Casual Interpreter/Translator ᑐᓵᔨᑦᓴᖅ/ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓅᕆᔨᑦᓴᖅ ᐅᐸᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᐅᓗᓂ

The City of Iqaluit is looking for an experienced Interpreter / Translator

with exceptional skills to join our team!

Title : Casual Interpreter / Translator

Department : Administration

Status : Part time , Casual

Salary : $34.12 per hour

Settlement Allowance : $11.40 per hour

This employment opportunity is open to Nunavut Inuit only.

The Interpreter / Translator acts as an interpreter, using English and South Baffin Dialect Inuktitut languages, at meetings and also translates council and committee meeting minutes and correspondence in order to ensure that there is proper communication between Councillors, staff and the public.

Minimum Qualifications

• Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent
• 1 year experience in a Interpreter / Translator related role.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Good knowledge of computer and other office equipment
• Good ability to use computerized translation software
• Strong keyboarding skills with the ability to operate at high levels of speed and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in Inuktitut and English, with a thorough knowledge of spelling and punctuation.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities / task while meeting set deadlines
• Flexible availability is required including evenings is required for this role.

Assets include :

• Completion of a recognized Interpreter / Translator program.
• Effective communication skills with individuals at all levels of the organization, and strong problem identification and problem resolution skills.

Equivalencies that include a combination of education, skills and abilities to formal education may be considered.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful candidate must submit a clear criminal reference check at the time of application.

The City of Iqaluit embraces the intent and spirit of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit;

Candidates must clearly identify their eligibility in order to receive consideration under this agreement.

Only those selected to interview will be contacted.

ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓕᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᑐᓵᔨᑦᓴᒥᑦ / ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓅᕆᔨᑦᓴᒥᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᓴᕐᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᒥᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ!

ᑕᐃᒎᓯᖓ : ᑐᓵᔨᑦᓴᖅ / ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓅᕆᔨᑦᓴᖅ ᐅᐸᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᐅᓗᓂ

ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖓ : ᐸᐃᑉᐹᓕᕆᓂᖅ

ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖓ : ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᖓᓂ, ᐅᐸᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᐅᓗᓂ ᐅᐸᒋᐊᖃᓕᕋᐃᒍᓂ

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐊᖓ : $34.12 ᐃᑲᕐᕋᕐᓯᐅᑎᖓ

ᓄᓇᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓂᒃᒧᑦ

ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᑦᓴᑦ : $11.40 ᐃᑲᕐᕋᕐᓯᐅᑎᖓ

ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ.

ᑐᓵᔨᑦᓴᖅ / ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓅᕆᔨᑦᓴᖅ ᑐᓵᔨᐅᕙᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᑐᖅᐸᑦᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑐᑦ, ᑲᑎᒪᔪᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓅᕆᔨᐅᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓚᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᒥᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᓯᐊᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ.

ᒥᑭᓛᖏᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ

• ᒍᓚᐃ 12-ᒥᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᕈᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᐊᓂᑦ
• ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᑦ (1) ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᑐᓵᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ / ᐊᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᓕᒻᒥᑦ.

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒋᐊᓖᑦ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᓴᕐᓯᒪᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ :

• ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᖃᕋᑕᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᕕᓐᓂ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂᑦ
• ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᖃᕋᑕᐅᔭᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ
• ᖃᕋᑕᐅᔭᒥᑦ ᓇᕿᑦᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᒍᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᓱᒃᑲᓕᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᐸᓪᓗᓂ
• ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᓲᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᓂ.
• ᑲᖕᖑᓇᖅᑐᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᓕᒃ
• ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᓕᒃ
• ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᒍᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᑦᑐᓂᑦ / ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᑦ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖏᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ
• ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓐᓄᕐᓯᐅᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᓐᓂᖏᑦ.

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ :

• ᐃᔭᕇᕐᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᒪᔪᒥᑦ ᑐᓵᔨᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ / ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔪᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦᓴᒥᑦ.
• ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐅᑎᒍᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᒍᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓱᐃᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ.

ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᖏᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᑦ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᓴᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᑦᓴᕐᓯᐅᕈᑎᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ.

ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᐅᑉ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒥᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᒥᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓕᕈᓂ.

• ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᓴᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒥᑦ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ; ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕋᓱᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᒪᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ.
• ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒃᑲᖅᑕᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᑦ.
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