Overview
Provide interpretation services for the Hmong language to English and vice versa for registration, refugee status determination, resettlement, community services, and other protection purposes.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate documents accurately and professionally from Hmong to English and vice versa.
- Interpret during registration, refugee status determination, resettlement, community services, and protection interviews/counselling sessions.
- Interpret for other UNHCR offices, staff members, and resettlement country delegations when requested.
- Interpret in protection information sessions, briefings, and training sessions.
- Interpret telephone inquiries from asylum seekers/refugees.
- Report to the Supervisor on each call received for database recording.
- Perform other interpretation and translation functions as requested by supervisors.
Required Experience
- Possesses proven skills in communicating proficiently from the assigned language to English and vice versa.
- Prior experience in interpretation/translation is desirable.
- 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher.
Qualifications
- Business Administration Secretarial (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
- IT-Computer Literacy (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
