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Interpreter, Chinese at Department for General Assembly and Conference Management DCS Nairobi

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Job Description

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the Director-General of UNON is the representative of the Secretary-General in Kenya. UNON supports programme implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Resident Coordination System (R...

Interpreter, Chinese

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification:mBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience: 5 years
  • Location:m Nairobi
  • Job Field: Art / Crafts / Languages

Job Industry

Non-Governmental Organization / Non-Profit Organization

Job Salary Currency

KES

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  • Under the broad supervision of the Chief, Chinese Interpretation Unit, the Interpreter will be responsible for the following duties:
  • Services up to seven meetings per week (exceptionally eight), usually of no more than three hours duration, of various United Nations bodies.
  • Provides interpretation, as required, into Chinese of speeches or statements given in English and/or French and interpretation into English and/or French of speeches given in Chinese.
  • Routinely covers sensitive meetings.
  • Routinely functions as team leader of all interpreters assigned to a given meeting.
  • May be called upon to serve as Team Leader on missions.
  • May assist in the screening, training and examining of prospective Chinese interpreters.
  • May provide guidance and coaching to junior interpreters.
  • May function as Programming Officer.
  • May perform other related duties, as required.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • A first level degree from a university or from an institution of equivalent status is required. A Master’s degree is desirable.

Work Experience

  • At least five (5) years of professional interpreting experience in international organizations is required.
  • Relevant language experience within the UN System may be taken into consideration in meeting the requirements of this post.
  • Experience providing accurate interpretation of a broad range of UN subjects is desirable.
  • Experience in training and coaching interpreter trainees and junior staff interpreters is desirable.
  • Experience in grading interpretation exams and/or assessing freelance colleagues' performance is desirable.
  • Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Application Process

Close Date

15/02/2025

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