Interpreter, Translator, Voice-over Artist (African Language) at Lextorah School of Language

Lextorah Group, founded in 2007, in Lagos Nigeria, set up Language Schools and Services for Corporate Bodies, Professionals, Individuals, and Students, for the teaching of indigenous and foreign languages such as German, French, Chinese Mandarin, Spanish, English, Arabic, Italian, Russian The Lextorah Group is a diversified family of companies that specialize in a wide variety of educational and professional services and technologies. Lextorah Group consists of the following subsidiaries: Homeworks Tutoring Services, Lex notesBookstore, Lextorah Jobs, and Lextorah School of Languages & Services. These companies are separate entities with different service lines. However, the interconnectedness of services and interplay of roles from individual members of the Lextorah Group has placed us ahead of similar service providers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Interpreter, Translator, Voice-over Artist - African Language (Oromo, Swahili, Arabic, Afrikaans, Zulu. etc)

Location: Yaba, Lagos

Responsibilities
As an African Language interpreter, you'll need to:

• Interpret from English Language to any of the African Language like Zulu Afrikaans, Swahili, Oromo etc, accurately.
• Be fluent in any of the chosen Afican language
• Attend conferences and meetings and act as official interpreter to mediate discussion
• Listen carefully to what the speaker is saying
• Assimilate speakers' words quickly, including acronyms.
• Reproduce what has been said in the relevant language
• Use equipment such as microphones and headsets where appropriate
• Prepare paperwork - reviewing agendas before meetings, or lectures and speeches when received in advance
• Conduct research to make sure you're fully informed on topics before assignments
• Organise workload and liaise with internal departments, agencies and employer
• Relay concepts and ideas between languages

Requirements
You'll need to have:

• A Bachelor's Degree in any of the African languages like Zulu, Somali, Swahili, Oromo, Zulu, Afrikaans, and a professional certification with at least 3 years experience.
• Excellent communication and active listening skills in order to reproduce accurately what the speaker has said
• A good memory and the ability to learn fast
• Analytical skills so that you can quickly and accurately analyse a message
• Resilience and the ability to work well under pressure
• The ability to concentrate for long periods of time
• Time management and organisation skills
• The ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality on the matters you're interpreting.
• Flexibility to deal calmly with unexpected and difficult situations
• Reliability, dedication and commitment to projects
• Note taking skills (for consecutive interpreting)
• Knowledge of and interest in current affairs, politics and different cultures and customs.

Application Closing Date
2nd June, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV (PDF format) to: s_chukwuemeka@lextorah.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.