Translation & Language QA Lead

Translation & Language QA Lead

AIDHealth Inc. is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented individual to lead the translation and quality assurance process for Hausa–English content. The role involves maintaining termbases, reviewing translations, conducting back-translation, and ensuring cultural appropriateness.

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.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications in one PDF to: info@aid-health.org using "SL Application – [Job ID] – [Full Name]" as the subject of the mail. Candidates should send one PDF containing: A CV (maximum 4 pages); A one-page cover note; One work sample; Two referees.