Overview
The Directorate-General for Interpretation (DG SCIC) of the European Commission is seeking to hire three interpreters for the Spanish Interpretation unit. The role involves providing high-quality interpretation services in meetings.
Key Responsibilities
- To provide high-quality interpreting into the active working languages at the meetings to which the job holder is assigned, including all related activities.
- To carry out other tasks in the interest of the service (for example organization, co-ordination, selection, interpreter training).
- Where appropriate, to run quality assessments at the request of the Head of Unit.
- To develop and maintain one's language combination in accordance with service priority needs as well as personal development goals.
- To follow appropriate training to enhance one's thematic and terminological knowledge.
Required Experience
- Have one year’s proven experience working as a conference interpreter (if degree and conference interpreter training completed).
- Proficiency in job-specific IT tools.
Qualifications
- Successfully completed at least four years of training as a conference interpreter and obtained the relevant university-level qualification, OR
- Successfully completed a full course of university education lasting at least three years and obtained a degree AND successfully completed training as a conference interpreter and obtained the relevant qualification, OR
- Successfully completed a full course of university education lasting at least three years and obtained a degree.
- Be accredited as conference interpreters in the interinstitutional list of ACIs working for the European Institutions.
- At least a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least 3 years attested by a diploma.
