Kinyarwanda/Kirundi

Language Bank; Manchester (NH); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Language Bank Ltd. provides professional interpretation to assist communication among speakers with limited English proficiency in judicial, health, and social services venues.

Interpreters render messages faithfully, maintain confidentiality, and work in consecutive, simultaneous, or sight-translation modes as required. They must be dependable, professional, and adhere to recognized interpreter ethics while travel and flexible scheduling when needed.

Qualifications

• Advance proficiency in English and target language.
• Ability to provide accurate and impartial interpretation.
• Willingness to travel and flexible schedule.

Responsibilities

• Render messages faithfully, conveying content and spirit in the user’s language.
• Be dependable, reliable, and prompt.
• Maintain confidentiality of assignment information.
• Perform consecutive, simultaneous, and sight-translation as needed.
• Accept assignments with discretion about skill, setting, and clients.
• Appear professional and conduct yourself appropriately at all times.
• Follow interpreter ethics for medical and legal settings (e.g., IMIA, NAJIT, NCIHC).
• Perform other duties as needed to meet organizational goals.

Skills

Bilingual proficiency

Interpreting training

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Two years of college preferred

Certificate of National Recognized Interpreting Training

Job description

Summary

A Language Bank Interpreter provides professional interpretation services to assist in the communication between people who are limited in their proficiency of the English language and service providers in judicial proceedings, health settings or social services venues.

• Renders the message faithfully; always conveying the content and spirit of the speaker, using the language most readily understood by the person(s) being served.


• Must be dependable, reliable and prompt at all times.


• Keeps all assignment-related information strictly confidential


• Ready to perform any of the three interpreting modes: consecutive, simultaneous and sight-translation at any point in time depending on the situation.


• Accepts assignments using discretion with regard to skill, setting and the clients involved.


• Functions in a manner appropriate to each interpreted situation; demonstrating professional appearance, conduct and promptness.


• Follows the interpreter code of Ethics for Medical and Legal settings designed by a recognized entity such as IMIA, NAJIT, NCIHC.


• Perform other related duties incidental to work described herein to assist in meeting the goals of Ascentria and the department.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required. Two years of college preferred.


• Demonstrate an advance proficiency level in English and target language.


• Ability to provide effective, accurate and impartial interpretation, both receptively and expressively of English to the target language and from the target language to English.


• Certificate of successfully completed National Recognized Interpreting Training


• Two years of related experience preferred.


• Acceptable criminal background check.


• Must be willing to travel and work a flexible schedule

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position.

Physical Demands Are Generally Sedentary - Involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Repeat the same movements.

• Requires driving own vehicle to various sites.


• Speak clearly so listeners can understand.


• Focus on one source of sound and ignore others.


• Hear sounds and recognize the difference between them.


• See details of objects whether they are nearby or far away.

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