French Interpreter
INKOMOKO
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Providing live interpretation (English ↔ French) during virtual or in-person meetings, workshops, and trainings.
- Supporting simultaneous interpretation for group events and consecutive interpretation for smaller discussions or interviews.
- Preparing in advance by reviewing meeting materials, agendas, or presentation content shared beforehand.
- Ensuring confidentiality, accuracy, and neutrality in all communications.
- Providing language and cultural clarification as needed to enhance understanding.
- Occasionally translating short written content (e.g., meeting notes, chat summaries, or materials) as requested.
- Accurate and timely interpretation for all assigned meetings or events.
- Availability for pre-meeting briefings when required.
- Professional communication and conduct consistent with Inkomoko’s values.
- Submission of a brief monthly activity summary (list of sessions interpreted, duration, feedback).
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Translation, Languages, Communication, or related field preferred.
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in French–English interpretation, ideally in development, business, or NGO settings.
- Demonstrated experience providing remote simultaneous interpretation using Zoom or similar platforms.
- Excellent command of both English and French (native or near-native fluency).
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Familiarity with East African or Francophone African contexts is an advantage.
Benefits
- Payment will be made per hour or per session based on an agreed rate.
- The interpreter will submit an invoice at the end of each month listing dates and durations of services provided.
- Rates will be determined based on experience and Inkomoko’s consultant fee schedule.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
French-English interpretationsimultaneous interpretationconsecutive interpretationtranslationremote interpretation
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsconfidentialityaccuracyneutrality
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in TranslationBachelor’s degree in LanguagesBachelor’s degree in Communication