Interpreter (Russian)

This position is located in the Interpretation Section (IS), Conference Management Service (CMS), Division for Management (DM), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). The incumbent will report to the Chief, Interpretation Section.

**Responsibilities**:
Within assigned authority, the Interpreter will be responsible for the following duties:

- Provide Interpretation into Russian of speeches and statements given in English and Spanish and/or French.
- Service up to seven meetings per week (exceptionally eight), usually of no more than three hours duration, of the United Nations and other international organizations to which the service is provided.
- Routinely cover sensitive and highly technical meetings.
- Routinely function as team leader of all interpreters assigned to a given meeting.
- May instruct and advise interpreter trainees and coach junior staff members.
- May be called to assume management duties such as Officer in Charge of the Russian Booth.
- May assume duties of Chief Interpreter on missions
- May assist in the preparation of training and/or examination material upon request of the Chief of Section.
- May perform other work-related duties, as required.

Competencies
- Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Managerial Competencies
- Judgement/Decision-making: Identifies the key issues in a complex situation, and comes to the heart of the problem quickly; gathers relevant information before making a decision; considers positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them; takes decisions with an eye to the impact on others and on the Organization; proposes a course of action or makes a recommendation based on all available information; checks assumptions against facts; determines the actions proposed will satisfy the expressed and underlying needs for the decision; makes tough decisions when necessary.

Education
A first level degree from a university or from an institution of equivalent status, preferably a recognized school of interpreting. A Master’s degree is desirable.

Job - Specific Qualification

Work Experience
A minimum of five years of professional interpreting experience in international organizations is required.

Relevant language experience within the United Nations System is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages in the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, a perfect command of Russian, normally expected to be the incumbent’s main language is required. An excellent command of two other UN official languages (English, Spanish and/or French) is required.

Assessment

Special Notice
At the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs.

The United Nations is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect.

Vienna is classified in the H category and is a family duty station.

United Nations Considerations

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.