Relief Interpreter

Job description

Based at: Various locations
Salary details: £18/hour (Pay award pending)

Contract Type: Relief as and when required
Closing date: 2nd July 2023
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join Doncaster Council.
We are passionate about Doncaster - it’s a great place to live, do business and visit.
We have plenty to shout about – Doncaster is the UK’s best connected location, we have many major developments in the pipeline, a vibrant urban centre with a thriving arts and cultural scene, sport and leisure attractions, wonderful green spaces and a fascinating heritage. We firmly believe, as do our partners, that Doncaster is the place to be with a bright future and ambitions ahead of it. But don’t just take our word for it – anyone joining the council, can look forward to expanding their knowledge and skills in a dynamic, creative and nurturing environment while truly making a difference to the communities we serve.
Interpreters are employed on an ‘as and when required’ basis and you will need to have the relevant experience and/or qualifications to provide a professional, accurate and effective interpretation service in the relevant language and dialect on behalf of Doncaster Council’s Interpretation and Translation Unit. Services are provided within health, local authority and legal services and you are required to provide evidence of qualifications and/or experience within these fields.
We are looking to recruit new interpreters to the Interpretation and Translation Unit register in the following languages:

• Albanian
• Amharic
• Arabic
• Bengali
• Czech
• Dari
• Farsi
• Hungarian
• Kurdish – All dialects
• Pashto
• Polish
• Romanian
• Slovak
• Tamil
• Tigrinya
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese

Please include the language(s) you speak on the application form

Further details about the responsibilities and requirements of the role are contained in the job profile and role summary.
In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Doncaster thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, local government pension scheme and access to a range of staff discount and flexible benefits schemes. Visit our Working in Doncaster - City of Doncaster Council page to find out more.
Shortlisting will take place week commencing 3rd July 2023 and its anticipated, interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on the weeks commencing 17th & 24th July 2023.
This would ideally suit a person who is local to Doncaster due to the nature of the role. However, the service does offer clients the option of Microsoft Teams Video Interpreting, so applications from people not local to Doncaster, will be considered, but only to carry out these types of appointments and not face-to-face bookings. We do not employ anyone to carry out written translation work.

For further details or an informal chat please contact: Sam Farmer Tel: 08448 734073 or 01302 735144 or you can email - sam.farmer@doncaster.gov.uk or ditu@doncaster.gov.uk
Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community where we strive to improve the quality of life for all. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share these commitments.
This post involves working with children/ adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service check at an enhanced level.