CONSULTANCY Somaliland and Somalia
PSI
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Somaliland / Somalia
Description :
We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing.
PSI commenced Somalia’s first large-scale and dedicated demand-creation program (Tusan Wade) for healthcare. The program will design key demand-creation strategies and touch-points to drive uptake of health service utilization, preventive behaviors, and treatment-seeking behaviours. Tusan Wade, a DFID funded Demand Creation project program is designed to achieve increased community awareness of, and demand for, health services and promote appropriate health, Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) as well as optimal hygiene practices.
In collaboration with the MOH, a round of early formative design research has just been completed to devise our design strategy for 2017 and beyond. In 2017, several small teams will work to design demand creation initiatives.
We are looking for several interpreters with solid interpretation skills who will work with senior Design Strategy experts for this exercise. We are currently filling several interpretation roles on the team. Each role will play a pivotal part in the design research and nascent field of work for Somalia’s underserved populations.
Sound like you? Read on.
Temporary interpreters will be expected to have outstanding interpretive abilities, and experience in working with teams in the field, Knowledge of Somali language, culture and traditions, fluency in English language and the ability to follow or understand guidelines for interpreting services. They should have excellent interpreting skills from English to Somali and vice versa.
Are you the perfect fit? Read on.
What will you do?
Project Interpreter will perform the following services for PSI:
- Provide simultaneous/consecutive interpretation services during: • Interpreting/assisting for the lead consultant during the conduction In-depth interview with the research target audiences • Interpreting/assisting for the lead consultant during the conduction Focus Group Discussions (FGD) sessions
- Fully work with PSI project personnel during the assignment
- Work with the HCD Lead Consultant and Social Behavior Change Communications Advisor, PSI Somaliland research team
- Be curious in nature, creative and have open ideas through team assignments, team makeup and other relevant team building and development strategies
- Pitch in as necessary, to make the work happen
- How shall we measure your performance?
- Quality of your work output
- Excellence of interpretation skills and the ability to receive and adjust to feedback.
- Good team player, promptness, and reaction sharing
- Full confidentiality in all aspects of assignment and management of information flow provided by the different audiences.
- Knowledge in personnel security in INGOs
What we are looking for. Is this you?
Qualifications and Competencies:
- At least a first degree in any of the relevant fields of foreign languages, research, marketing, social sciences, journalism and communications, and any other relevant tertiary qualification
- Good at storytelling
- Excellent interpreting skills and provision of simultaneous and consecutive services in English/Somali and Somali/English; Capacity to translate concurrent talks during discussions and moderate talks, interviews and FGDs; and Ability to interpret word to word even informal and side talks during discussions
- A person with client oriented approach, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds; and treat all people fairly without favoritism
- Knowledgeable in doing interpretations on projects
- Have very solid understanding of the different Somali dialects
- Very keen to learn and to receive and adjust to feedback.
- Excellent Writing skills (including note taking) and Interpersonal communications skills
- He/she must be a Somali and willing to travel to the different regions of the country.
How to apply :
If you think you are a great fit, we would love to hear from you. Please send the below documents to somprocurement@psi.org by March 12th 2017, with the position’s title and the region you are living in on your E-mail message’s subject line - Updated CV with cover letter: detailing your qualification, relevant work experience (Name of the client, project name, & dates), projects implemented, skills you possess and competencies.