Overview
Provide simultaneous interpretation support for a virtual kick-off meeting focused on climate transparency for a community of women experts.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing high-quality simultaneous interpretation during the 90-minute online session (either French–English or Portuguese–English).
- Reviewing provided meeting agendas, briefing notes, or technical climate transparency terminology in advance to ensure accurate translation.
- Collaborating with the project team and fellow interpreters to ensure smooth transition and coordination during the live virtual event.
- Maintaining strict confidentiality regarding all meeting discussions and materials shared.
Required Experience
- Proven experience in providing simultaneous interpretation in virtual formats (e.g., Zoom interpretation channels, Microsoft Teams, or WebEx).
- Strong familiarity with, or a solid understanding of, environmental terminology, climate change mechanisms, or climate transparency frameworks (e.g., Paris Agreement, ETF, GHGs).
- Excellent active listening, verbal communication, and quick-synthesis skills to accurately convey technical and nuanced discussions in real time.
- Commitment to gender equality, women's empowerment, and inclusive sustainable development.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a multicultural, virtual environment.
- High degree of reliability, punctuality, and organizational skills, including the ability to self-manage preparation and review technical briefs ahead of the session.
Qualifications
• A university degree or professional certification in Translation, Interpretation, Linguistics, International Relations, Environmental Science, or a related field is an asset, though substantial practical experience will be heavily considered.
