Medical Interpreter 40% Activity rate - Flying Hermel Arsal

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: 40% activity rate, fixed term, 12 months, renewable.

Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage, and 5 weeks of paid leave.

Place of work: Arsal-Hermel-Qaa

Function responsibilities include:

• Inform medical staff about important cultural nuances to consider during a meeting, medical consultation, or interview with local people.
• Participate in staff trainings and meetings as an interpreter.
• Provide face to face interpreting, as well as during telephone and radio calls or other telecom devices, when necessary.
• Adapt communication to any circumstances, using appropriate language registry as well as diplomatic and courtesy manners.
• Translate MSF internal / external documents into local language(s).
• Keep record of all translated documents.
• Look after all equipment provided, i.e., dictionaries or other books that belong to MSF.
• Ensure confidentiality and medical secrecy.

Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure that the content of training courses and documents is accurately translated and shared with the line manager for double-checking.
• Provide an active, joint explanation during training presentations.
• Modify and adjust the translated documents after review by those who have requested them (expatriates, Drs, NTSs, managers).
• Do accurate translation during meetings and consultations.
• Assist expatriates and others requesting interpretation services in the clinic or field.
• Adopt active communication with the line manager for the tasks requested.
• Be active and acquainted with the training content before its presentation.
• Prioritize physician assistance during patient consultations if requested.
• Ask questions to understand the content of medical topics if necessary for an efficient and accurate translation.

Requirements

Education         

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree of English language and literature, translation, or interpretation.

Experience          

• Essential: At least 1 year of previous work experience as a medical interpreter in a clinic/hospital setting.
• Desirable: 1 year of previous work experience within a local or international NGO.

Languages        

• Essential: Full professional proficiency using the Arabic and English language.
• Desirable: Elementary to limited professional proficiency using the French Language.

Knowledge        

• Essential: Basic to intermediate computer literacy using MS-office applications (MS-Word, MS-Outlook, MS-Excel).

Competencies 

• Results and Quality Orientation                     L1
• Teamwork and Cooperation                           L1
• Behavioural Flexibility                                       L1
• Commitment to MSF Principles                     L2
• Stress Management                                          L3