DUTY STATION: Sarajevo
GRADE: 7
CONTRACT TYPE: National (Short-term)
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:
As a part of a team of professionals, Senior Interpreter translates and interprets a wide variety of written and spoken communications in English and local languages, thus facilitating communication between Police Restructuring Commission staff and non-English speaking local politicians and other officials at the highest level.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Interpret consecutively (verbally) and perform ‘chuchotage’ interpretation for the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, as well as other staff within the Commission at conferences, seminars and meetings, TV/radio/newspapers interviews, and other top level meetings or trips involving the highest national and international officials;
· Translate a wide variety of top level documents from English to local languages and vice versa, including laws, agreements, reports and other correspondence;
· Translate other technical, political, legal, financial and economic documents and daily correspondence;
· Interpret during working diners and receptions attended by the Commission representatives;
· Prepare verbal or written summaries of documents;
PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS:
· University degree with major in English language studies;
· Professional experience of at least 5 years as translator/interpreter is essential, preferably with the international community;
· Computer literacy;
· Flexibility and ability to cope with stress and long working hours;
· Team-work oriented attitude.
Any personnel with the above qualifications should provide (in English) a CV with a one-page cover letter and references to the following: