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Position: Wolof Linguist
Location: Multiple
Language Requirement: 2 IRL level
Position Description:
Mission Essential is excited to announce wehave new work supporting Health and Human Services (HHS) providing refugeesupport to unaccompanied minors in need of translation services. We willbe looking for linguists who speak Wolof at a 2 IRL level. Linguists shalltranslate information to and for Care Staff and other individuals, asappropriate. Linguists serve as Communication Liaisons to ensure accurate,impartial,andconfidentialinterpretationisavailableinavarietyofsettings.Servicesshallberendered in-person. Linguist translation and interpretation support shall:
*Provide in-person,onsite interpretation at Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) programs andservice sites
*Relay importantdeadlines, instructions, questions, and other communication from Support CareStaff to UC/UAM/URM in their native or preferred language
*Assist UC/UAM/URM incommunicating any concerns, questions, or other information to staff whenUC/UAM/URM are not fluent or comfortable speaking English or the languagespoken by Care Staff
*Providetranslation/interpretation services to aid in orienting UC/UAM/URM to communityresources as requested
*Assist staff withbuilding rapport and understanding the cultural context of the ORR populationsthey serve. The linguist does not replace the role of the program(s) casemanager or clinician, but rather serves as a person with which the UC/UAM/URMcan build aculturalconnection.Totheextentpossible,conversationsmustremainlightheartedto alleviatestressandanxietyinchildren
Requirements:
Full Time
Business Services
$94k-129k (estimate)
07/05/2023
06/01/2024
missionessential.com
CHANTILLY, VA
1,000 - 3,000
2004
Private
CHRIS BURRELL
$200M - $500M
Business Services
Mission Essential Personnel provides human-capital and program support solutions.