French Research and Editing Support - Migration Governance

Join the Sustainable Research and Development Center as a French-Language Research and Editing Support Consultant to provide key support on migration governance topics remotely.

• Identify and review relevant French-language policy, governmental, institutional and research documents.
• Support research on migration governance and Africa–Europe cooperation, particularly relating to Francophone African countries.
• Review French-language ministerial declarations, action plans, policy frameworks, meeting documents, institutional publications and other relevant sources.
• Prepare concise English-language or bilingual summaries of important French-language documentation.
• Support the Lead Expert in identifying evidence relating to institutional milestones, thematic developments, achievements and emerging migration-policy issues.
• Assist with research on:
• migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings;
• return and reintegration;
• legal migration and mobility;
• international protection;
• diaspora engagement and migration-development linkages.
• Support preparation and linguistic review of questions for stakeholder consultations where French is required.
• Review notes or written inputs received from French-speaking stakeholders.
• Assist in interpreting the meaning and policy context of French-language institutional terminology.
• Develop and maintain a French-English terminology glossary for key migration-governance concepts.
• Review French-language sections, summaries or other deliverables where required.
• Edit French-language text for grammar, clarity, accuracy, consistency and professional policy style.
• Check consistency of terminology and meaning between English and French versions of key content.
• Support factual and linguistic verification of quotations, titles, institutional names and policy terminology.
• Review translations to ensure that technical migration-governance concepts are conveyed accurately.
• Support the final editorial and quality-assurance process.
• Coordinate closely with the Lead Author, Research Support Expert and other members of the assignment team.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure careful handling of project documentation and stakeholder information.

• native or fluent in French
• proficient in English