At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide face-to-face interpreting services for non-English speaking clients in health and social care.
- Company: Royal Greenwich Interpreting Service, committed to diversity and community support.
- Benefits: Earn £27 per hour plus travel expenses, flexible sessional work.
- Other info: Open applications with regular interviews; diverse community encouraged to apply.
- Why this job: Make a real difference by helping people access vital services in their language.
- Qualifications: Qualified interpreter with experience in public service and community interpreting.
The predicted salary is between 27 - 27 £ per hour.
Are you a qualified Interpreter or Translator? Do you have experience of working as an Interpreter or Translator? At the moment we have gaps in a few languages: Kurdish, Portuguese, Luganda, Oromo, Romanian, Tamil, Polish.
The work is on an ad-hoc, sessional basis, as and when the work is required. The Royal Greenwich Interpreting Service (RGIS) provides face-to-face language interpreters, British sign language (BSL) interpreters, and the translation of documents as required to enable residents to access local health services and services provided by the Council. The RGIS is a confidential service that can help to ensure that non-English speaking clients and patients receive equal access to council services and local health services. RGIS aims to provide interpreting and translation in most languages taking into account the local population demographics. We are covering as many as 137 languages spoken in the borough.
The successful candidate will have considerable experience in public service interpreting and translation, with a recognised qualification in Interpreting and Translation to a minimum level of Community Interpreting level 3. Experience of working with health or social care professionals is desirable, and other areas of expertise such as medical and legal interpreting are certainly an advantage.
The sessional role is designed around face-to-face engagement, where responsibilities are carried out through direct, in-person interaction with professionals and non-English speaking clients. This is an open advertisement and interviews will be held at regular times throughout the year.
When applying, please state the language(s) clearly on your application form that you are able to interpret/translate and provide evidence of your language skills and experience in interpreting services and your areas of proficiency.
Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.
High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.
Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.
How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.
Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator' to help you calculate a pro rata salary. Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/registration.
Salary £27 per hour along with travel expenses (daily travel card rate of £5.25).
Job Reference: royalgreenwich/TP/1022/151
Contract Type: Sessional
Closing Date: No expiry date
Job Category: Interpreter / Linguist
Business Unit: Health and Adult Services (HAS)
Location: Woolwich, London, United Kingdom
Level of Disclosure and Barring Service, DBS, check required: Enhanced DBS with Adults' Barred List
Posted on 21 July, 2025
