Senior Interpreter (French) - CHLS2 at African Development Bank - AfDB

Reference: ADB/18/107
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: PL5
Position N°: 50001501

The Complex

• The Corporate Services and Human Resources Vice-Presidency (CHVP) ensures the delivery of efficient, people-centered, client-oriented, corporate services to ensure overall institutional effectiveness in all aspects of the Bank’s corporate services.
• The complex leads efforts to ensure the competitiveness of the Bank as the employer of choice and is responsible for providing leadership in the formulation and implementation of the Bank’s strategies on people, IT, general services and institutional procurement, language services, business continuity and, health and safety strategies.

The Hiring Department

• The primary role of the Language Services Department is to enhance accurate and effective flow of communication within the Bank, as well as between the Bank, its shareholders, development partners and the public at large.
• This is achieved by providing highest quality translation, interpretation, terminology and editing services to the Institution, thus ensuring the accessibility in the two working languages of the Bank (English and French, and on occasion Arabic and Portuguese) of all issues and documents submitted to the governing bodies and Senior Management for consideration.
• This enhances efficient decision-making for the achievement of the Bank's mission.
• The Interpretation Division (CHLS.2) provides interpretation services for all statutory bodies of the Bank (Boards of Governors, Boards of Directors and their subsidiary organs), various organizational units of the Banks, as well as for meetings co-organized by the Bank with external stakeholders and development partners.
• The work of the Division contributes to effective communication between the Management and officers of the Bank, the authorities of member countries, officials from other organizations, etc. through cost-effective interpretation.

The Position

• The Senior Interpreter (French) will provide faithful, appropriate and well-delivered interpretation at various meetings and functions of the Bank Group and generally contribute to enhanced communication within the Bank as well as between Bank officials and other stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the guidance of the Manager of the Interpretation Division, the Senior Interpreter will:

• Provide faithful, appropriate and well-delivered interpretation into French (simultaneous, consecutive and other modes ) at various meetings and functions of the Bank Group (interviews, induction, on-boarding, seminars, training sessions and engagements with other international organizations and stakeholders of the Bank Group, among others);
• Provide as and when required, accurate and quality interpretation into English;
• Carry out terminology research and prepare glossaries on general emerging themes;
• Contribute to the preparation of  special glossaries on Bank Group Annual Meetings;
• Cover study tours of Senior Advisers and Advisers to Regional Member Countries;
• Perform any other duties within his/her area of competence as may be assigned by the Division Manager.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• At least a Master's Degree in Conference Interpreting or a related field;
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant practical working experience as an interpreter. Experience in an international organization will be an asset;
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English and French. Ability to interpret into the 'B' language(s) will be an advantage;
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team;
• Ability to carry out terminology research and prepare glossaries on a wide range of  themes;
• Ability to interact with clients of the Division;
• Good knowledge of the use of Bank’s standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).