Sessional Language Interpreters- rolling advert

Found in: Talent UK C2 - 1 week ago

London, United Kingdom Greenwich Council Full time

Are you a qualified Interpreter, Translator?

Do you have experience of working as an Interpreter or Translator?

At the moment we have gaps in a few languages:

Amharic, Bulgarian, French, Gujarati, Hungarian, Krio, Kurdish, Nepalese, Portuguese, Oromo, Tamil, Tigrinian, Vietnamese

Please still apply if your language is not listed as our demands constantly change.

Salary : £25.00p/hr 

The Royal Greenwich Interpreting Service (RGIS) provides face to face language interpreters, British sign language (BSL) interpreters and the translation of documents as required to enable residents to access local health services and services provided by the Council.

The RGIS is a confidential service that can help to ensure that non-English speaking clients and patients receive equal access to council services and local health services. RGIS aims to provide interpreting and translation in most languages taking into accounts the local population demographics. We are covering as many as 102 languages spoken in the borough.

The candidate

The successful candidate will have considerable amount of experience in public service interpreting and translation. A recognised qualification in Interpreting and Translation to a minimum level of Community Interpreting level 3.

Experience of working with health or social care professionals is desirable and other areas of expertise such as medical and legal interpreting are certainly an advantage.

This is an open advertisement and interviews will be held at regular times throughout the year.

When applying, please state the language(s) clearly on your application form that you are able to interpret/translate and provide evidence of your language skills and experience in interpreting services and your areas of proficiency.

 Applications will be reviewed for shortlisting intermittently

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Interview Arrangements: During this time, our priority for all of our recruitment activity is to make sure our applicants, hiring departments and new starters are informed, safe and supported. Careful and thorough consideration will be given to interview arrangements and for any essential in-person recruitment, we will ensure this is held in a suitable, secure setting with additional arrangements to ensure any current safety requirements are fully adhered to.

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