Summary
Vacancy: 1
Age: at least 18 years
Location: Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)
Minimum Salary: Tk. 39000 (Monthly)
Published: 26 Dec 2024
Requirements
Education
- Bachelor/Honors
Additional Requirements
- Age at least 18 years
- 6 months working experience as an interpreter. Desirable with MSF or other INGO/ NGOs. Knowledge of Chittagonian and Rohingya dialects is essential.
- Results and Quality Orientation
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Behavioural Flexibility
- Service and Culture
Responsibilities & Context
Job Context: Perform oral and written translation, from the mission language to local language(s) or vice versa, in order to ensure simultaneous, accurate, friendly, respectful, objective and fluent communication between MSF staff and local population.
Job Responsibilities:
- Translate documents from / to mission language into a local one upon request.
- Translate discussions / meetings as requestedAlways keep respect towards patients, collaborators, authorities, military factions and MSF staff participating in discussions.
- Ensure confidentiality of all translation is maintained as directed by the Mission/Project coordination team.
- Ensure neutrality and accuracy when translating.
- Declare any “conflict of interest” when asked to translate (e.g., personal involvement) which would necessitate using other staff members for translation.
- Inform international staff about local customs, tradition, etc., that will help understand better the context and better communicate.
- Actively participate in the community assessment as an interpreter by moving around different camps.
- Engage with households and various facilities while accompanying the assessment team.
- Primarily collaborate with anthropologists at both the community and facility levels.
- Join focus group discussions and attend meetings with community leaders alongside the assessment team.
- Assist anthropologists in understanding the context and culture of the community and ensure accurate interpretation.
- Be flexible and ready to provide any additional support required by the mission.
Compensation & Other Benefits
- Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
- Festival Bonus: 2
- Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on Health Care Policy- Locally Hired Staff (LHS).
- Salary is not negotiable.Income tax deduction at source will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.
- Festival bonus entitlement is effective upon completing one (01) year of uninterrupted service with MSF.
- There are no provisions for relocations.
Workplace
Work at office
Employment Status
Contractual
Gender
Only Female
Job Location
Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)
Read Before Apply
- This is a temporary position for the HEP- C project.
- The contract will be for three (3) months initially. It may or may not be renewed based on the operational requirements.
- The position will be based in Camp 14 & 15, Ukhiya.
- Please mention your NID number in the CV.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for the test. No hard copies of applications will be accepted.
- Only Bangladeshi citizens will be considered for this position.
- No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.
- Médecins Sans Frontières is an equal opportunity employer and encourages diversity, equity and inclusion.
Company Information
MSF Belgium (Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders)
Address:
1754,ARISTA VILLA,Beside Patabari Temple,Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar
Business:
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.