Responsibilities

• Under the broad supervision of the Chief, Chinese Interpretation Unit, the Interpreter will be responsible for the following duties:
• Services up to seven meetings per week (exceptionally eight), usually of no more than three hours duration, of various United Nations bodies.
• Provides interpretation, as required, into Chinese of speeches or statements given in English and/or French and interpretation into English and/or French of speeches given in Chinese.
• Routinely covers sensitive meetings.
• Routinely functions as team leader of all interpreters assigned to a given meeting.
• May be called upon to serve as Team Leader on missions.
• May assist in the screening, training and examining of prospective Chinese interpreters.
• May provide guidance and coaching to junior interpreters.
• May function as Programming Officer.
• May perform other related duties, as required.

Education

• A first level degree from a university or from an institution of equivalent status is required. A Master’s degree is desirable.

Work Experience

• At least five (5) years of professional interpreting experience in international organizations is required.
• Relevant language experience within the UN System may be taken into consideration in meeting the requirements of this post.
• Experience providing accurate interpretation of a broad range of UN subjects is desirable.
• Experience in training and coaching interpreter trainees and junior staff interpreters is desirable.
• Experience in grading interpretation exams and/or assessing freelance colleagues' performance is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.