Interpreter

POST DESCRIPTION

1. POSITION INFORMATION

Name of Incumbent       

Position title:                                                               Interpreter

Position grade:                                                            UG

Duty station:                                                                Lilongwe, Malawi

Position number             

Job family          

Organizational unit        

Is this a Regional, HQ, MAC, PAC, Liaison Office or Country Office based position?    Country Office

Position rated on:                                                       TBC

Reports directly to         

Number of Direct Reports:                                       none

2. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND SCOPE

Under the general supervision of the National Migration Health Physician, MHAC Lilongwe and the administrative supervision of the Migration Health Nurse, the incumbent will provide basic verbal translation services at the IOM Migration Health Division premises in Lilongwe Malawi

3. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Translate correctly and accurately from English into one (or more, as an advantage), and vice versa, of the following languages of importance (Swahili/French/Kinya-rwanda/Kirundi Amharic/Tigringa/Oromo etc.) during information sessions, pre/post-test counselling, medical history obtaining, laboratory tests and procedures, and physical examination, as conducted by IOM medical staff, with the following considerations:

• Translator must translate to and from: the Physician to the applicant and applicant to the Physician, capturing the accurate meaning of information provided and needed to be passed on.
• While the translator is not required to know scientific terminology, s/he must be capable of clearly expressing the statements and messages of medical nature, including but not limited to: sexual intercourse, behaviour and parts; sexually transmitted diseases; use / abuse of substances, mental disorders, cardiovascular diseases signs and symptoms, neurological diseases signs and symptoms, etc.  
• Translator must hold with utmost respect/confidentiality any information shared during physical examination. Failure to do so represents major breach of the code of conduct and standards IOM adheres to.

• Able to assist with directing patient flow or minor messenger’s tasks, if and when requested by the direct supervisor or one of the Doctors, the Data Processing assistants, Files Manager, Chief Nurse, Laboratory Technicians or Receptionists in the IOM clinics.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the direct supervisor

4. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

• Malawi School Certificate of Education or more
• Fluency in English, Swahili AND at least one of the following languages: French, Kinya-rwanda, Kirundi, Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya; Dinka, Nuer, Arabic