Consultant/ Coordinator And Translator/Interpreter
CBM Global works alongside people with disabilities in the world’s poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion and transform lives. Drawing on over 100 years’ experience, we work with the most marginalised in society to break the cycle of poverty and disability and build inclusive communities where everyone can enjoy their human rights and fulfil their full potential. CBM initiated its work in Nepal since 1982 and supports a diverse mix of national partners engaged in Inclusive Eye and Ear Care, Rehabilitation, Education, and Social Inclusion of persons with disabilities.
Details / requirements:
Consultancy Opportunity
CBM Nepal Country Office (NCO) is an international development organization committed to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in the poorest communities of the world irrespective of race, gender or religious belief. Our work in Nepal spans across 40 districts and based on a programmatic approach to ensure rehabilitation and inclusive development of persons with disabilities.
CBM seeks application from qualified and competent candidates for following positions:
1.Job Title: Consultant/ Coordinator (for 4 months)
Objective:
CBM Nepal Country Office works to empower persons with disabilities to take active roles in their communities through inclusion in development projects & other activities & initiatives.
The overall objective of the assignment is to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for the Miracles Day August trip in supervision of CBM Field Communication Coordinator.
Liaise with a CBM Australia representative and provide support as per the request.
Required Qualification
- Excellent command of both written and spoken English.
- Experience of media communication.
- Willingness to travel outside of the Kathmandu valley.
- Experience in working with INGOs and other international organizations.
- Understanding of the local languages spoken in State 1 will be an added advantage.
2.Job Title: Translator/Interpreter (for 7 days)
Objective:
The overall objective of the assignment is to accompany CBM Australia team into the field and conduct consecutive interpretation after the speaker has paused, sentence by sentence to translate interviews/information collected in the field from English to Nepali and vice versa.
Specific objectives of the assignment are listed below:
- Listening carefully.
- Comprehending languages.
- Accurate and succinct reproduction in Nepali to English language and vice versa.
Required Qualification
- Interpreter needs complete fluency in the required working languages and the ability to instantly comprehend and convert one language into another.
- Interpreter also need a good understanding of spoken and colloquial language.
- In liaison and consecutive translation, a good memory is particularly helpful.
- Equally, excellent concentration and the ability to think quickly are essential.
- Past experience in working in such interview scenarios will be preferred.
- Excellent communicative skill.
- Radio friendly voice is preferred.
- Experience in working with INGOs and other international organizations.
- Understanding of the local languages spoken in state 1 will be an added advantage
Please visit https://bit.ly/2IJ7WVi for Terms of Reference (TOR) for Consultant and https://bit.ly/2XI6Mwx for Translator/Interpreter.
Suitable candidates meeting the above criteria are invited to send a CV and covering letter to info.nepal@cbm.org by 5 pm 15 May 2019. Only short listed candidates will be invited for the next stage of the recruitment process. CBM reserves the right to appoint no candidate or to appoint a candidate that does not fulfil all minimum criteria but has the best overallperformance during the recruitment process.
CBM reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.
CBM encourages persons with disabilities to explore this opportunity.
The contract holder adheres to CBM beliefs as well as values and commits to CBM’s Child Safeguarding Policy and CBM Code of Conduct.