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 of the world taking action to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want.

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, not big money from governments or corporations. This keeps us independent and allows us to keep a laser focus on doing what the world needs.

Position Overview

Language Associate (German) - Full-Time Consultant

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. The role requires very strong written communication skills that allow you to capture the heart of Avaaz campaigns and powerfully translate them into your language. 

The successful candidate for this full-time consultant position will work closely with the German language lead and with the Member Engagement and Community Petitions teams, and they will report to an Avaaz staffer.

Responsibilities

• Translate Avaaz campaigns from English to German to turn them into strong, emotive, and compelling campaigns to send out in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
• Translate and edit relevant materials using the website backend interface to set them up technically.
• Looking for sources for campaigns -- finding relevant, issue-specific, supporting materials from the press, NGOs, etc.
• Monitor the German Avaaz website for functionality and language errors: typos, grammatical errors, etc.
• Reviewing, managing, and supporting the petitions published by German-speaking members on the Avaaz Community Petitions website.
• Contribute to campaign development, including drafting and testing. 

Skills & Qualities

• Excellent written and oral communication and translation skills in German. 
• Deep understanding of national differences (e.g. Germany and Switzerland), to guarantee Avaaz content can be understood across German-speaking regions.
• Excellent communication skills in English, the Avaaz team’s working language.
• High professionalism and delivery orientation, with proven ability to deliver high-quality work at speed, balancing accuracy, clarity, and impact under intense pressure or periods.
• Strong teamwork skills, comfortable in a highly collaborative culture, and a hierarchical team structure.
• Creativity for campaign tactics and strategies.
• Passion and commitment to global justice, citizen empowerment, and social change.
• Proficient in Google Suite and online communication systems (Slack, Zoom, etc).

Location

Avaaz is a virtual organization, with most of our work done online. Our staff 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. Exercise
4. 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 online form on our website will be considered. Thank you!