Senior Officer- Interpreter, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Senior Officer- Interpreter, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor/ High school Diploma from any reputed university or institute

• Additional education training is desirable.

• Completion of interpreter training courses preferred.

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Fluency in Rohingya or Chittagonian, Bengali and English.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Diverse field experience. Experience in interpreting in various contexts in the required languages.

SKILLS:

• Familiarity with UNHCR’s work.
• Field experience – particularly with NGOs or UN agencies working with refugees in countries of refuge.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in teams;
• Ability to work in stressful situations and in hardship locations, performing the same functions on a day-to day basis.

COMPETENCIES:

• Completion of Secondary Diploma at a minimum.
• Proven skills in communicating proficiently from the assigned language to English and vice versa. This means accurate listening, speaking, reading, and writing, reporting in both languages in a verbatim and efficient manner.
• Possess high standards of professional conduct and ethics in the course of performing interpretation and translation services.
• Knowledge of computer applications, including Microsoft Office packages (Word and Excel).
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and respect diversity.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

The Senior Officer- Interpreter will facilitates accurate and professional interpretation and translation between Rohingya, Bengali, and English during confidential interviews and training sessions. They will support logistical functions for the unit and uphold strict confidentiality and impartiality while actively participating in the UNHCR team. Additionally, they will be maintained knowledge of refugee situations and travel as needed to support operations in Cox’s Bazar.

Program Implementation and Supervision

• Provide accurate and professional word for word interpretation between Rohingya language and English and vice versa during confidential protection interviews. Translate Bengali into English and vice versa where necessary.

• Assist with translation during training and briefing sessions with refugees of visiting missions in the field.

• When instructed by the immediate Supervisor, interpret telephone inquiries made by refugees/phone callers in the language assigned.

• Assist the unit by carrying out support functions such as organizing transport for the unit, contacting refugees to obtain additional information as requested by the interviewers/scheduling them for interviews.

• Maintain current knowledge of refugee situations and population served in Bangladesh.

• Actively participate as a member of the UNHCR team; and comply with UNHCR's security requirements.

• Perform other interpretation and translation functions as requested by the supervisor.

• The interpreter assistant is required to read and understand the Undertaking of Confidentiality and Impartiality and understands that he/she shall be expected to respect the principle of confidentiality and remain impartial in his/her work.

• The Interpreter assistant must observe total confidentiality regarding information obtained in the performance of his/her duties.

• The Interpreter Assistant is required to travel to the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar as and when instructed by the supervisor.

Safeguarding Implementation:

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

· Mobile bill

· Weekly 2 holidays

· Festival Bonus

· Health & Life Insurance

· Paternity/ Maternity leave

· others as per Organisation policy.