UN Women seeks a Sign Language Interpreter for a retainer contract to provide interpretation services for programme activities and events, ensuring effective communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing participants.
Minimum 6 years of professional experience providing sign language interpretation services with secondary education, or 3 years with a bachelor’s degree. Demonstrated experience interpreting for workshops, conferences, trainings, consultations, meetings, or public events is required. Experience working with Deaf communities and organizations of persons with disabilities is required. Experience supporting accessibility services for national or international events is required. Experience providing interpretation services during virtual and hybrid events is required. Experience supporting gender equality, human rights, disability inclusion, development, or humanitarian programmes is highly desirable. Experience working with government agencies, UN agencies, international organizations, NGOs, or development partners is an asset.
Completion of secondary education is required. Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Interpretation, Communication, Linguistics, Disability Studies, Social Sciences, Education, or related fields is highly desirable.
