Medical Interpreter

Job Description

Title: Medical Interpreter

Company Name: MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)

Vacancy: 01

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 39000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 1 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• At least Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) or an equivalent degree is essential.

• At least 1 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 18 years

• Rohingya Dialect speaking is essential.

• Similar experience in other NGO/ INGO is desirable.

• Result driven

• Teamwork

• Flexibility

• Commitment to MSF Principles

• Service oriented

• Stress Management

Job Context:

Verbal interpretation, in person or remotely, during daily medical activities (medical round, consultations, interviews, meetings, etc.) and written translations, from the mission language to local language(s) or vice versa, in order to ensure accurate, respectful, fluent and confidential communication between medical staff and local population.

Job Responsibilities:  

• Inform medical staff about important cultural nuances to consider during a meeting, medical consultation or interview with local people.

• Participate in staff trainings and meetings as an interpreter.

• Provide face to face interpreting, as well as during telephone or other telecom devices, when necessary.

• Adapt communication to any circumstances, using appropriate language registry as well as diplomatic and courtesy manners.

• Translate MSF internal / external documents into local languages/English.

• Keep record of all translated documents.

• Ensure confidentiality and medical secrecy.

• Use appropriate language registry as well as diplomatic and courtesy manners to adapt communication to any situation.

• Maintain a record of all translated documents.

• Maintain all provided equipment, such as MSF-owned books and documents.

• Provide accurate translations among English, Rohingya, and Bangladeshi upon request.

• Support the supervisor or manager for any given ad-hock non-medical responsibility, such as temporary intervention(s) or collaboration with other NGOs or actors.

• Medical allowance,Weekly 2 holidays
• Festival Bonus: 2

• Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Hired Staff (LHS).

• Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction at source will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.

• Festival bonus entitlement is effective upon completing one (01) year of uninterrupted service with MSF.

• There are no provisions for relocations.