HSRC SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS (Freelance Contracts x 5)

HSRC Recruitment; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job description

Overview

The HSRC produces leading-edge policy research, through engaged scholarship, to utilise in understanding and explaining social conditions and informing social change for inclusive growth in communities. Dissemination of research findings and promotion of research activities, are done through various public events including conferences, workshops, launches, public dialogues and seminars.

The Communication and Engagement (C&E) unit within the HSRC is responsible for strategically translating, disseminating, and communicating the organisation’s research findings to a broad range of audiences locally and internationally. The unit plays a central role in increasing the visibility, accessibility, and impact of HSRC research by leveraging traditional and digital media platforms, organising public dialogues and stakeholder engagements, and curating content for policy briefs, newsletters, and other knowledge products. The unit also manages the HSRC’s corporate branding, publications, internal communications, events coordination, and digital presence to ensure coherent and impactful storytelling across all channels.

Opportunity

To ensure that communication engagement will be prioritised to foster dialogue that is nuanced, inclusive, and reflective of the institution’s diverse ecosystem, sign language interpretation will now be a standard feature at all public events of the HSRC. C&E therefore requires a panel of Freelancers for the provision of sign language interpretation services at HSRC hosted public events.