate and ecological collapse to human rights abuses and the dismantling of democracy.

Avaaz is funded through small donations from individual Avaaz members, no big money from governments or corporations. This keeps us independent and allows us to keep a laser focus on doing what the world needs.

Language Associate (Dutch) - Part-Time Position (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 Dutch language.

The successful candidate for this part-time position (20 hours/week) will work closely with the Dutch language lead and with the Member Engagement 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 Dutch to turn them into strong, emotive, and compelling campaigns to send out in The Netherlands and Belgium, and to Dutch-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 Dutch Avaaz website and other tools for functionality and language errors, supporting clear and effective communication with members.
• Support the Dutch 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 Dutch members on the Avaaz Community Petitions website.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication, and translation skills in Dutch, 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.
• Passion and commitment to global justice, citizen empowerment, and social change.
• Strong teamwork skills, comfortable in a highly collaborative culture, and a hierarchical team structure.
• Proficient in Google Suite and online communication systems (Slack, Zoom, etc).
• Ideally: cultural and linguistic understanding of regional differences (e.g. the Netherlands and Belgium), to guarantee Avaaz content can be understood across Dutch-speaking regions.

Compensation

This is an independent contractor role, paid at an hourly rate of €25,- depending on experience and location. Contractors are responsible for their own taxes and statutory contributions in their country of residence.

Location

Avaaz is a virtual organization, with most of our work done online. Our staff and contractors are based in locations all over the world. For this position, the candidate would ideally be based in the European/Middle East/African time zones.

Application Timeline

We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis, and encourage all candidates to submit applications as soon as possible.

Our Recruitment Process

Avaaz undertakes a comprehensive recruitment procedure designed to select the most talented candidate for any given position. The recruitment process is comprised of the following steps:

1. Application Review
2. Screening Call
3. Written exercise
4. Final Interview
5. Offer Call

Avaaz’s Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

As a global organization with millions of members around the world, it’s important to us that our team reflects the diversity needed to lead a movement of people from across the planet, rising to meet some of the most complex challenges humanity has ever faced. We believe we can only succeed by building a diverse team full of fresh perspectives and original ideas, and we are committed to creating a working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential.

Our team includes English as a first language, as well as second language speakers, the self-taught and university-educated, people with all sorts of professional backgrounds. If doing the job you just read about would make you excited to come to work every day, if you’re talented, hard-working, and committed to making a difference, we want you to apply.

Avaaz does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, colour, ancestry, language and accent, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, family/parental or marital status, political affiliation, religion, socioeconomic class, caste, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

We’ll provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities or special needs to participate in the application process, so please let us know if you have such a request when you apply.

Please do not send your application via email or LinkedIn. Only applications received via the form online on our website will be considered. Thank you!