Pashto and Other Language Interpreter at Church World Service (CWS): (Deadline 2 September 2023)

Pashto and Other Language Interpreter at Church World Service (CWS): (Deadline 2 September 2023)

PASHTO and Other Language Interpreter Needed

Reports to: RSC Africa Team Leader

Location: Kigali & Karongi, Rwanda

Status: On Call Interpreter

Church World Service (CWS)

Church World Service is a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster. Our vision is to create a world where everyone has food, a voice, and a safe place to call home. For over seven decades, we have resettled thousands of refugees in the United States of America. Headquartered in New York, USA, CWS operates in 35+ countries around the globe. In Africa, CWS is registered in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. However, CWS implements development and humanitarian programming continent-wide.

Church World Service administers The Resettlement Support Center (RSC). RSC operates a US refugee resettlement program in sub-Saharan Africa through a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of State/Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. RSC Africa is responsible for the preparation of refugee case files for adjudication by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers, as well as the out-processing and cultural orientation of all approved cases.

Summary of Position

Interpreters are responsible for listening to, understanding, and interpreting statements and questions from one language to another.

Note: This is not full-time employment. On Call Interpreters are not entitled to the benefits enjoyed by CWS RSC staff. Upon identification, On Call Interpreters will be added into a database and will only be engaged for RSC Africa activities when needed.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate effective communication between two parties that do not speak the same language by converting one spoken language to another.
• Assisting refugees with limited English proficiency in Case Processing and Adjudication interviews.
• Listening carefully to provide accurate and succinct reproduction of concepts and ideas in the specified language.
• Use dictionaries, glossaries of technical terms for reference.
• Interpret at US Cultural Orientation trainings.
• Interpret both formal terminology, colloquial language including jargons and acronyms.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Completion of secondary education. Diploma in social sciences preferred.
• Must speak fluently and understand at least one of the following languages: Dari, Lega, Lego Saho, Pashto, Saho, Uzbek & Tama/Damut
• An excellent command of English and the above languages into which you may interpret.
• Good interpreting skills including good memory and note taking.
• Have a clear and pleasant speaking voice.
• Experience in working with refugees preferred.
• Skills and ability to work as part of team in a multi-cultural environment.
• The ability to be impartial, objective and maintain confidentiality.
• The ability to interpret accurately and faithfully what is said by the parties without omission, addition, comment, summarizing or embellishing.
• Ability to concentrate for long periods of time under pressure.
• The ability to be flexible and to deal calmly with unexpected and difficult situations.
• Reliability, dedication and commitment to the plight of refugees.
• Knowledge of current affairs, regional politics and different cultures and customs.
• Ability to conduct oneself in a professional and courteous manner at all times to represent the professional and institutional interests of Church World Service/Resettlement Support Center, Africa.

Interested applicants are required to fill in the RSC Africa Interpreter Application Form and include two referees. Recruitment will include administering of an English Proficiency Test.

Applications should be done through the below QR code or https://forms.office.com/r/9h4XxF9NZi

Church World Service does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or veteran status in employment or the provision of services.

Only individuals shortlisted will be contacted.

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