INTERPRETER & TRANSLATOR

A European Union Mission working to support the Palestinian Authority in establishing sustainable and effective policing arrangements is advertising the following vacancies at the Headquarters office in Ramallah.

Reporting to: Lead Police Adviser
Number of incumbents: Two

Duties:
-To provide a high standard of translated text from Arabic into English and vice versa, with an excellent knowledge of the source language and mastery of the target language, ensuring that the meaning of the source text is retained
-To convey orally in both English and Arabic to a given audience and during meetings, ensuring that the meaning of the source language is retained
-Interpretation may be simultaneous or consecutive as requires excellent knowledge of both languages
-To use specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and references to find the closest equivalents for terminology and words used
-To research legal, technical and police-related phraseology to find the correct translation
-To provide staff with a grammatically correct, well-expressed final version of the translated text, usually as a word-processed document
-To use appropriate software for presentation and delivery
-To proofread and edit final translated versions
-To provide a professional interpretation during workshops, conferences and major events
- To assist international mission members in contacting the local counterparts and maintaining a good operational relationship with them.
-To join the staff in field visits to meet their counterparts and follow up on projects
-To prioritize work to meet deadlines

Qualifications and Experience:
-University Diploma in the areas of Interpretation/Translation or equivalent, at least 4 years of proven experience
-Must have the ability to communicate comprehensively in English and Arabic
-Must be competent in the field of interpretation and translation
-Have excellent writing and communication skills, together with cross-cultural linguistics appropriate to the position
-Be able to interpret while individuals are speaking
-Be acquainted with language terminology as used in a Police work environment, and the legal areas
-Have sufficient computer skills, including word processing software and internet
-An experience in the area of international law and Policing procedures is desirable
-Having a driving license would be recommendable
-A working knowledge and understanding of Hebrew would be of benefit
-Have a good cultural background, well educated, motivated and presentable

Interested applicants should send their curriculum vitae with a covering letter, both in English, indicating the position they apply for and explaining their interest including an analysis of their suitability for the position. “All applicants should have a driving license, to be able to drive in the West Bank and Israel”. We will only consider
application sent by e-mail to: [email protected]

Deadline 25 February 2010 at 24:00.
Application will be treated in confidence and only those short listed will be contacted for their interviews.