ICRC Linguist Careers presentation
Interested in a career in the humanitarian sector using your languages?
The International Committee of the Red Cross regularly recruits Arabic and Farsi speakers for its field operations as interpreters and delegates. Their job is to put the organisation's mandate into action; carrying out humanitarian visits to detainees, monitoring the conduct of hostilities, re-uniting families separated by conflict and organising emergency relief aid are all part of a day's work. Liz Harris will give a presentation outlining the work of the ICRC and what we are looking for in recruits, followed by a question and answer session. Liz joined the ICRC as an Urdu interpreter in 2002, after graduating from SOAS with a BA in Hindi and South Asian History. She spent three years working in Indian Administered Kashmir, after which she studied Pashto and worked in Afghanistan. She is now based in London and specialises in recruiting linguists for the ICRC.
A College of Social Sciences and International Studies employability event | |
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Date | 10 February 2016 |
Time | 13:30 to 14:30 |
Place | Queens Building LT1 Sign up for this event on My Career Zone |
Provider | College of Social Sciences and International Studies |
Organizer | Julia Paci |
Tel | 01392723372 |
Event details
Location:
Queens Building LT1