Spanish Interpreter
Category | Grade:Professional | INT-IIDeadline:5 Aug 2026Job ID:281657Posted on:22 Jul 2026
Overview
Provide simultaneous conference interpretation into Spanish from English and French for UN meetings, including sensitive sessions and occasional team leadership, after passing the DGACM technical examination and placement on the global register for temporary when-actually-employed assignments.
Department: Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
Languages
Required: English, French, Spanish
Job Areas
- Translation & Language Services
Minimum Experience
No minimum listed
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Interpret speeches simultaneously into Spanish from English and French
- Prepare for political, legal, economic, scientific and technical meeting subjects
- Deliver accurate interpretation under time pressure
- Support sensitive meetings when assigned
- Lead interpreting teams for specific meetings when required
Requirements
- Recognized bachelor degree in interpretation with at least one academic year devoted to interpretation, or an eligible Spanish-medium degree plus 50 proven interpreting days
- English and French proficiency at UN Level III
- Spanish proficiency at UN Level IV
- Spanish cover letter of 150–250 words
- Successful technical examination and competency interview
Skills
Simultaneous interpretationConference preparationSpanish interpretationEnglish source comprehensionFrench source comprehensionTeam leadership
Tools
Conference interpreting equipment
Additional info
- Global Language Register recruitment
- Technical examination is held in person in Vienna
- Assignments may occur at multiple DGACM duty stations