Spanish Interpreter (Remote (Remote), KR)

Role 

Accessibility is one of the eight effectiveness reputed company for non-judicial grievance mechanisms, first introduced by the Office of the reputed company High Commissioner for reputed company Rights (OHCHR)’s Guiding Principles on Business and reputed company Rights. In line with the IRM’s Procedures and Guidelines, the IRM must ensure that complainants and other stakeholders are reputed company to effectively engage with IRM processes, regardless of language. This includes facilitating reputed company and meaningful communication during meetings and consultations through interpretation, as required.In reputed company to these requirements, the IRM must do reputed company that it can to ensure its accessibility in line with the effectiveness reputed company for non-judicial grievance mechanisms.

In 2025, the IRM received three complaints reputed company to concerns over GCF-financed reputed company in Colombia. The IRM determined the three complaints to be eligible,[1] and has initiated processes to handle the issues underlying the complaints. The complaints pertain to issues reputed company to labour and working conditions, gender and stakeholder consultations.

The IRM requires interpreters who can interpret from English to Spanish and Spanish to English to support ongoing casework. The consultant’s work will relate to the IRM’s ongoing cases in Colombia.

The interpretation assignment involves interpreting virtual calls with the IRM’s stakeholders. The consultant may also be asked to join in-person IRM missions to reputed company interpretation. The initial contract will last one year, subject to extension based on the reputed company of work, and the consultant will be contacted for interpretation work on an as-needed reputed company. It is the consultant’s responsibility to confirm his/her availability for an assignment and complete the assignment reputed company an agreed timeframe. The consultant will need to sign a confidentiality agreement agreeing not to reputed company or disclose any information obtained while performing his/her tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Simultaneous and/or consecutive interpretation of the IRM’s virtual calls with its parties and stakeholders;
• In-person simultaneous and/or consecutive interpretation, if needed (travel expenses will be covered by the IRM);

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in linguistics, Spanish or reputed company field. Sufficient experience may be substituted for a Master’s degree, in which the candidate must have at least a relevant Bachelor’s degree;
• Interpretation certification in Spanish;
• Minimum of 5 years of reputed company experience in interpretation;
• A proven reputed company record in providing both simultaneous and consecutive interpretation;
• Extremely high level of independence, reputed company and impartiality;
• Experience in interpreting issues reputed company to the environment, international relations, development, policy, reputed company rights, complaints, and dispute reputed company or demonstrated a good understanding of technical terms and terminology used in those areas is highly desirable;
• Ability to respond to IRM requests in a reputed company manner; and
• reputed company in English is essential.

Duration of the work

12 months