Overview
Provide interpretation and/or translation services for Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC) in an accommodation facility. Facilitate communication between UMC, IOM staff, health providers, and public authorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with interpretation for effective communication between IOM staff and the UMC.
- Facilitate communication, through interpretation and / or translation, in a spoken or written language understood by the UMC, between the UMC and the staff.
- Provide information to the staff to better comprehend the perceptions of migrants.
- Act as a cultural mediator during the UMC’s adjustment periods to their new environment.
- Assist with the interpretation between the UMC and health providers.
- Translate information materials to be disseminated to the UMC.
- Facilitate the communication of minors with public authorities, services and local bodies with which they come into contact.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Previous experience in a similar role and/or certification/training preferred;
- Familiar with direct assistance to migrants and/or refugees preferred;
- Experience in working in a multi-cultural environment an advantage.
Qualifications
- High school degree/certificate.
- Bachelor’s degree in Interpretation/Translation, Social Science, Humanities, or relevant discipline would be considered as an advantage.
