Job Description
Title: Interpreter
Reporting to: Senior Field Officer
Duty Station: Head Office Islamabad
Unit: Programme
Section: Protection

Summary of Key Functions
The Interpreter will work under the supervision of Case Managers/Community Protection Officer. The person will work closely with persons of concern, namely asylum-seekers, refugees. Occasionally, the candidate will also interact with the senior management and other project staff.

Note: We require a Somali Interpreter who can speak Somali fluently. Knowledge of Arabic language will be considered an added advantage.

Roles and Responsibilities
• Performs oral interpretation during interviews conducted for protection activities
• Interprets oral conversations, discussions and counselling sessions with refugees and asylum-seekers, including psycho-social counselling, and other counselling sessions with vulnerable and/or traumatized individuals
• Interprets at public meetings or events, as required
• Interprets and/or translates from hand-written reports and applications, certificates, documents, newspapers, magazines etc.
• Supports the unit with collecting and maintaining records on country of origin information
• Assists with contacting refugees via telephone, upon the request of protection caseworkers
• Assists with completing referral forms and other documents as required with inclusion of updating information in KOBO Toolbox database
• Travels with CBP staff on their community visits for interpretation and other assistance, as needed
• Provides other support to the CBP teams and takes minutes/notes
• Performs clerical duties to support CBP and general protection caseworkers (such as scanning, copying, retyping translations and/or interview transcripts)
• Assists with interpretation and translation of communication and visibility products
• Performs other duties as required
• and other humanitarian workers
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor