Position: Translator/ Interpreter- Psychosocial Support Program (PSS)
Location: Health System Recovery Project, Nuwakot
Application deadline: 15th September 2017
Starting Date: 23rd October 2017
Duration Contract: One year with the possibility of extension
Background:
Good Neighbors International (GNI) is an international, non-profit humanitarian organization established in 1991 and working in 38 countries around the world. It is headquartered in South Korea. GNI has fundraising offices in the USA, Korea, and Japan, and an International Cooperation Office in Geneva. GNI currently implements 195 community development projects (CDPs), covering a variety of areas including rural development, income generation, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, child education, protection, disaster risk reduction as well as advocacy and network building to improve the impact of the projects. GNI Nepal has been working in Nepal since 2002 with the objective of improving lives of poor people, especially children through education, income generating activities, health services, child protection, disaster risk reduction, advocacy and network building. GNI Nepal has been implementing its activities in 20 districts.
Health System Recovery Project is a three-year project funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and implemented by Good Neighbors International (GNI) Nepal in collaboration with other development agencies. Health System Recovery Project offers an integrated approach that simultaneously addresses the challenges of health services of health posts which were interrupted after the earthquake.
The Project aims at the recovery of health posts and the district hospital with complete resumption of services as per government protocol. It also aims at strengthening government health system at the community level. The overall goal of project is to improve health service utilization by the people in two municipalities and five rural municipalities, previously Charghare, Belkot, Duipipal, Ratmate, Ghyangphedi, Likhu, Okharpauwa, Suryamati, Panchakanya and Thaprek VDCs of Nuwakot District through making health services available at the concerned health facilities as well as increasing health seeking behavior of the community members. The Project also aims at improving the status of; ASRH and menstrual hygiene among adolescents especially girls, and psychosocial status of children. The project is being implemented in collaboration with the District Public Health Office (DPHO), Nuwakot.
The Translator/Interpreter will be based in Bidur of Nuwakot District with frequent travels to the working areas.
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Note:
We encourage women and candidates from ethnic and marginalized communities to apply.
Canvassing at any stage of the process shall lead to automatic disqualification.
The Good Neighbour International (TGNI) is a community based, volunteer, non-government organisation (NGO) that works in a broad range of programs designed to provide financial security, stable accommodation and improved quality of life for our community. We largely work with families who choose how they wish to participate and who set their own goals to meet their own needs.TGNI is currently working in Fiji, Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea (PNG). In Fiji, we work in 9 established locations.